This page provides links to a range of documents recently published by (or for) the Department.
Please note, however, that it does not list all of our publications. If you are looking for a document that does not appear in the list, then you may wish to search for it through our search engine or by navigating to the relevant subject area (either from the red bar above or the site map link at the base of this page).
Additionally, if you are looking for a publication produced by one of our portfolio agencies, then you may wish to click on the link to the relevant site from the list of other Departmental and portfolio websites to the left of this page. Some of our publications and reports have also been archived on the National Library of Australia PANDORA Web Archive.
If you have any difficulties accessing the information provided in the documents, would like to know if they are available in alternative formats, and/or have any other queries about this part of our site, then please email webhelp@innovation.gov.au.
Annual Reports
Budget Information
Economic Analysis/Statistical Reports
Evaluation Reports
Media Releases
Other Guides, Reports and Publications
Recent Portfolio Reviews
Strategic Plans
Strategies and State-of-the-Industry Reports
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2007-08
Previous Annual Reports
Budget Information
Budget 2009-10
Previous Budgets
Economic Analysis/Statistical Reports
Absorbing Innovation by Australian Enterprises: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Aspects of Skills Shortages and Innovation in Australian Business
Australian Chemicals and Plastics – Key Statistics
Biotech Business Indicators
Collaboration and Innovation Novelty
High Variation in R&D Expenditure by Australian Firms
How R&D Tax Assistance Influences Company Behaviour
Innovation, Growth and Policy in Low and Medium Tech Industries
Key Automotive Statistics
Manufacturing Sector: Overview of Structural Change Industry Brief, 2006-07
Population Ageing and Structural Adjustment
The R&D Tax Concession - Impact on the Firm
Understanding the Role of Key Socio-Demographic Characteristics in Labour Force and Industry Employment Outcomes
Evaluation Reports
Evaluation of business.gov.au
Evaluation of the COMET Program
Evaluation of the National Biotechnology Strategy
Evaluation of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program (P3)
Industry Capability Network Limited (ICNL) and Supplier Access to Major Projects (SAMP) Australia Evaluation
R&D Tax Concession New Elements Evaluation Report
Media Releases
Departmental Media Releases
(Note: For media releases issued by either of our two portfolio Ministers, please visit the Ministers' Website.)
Other Guides, Reports and Publications
Australia and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
Business Continuity Guide for Australian Businesses
Defence Industry Capability Directories
For good measure: The making of Australia's measurement system
Growing your business checklist
Innovation Australia: Annual Report 2007-08
Innovation in Australia: A guide to the Cooperative Research Centres Programme
New to business checklist
Reconciliation Action Plan
*Science and Technology-led Innovation in Services for Australian Industries
*Note: for other reports from the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC), please
select the 'Previous Meetings' or 'Publications' links from our main PMSEIC page.
Recent Portfolio Reviews
Automotive Review - this page includes links to the Review of Australia’s Automotive Industry and A New Car Plan for
a Greener Future reports.
Review of the National Innovation System, including the Review of the CRC Program - this page includes links to the
following reports: Powering Ideas: an innovation agenda for the 21st century; Venturous Australia - building strength
in innovation; and Collaborating to a purpose.
Review of Questacon
TCF Review - this page includes links to the two volumes of the Building Innovative Capability report.
Strategic Plans
DITR Strategic Plan 2007-10
Previous Strategic Plans for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Strategies and State-of-the-Industry Reports
Australian School Science Education National Action Plan, 2008-12
Industrial Biotechnology Strategy
National Research Priorities Report to Government
Pharmaceuticals Industry Strategy Group Final Report
Skills Audit of the Medical Devices Industry
Space Engagement Statement
Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure
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