Budget 2011-12

The Australian Government announced its 2011-12 Budget on Tuesday, 10 May 2011. This page contains announcements and Budget information relating to the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Portfolio. 

Media Releases

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• Australian Government’s Record $3 Billion Support for the CSIRO
• Bid for Advanced Radio Telescope for Australia and New Zealand
• Buy Australian at Home and Abroad
• Inspiring Australia to Lead the World in Science
• Funding to Safely Decommission Nuclear Facilities
• Small Business Support Line to Continue

2011-12 Portfolio Budget Statements

Full versions of the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) are available to download [PDF 1.87MB] [RTF 9.42MB].

Individual parts of the PBS document are available separately:

• User Guide and Portfolio Overview [PDF 116KB] [RTF 570KB]
• Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research [PDF 365KB] [RTF 3.19MB]
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [PDF 173KB] [RTF 818KB]
• Australian Institute of Marine Science [PDF 124KB] [RTF 666KB]
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation [PDF 155KB] [RTF 914KB]
• Australian Research Council [PDF 169KB] [RTF 1.15MB]
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [PDF 168KB] [RTF 1.08MB]
• IP Australia [PDF 146KB] [RTF 914KB]
• Glossary [PDF 63KB] [RTF 78KB]

The 2011-12 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) [PDF 707KB] [DOC 1.33MB] were tabled on 9 February 2012 and are available to download.

Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements 2011-12 [ PDF 117KB] [  DOC 175KB] were added on 8 May 2012.

2011-12 Science, Research and Innovation Budget Tables

The Australian Government's Science, Research and Innovation Budget tables are available to download [PDF 48KB] [XLS 183KB].

Further information on the Australian Government's 2010-11 Budget can be found at the Australian Government's Budget website.

Information about previous Budgets for the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Portfolio can be accessed from the Previous Budgets page.