Bill
Industry Research and Development Amendment (Innovation and Science Australia) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09. Industry portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-05-04
- second reading — 2016-05-04
- other — 2016-05-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-05-04.
This bill would replace Innovation Australia with a new independent body and create a legal framework for government spending on science and research programs.
The new body, Innovation and Science Australia, would give strategic advice across government, conduct audits, and develop a long-term national plan.
The framework would let the responsible Minister prescribe programs through legislative instruments subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
- Transition Innovation Australia to become Innovation and Science Australia.
- Insert a statutory framework for Commonwealth spending on industry, innovation, science and research programs.
- Allow the responsible Minister to prescribe programs in disallowable legislative instruments.
- Authorise a Minister, accountable authority, or delegate to make and administer arrangements for program activities.
- Create a Deputy Chair position to be filled by Australia’s Chief Scientist.
Industry, innovation, science and research programs, the Commonwealth, and bodies like Innovation and Science Australia and the responsible Minister.
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