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1.1 Resources devoted to R&D, summary statistics |
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| | | | | Commonwealth | State/Territory | Total | |
| | | | | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
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Expenditure on R&D | | | | | | | | |
| Type of expenditure | | | | | | | | |
| | Capital expenditure | | | | | | | | |
| | | Land, buildings & other structures | $'000 | 43 914 | 59 970 | 27 483 | 63 323 | 71 397 | 123 293 | |
| | | Other capital expenditure | $'000 | 64 614 | 123 700 | 28 075 | 38 586 | 92 689 | 162 286 | |
| | | Total | $'000 | 108 528 | 183 670 | 55 558 | 101 909 | 164 086 | 285 579 | |
| | Current expenditure | | | | | | | | |
| | | Labour costs | $'000 | 919 601 | 1 015 273 | 524 006 | 538 322 | 1 443 607 | 1 553 595 | |
| | | Other current expenditure | $'000 | 516 142 | 694 489 | 362 191 | 420 419 | 878 333 | 1 114 908 | |
| | | Total | $'000 | 1 435 743 | 1 709 762 | 886 197 | 958 741 | 2 321 940 | 2 668 503 | |
| Source of funds | | | | | | | | |
| | Own funds | $'000 | 1 159 432 | 1 486 087 | 503 373 | 601 593 | 1 662 805 | 2 087 680 | |
| | Other commonwealth government | $'000 | 129 315 | 146 088 | 105 146 | 122 760 | 234 461 | 268 848 | |
| | Other state & local government | $'000 | 55 816 | 47 875 | 55 286 | 66 408 | 111 102 | 114 283 | |
| | Private non-profit organisations | $'000 | 4 120 | 9 280 | 22 070 | 29 060 | 26 190 | 38 340 | |
| | Business | $'000 | 79 677 | 105 863 | 59 323 | 59 322 | 139 000 | 165 185 | |
| | Joint government/business | $'000 | 49 551 | 50 919 | 149 474 | 140 487 | 199 025 | 191 406 | |
| | Universities | $'000 | 27 472 | 10 859 | 8 435 | 7 808 | 35 907 | 18 667 | |
| | Donations & bequests | $'000 | 766 | - | 12 085 | 8 573 | 12 851 | 8 573 | |
| | Other Australian | $'000 | 765 | - | 829 | 4 142 | 1 594 | 4 142 | |
| | Overseas | $'000 | 37 357 | 36 461 | 25 734 | 20 497 | 63 091 | 56 958 | |
| Type of activity | | | | | | | | |
| | Pure basic research | $'000 | 60 584 | 86 453 | 52 523 | 69 177 | 113 107 | 155 630 | |
| | Strategic basic research | $'000 | 486 639 | 598 836 | 186 543 | 225 879 | 673 182 | 824 716 | |
| | Applied research | $'000 | 831 177 | 1 042 084 | 580 215 | 633 868 | 1 411 393 | 1 675 952 | |
| | Experimental development | $'000 | 165 871 | 166 059 | 122 473 | 131 726 | 288 344 | 297 785 | |
| Location of expenditure | | | | | | | | |
| | New South Wales | $'000 | 257 842 | 357 476 | 285 195 | 316 772 | 543 037 | 674 248 | |
| | Victoria | $'000 | 404 402 | 504 775 | 190 955 | 218 605 | 595 357 | 723 381 | |
| | Queensland | $'000 | 152 136 | 188 319 | 234 938 | 221 547 | 387 074 | 409 866 | |
| | South Australia | $'000 | 243 268 | 282 342 | 104 552 | 141 500 | 347 821 | 423 841 | |
| | Western Australia | $'000 | 83 717 | 97 595 | 100 974 | 126 174 | 184 691 | 223 769 | |
| | Tasmania | $'000 | 115 428 | 136 730 | 3 564 | 9 842 | 118 992 | 146 572 | |
| | Northern Territory | $'000 | 20 159 | 18 360 | 14 708 | 20 033 | 34 867 | 38 393 | |
| | Australian Capital Territory | $'000 | 263 679 | 306 654 | 2 851 | 3 653 | 266 530 | 310 307 | |
| | Australian External Territories | $'000 | 40 | - | - | - | 40 | - | |
| | Overseas | $'000 | 3 599 | 1 181 | 4 018 | 2 525 | 7 616 | 3 706 | |
| Total expenditure on R&D | $'000 | 1 544 271 | 1 893 432 | 941 755 | 1 060 650 | 2 486 026 | 2 954 082 | |
Human resources devoted to R&D | | | | | | | | |
| Researchers | PYE | 4 262 | 4 550 | 4 173 | 3 938 | 8 435 | 8 487 | |
| Technicians | PYE | 2 792 | 2 742 | 2 176 | 2 206 | 4 968 | 4 947 | |
| Other staff | PYE | 2 314 | 1 819 | 970 | 1 085 | 3 285 | 2 904 | |
| Total human resources devoted to R&D | PYE | 9 368 | 9 110 | 7 320 | 7 228 | 16 687 | 16 338 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
1.2 Resources devoted to R&D, summary statistics - proportions |
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| | | | Commonwealth | State/Territory | Total | |
| | | | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
| | | | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
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Expenditure on R&D | | | | | | | |
| Type of expenditure | | | | | | | |
| | Capital expenditure | | | | | | | |
| | | Land, buildings & other structures | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 4.2 | |
| | | Other capital expenditure | 4.2 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.5 | |
| | | Total | 7.0 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 9.7 | |
| | Current expenditure | | | | | | | |
| | | Labour costs | 59.5 | 53.6 | 55.6 | 50.8 | 58.1 | 52.6 | |
| | | Other current expenditure | 33.4 | 36.7 | 38.5 | 39.6 | 35.3 | 37.7 | |
| | | Total | 93.0 | 90.3 | 94.1 | 90.4 | 93.4 | 90.3 | |
| Source of funds | | | | | | | |
| | Own funds | 75.1 | 78.5 | 53.5 | 56.7 | 66.9 | 70.7 | |
| | Other commonwealth government | 8.4 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 9.1 | |
| | Other state & local government | 3.6 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | |
| | Private non-profit organisations | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| | Business | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |
| | Joint government/business | 3.2 | 2.7 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 6.5 | |
| | Universities | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | |
| | Donations & bequests | - | - | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
| | Other Australian | - | - | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| | Overseas | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | |
| Type of activity | | | | | | | |
| | Pure basic research | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | |
| | Strategic basic research | 31.5 | 31.6 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 27.1 | 27.9 | |
| | Applied research | 53.8 | 55.0 | 61.6 | 59.8 | 56.8 | 56.7 | |
| | Experimental development | 10.7 | 8.8 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 10.1 | |
| Location of expenditure | | | | | | | |
| | New South Wales | 16.7 | 18.9 | 30.3 | 29.9 | 21.8 | 22.8 | |
| | Victoria | 26.2 | 26.7 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 23.9 | 24.5 | |
| | Queensland | 9.9 | 9.9 | 24.9 | 20.9 | 15.6 | 13.9 | |
| | South Australia | 15.8 | 14.9 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 14.3 | |
| | Western Australia | 5.4 | 5.2 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | |
| | Tasmania | 7.5 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | |
| | Northern Territory | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | |
| | Australian Capital Territory | 17.1 | 16.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | |
| | Australian External Territories | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| | Overseas | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Total expenditure on R&D | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Human resources devoted to R&D | | | | | | | |
| Researchers | 45.5 | 49.9 | 57.0 | 54.5 | 50.5 | 51.9 | |
| Technicians | 29.8 | 30.1 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 30.3 | |
| Other staff | 24.7 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 19.7 | 17.8 | |
| Total human resources devoted to R&D | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
1.3 Expenditure on R&D, by research field |
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| Commonwealth | State/territory | Total | |
| 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
| $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
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Mathematical sciences | 28 769 | 33 811 | 9 301 | 8 689 | 38 070 | 42 501 | |
Physical sciences | 127 307 | 164 315 | 231 | 1 234 | 127 537 | 165 549 | |
Chemical sciences | 98 685 | 130 136 | 13 305 | 10 869 | 111 991 | 141 005 | |
Earth sciences | 153 614 | 180 883 | 22 695 | 21 096 | 176 309 | 201 978 | |
Biological sciences | 166 541 | 186 655 | 129 847 | 158 644 | 296 387 | 345 299 | |
