Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science) Share this | Hansard source

When Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister one of his first priorities was to launch the National Innovation and Science Agenda. With Minister Pyne our helmsman through that period, we saw a $1.1 billion infusion to the Innovation and Science Agenda from day one of the Turnbull government. We have seen my predecessor, Mr Hunt from the other place, put climate science at CSIRO on the right basis. We have seen him take actions to provide a strong platform for me to now look at what further measures we take to promote innovation and science under this government. We will, this year, not only release a science statement—that is happening tomorrow—but we will also release a research infrastructure road map which will have real money behind it to help complement the work we have done on the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. Later in the year we will be releasing a plan for 2030 for the evolution of the innovation of science system. We will have evidence based policymaking. (Time expired)