Scientists demand R&D levies on big business

Large businesses would pay multi-million dollar levies every year to fund basic research in Australia under a radical proposal being put forward by scientists as a response to plummeting innovation investment. The businesses could partially or fully discount the levy by investing in their own research and development, but innovation laggards would be forced to…

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