Information, computing & communication sciences | 131 409 | 180 029 | 11 070 | 31 553 | 142 479 | 211 582 | |
Engineering & technology | 400 228 | 481 824 | 16 408 | 11 619 | 416 636 | 493 443 | |
Agricultural, veterinary & environmental sciences | 293 620 | 349 199 | 480 118 | 500 684 | 773 738 | 849 883 | |
Architecture, urban environment & building | 2 693 | 5 772 | 1 816 | 1 642 | 4 509 | 7 414 | |
Medical & health sciences | 62 004 | 92 659 | 225 734 | 286 956 | 287 738 | 379 614 | |
Education | 865 | 2 644 | 3 598 | 4 284 | 4 463 | 6 928 | |
Economics | 37 045 | 34 295 | 10 401 | 5 894 | 47 446 | 40 189 | |
Commerce, management, tourism & services | 3 600 | 1 768 | 2 948 | 4 290 | 6 548 | 6 058 | |
Policy & political science | 103 | 783 | 425 | 598 | 528 | 1 381 | |
Studies in human society | 15 108 | 19 653 | 5 077 | 4 364 | 20 185 | 24 017 | |
Behavioural & cognitive sciences | 7 422 | 11 742 | 1 132 | 486 | 8 553 | 12 228 | |
Law, justice & law enforcement | 11 743 | 11 827 | 6 038 | 3 854 | 17 782 | 15 681 | |
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies | 1 047 | 948 | 559 | - | 1 606 | 948 | |
The arts | 185 | 489 | 559 | 1 570 | 744 | 2 059 | |
Language & culture | 291 | 66 | - | 231 | 291 | 296 | |
History & archaeology | 959 | 2 098 | 494 | 2 093 | 1 453 | 4 191 | |
Philosophy & religion | 1 032 | 1 839 | - | - | 1 032 | 1 839 | |
Total | 1 544 271 | 1 893 432 | 941 755 | 1 060 650 | 2 486 026 | 2 954 082 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
1.4 Expenditure on R&D, by research field - proportions |
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| Commonwealth | State/territory | Total | |
| 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
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Mathematical sciences | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |
Physical sciences | 8.2 | 8.7 | - | 0.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | |
Chemical sciences | 6.4 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | |
Earth sciences | 9.9 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | |
Biological sciences | 10.8 | 9.9 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 | |
Information, computing & communication sciences | 8.5 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | |
Engineering & technology | 25.9 | 25.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 16.8 | 16.7 | |
Agricultural, veterinary & environmental sciences | 19.0 | 18.4 | 51.0 | 47.2 | 31.1 | 28.8 | |
Architecture, urban environment & building | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
Medical & health sciences | 4.0 | 4.9 | 24.0 | 27.1 | 11.6 | 12.9 | |
Education | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Economics | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | |
Commerce, management, tourism & services | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Policy & political science | - | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | |
Studies in human society | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
Behavioural & cognitive sciences | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
Law, justice & law enforcement | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | - | |
The arts | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | |
Language & culture | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
History & archaeology | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Philosophy & religion | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - | - | 0.1 | |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
1.5 Expenditure on R&D, by socio-economic objective |
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| | Commonwealth | State/territory | Total | |
| | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
| | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
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Defence | 309 367 | 405 444 | - | - | 309 367 | 405 444 | |
Economic development | | | | | | | |
| Plant production & plant primary products | 131 366 | 133 943 | 206 154 | 237 701 | 337 520 | 371 644 | |
| Animal production & animal primary products | 100 895 | 70 587 | 186 855 | 201 092 | 287 750 | 271 679 | |
| Mineral resources (excl. energy) | 72 194 | 78 547 | 6 331 | 6 870 | 78 525 | 85 417 | |
| Energy resources | 38 369 | 43 564 | 6 526 | 2 256 | 44 895 | 45 821 | |
| Energy supply | 32 505 | 40 649 | 2 072 | 1 407 | 34 577 | 42 056 | |
| Manufacturing | 217 025 | 273 942 | 14 844 | 10 920 | 231 869 | 284 862 | |
| Construction | 41 872 | 29 908 | 4 012 | 4 012 | 45 884 | 33 920 | |
| Transport | 8 604 | 7 506 | 4 224 | 2 415 | 12 828 | 9 921 | |
| Information & communication services | 65 681 | 121 059 | 2 112 | 1 773 | 67 793 | 122 832 | |
| Commerical services & tourism | 6 464 | 8 023 | 1 199 | 525 | 7 663 | 8 548 | |
| Economic framework | 49 129 | 47 851 | 3 114 | 259 | 52 243 | 48 110 | |
| Total | 764 103 | 855 579 | 437 445 | 469 231 | 1 201 548 | 1 324 810 | |
Society | | | | | | | |
| Health | 61 265 | 68 127 | 278 553 | 355 510 | 339 818 | 423 637 | |
| Education & training | 1 296 | 8 059 | 3 761 | 5 427 | 5 056 | 13 486 | |
| Social development & community services | 41 737 | 65 101 | 21 612 | 34 837 | 63 349 | 99 939 | |
| Total | 104 297 | 141 288 | 303 926 | 395 774 | 408 223 | 537 062 | |
Environment | | | | | | | |
| Environmental policy frameworks & other aspects | 15 126 | 38 979 | 19 637 | 23 898 | 34 763 | 62 877 | |
| Environmental management | 313 681 | 385 328 | 165 803 | 157 749 | 479 484 | 543 078 | |
| Total | 328 806 | 424 308 | 185 440 | 181 647 | 514 247 | 605 955 | |
Non-oriented research | 37 697 | 66 814 | 14 944 | 13 998 | 52 641 | 80 812 | |
Total | 1 544 271 | 1 893 432 | 941 755 | 1 060 650 | 2 486 026 | 2 954 082 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
1.6 Expenditure on R&D, by socio-economic objective - proportions |
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| | Commonwealth | State/territory | Total | |
| | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | 2004-05(a) | 2006-07 | |
| | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
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Defence | 20.0 | 21.4 | - | - | 12.4 | 13.7 | |
Economic development | | | | | | | |
| Plant production & plant primary products | 8.5 | 7.1 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 12.6 | |
| Animal production & animal primary products | 6.5 | 3.7 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 11.6 | 9.2 | |
| Mineral resources (excl. energy) | 4.7 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | |
| Energy resources | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | |
| Energy supply | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
| Manufacturing | 14.1 | 14.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 9.6 | |
| Construction | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | |
| Transport | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
| Information & communication services | 4.3 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | |
| Commerical services & tourism | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Economic framework | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | - | 2.1 | 1.6 | |
| Total | 49.5 | 45.2 | 46.4 | 44.2 | 48.3 | 44.8 | |
Society | | | | | | | |
| Health | 4.0 | 3.6 | 29.6 | 33.5 | 13.7 | 14.3 | |
| Education & training | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Social development & community services | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | |
| Total | 6.8 | 7.5 | 32.3 | 37.3 | 16.4 | 18.2 | |
Environment | | | | | | | |
| Environmental policy frameworks & other aspects | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | |
| Environmental management | 20.3 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 19.3 | 18.4 | |
| Total | 21.3 | 22.4 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 20.7 | 20.5 | |
Non-oriented research | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) 2004-05 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details. |
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