Appendix A—Expenditure on government research priorities

The following tables summarise the total expenditure allocated against the Australian Government’s National Research Priorities
and priorities for rural R&D within the 2010–11 financial year (see Table 12 in Part 2 for a summary of how GRDC investments
addressed these priorities). The allocation of funds is shown in both dollar and percentage terms for each output group.


Table 27a Australian Government National Research Priorities, dollar values ($m)

 

An environmentally sustainable Australia

Promoting and maintaining good health

Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries

Safeguarding Australia

Other

Total

 

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

A7

B1

B2

B3

B4

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

D1

D2

D3

D4

 

 

Practices

8.77

13.77

3.00

 

 

 

7.52

 

 

 

 

 

0.27

 

 

9.88

 

 

16.23

 

0.74

60.18

Varieties

 

0.47

0.15

 

 

 

8.77

 

 

 

 

 

28.46

 

5.53

0.95

 

 

10.92

 

2.42

57.67

New Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

1.72

 

 

6.08

1.63

 

 

 

 

3.82

 

1.52

14.90

CCB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.80

 

 

 

 

 

6.80

CSIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

1.01

 

 

 

 

0.03

1.11

Total

8.77

14.24

3.15

 

 

 

16.42

 

 

1.72

 

 

34.88

1.63

5.53

18.64

 

 

30.97

 

4.71

140.66

Table 27b Australian Government National Research Priorities, percentage values (%)

 

An environmentally sustainable Australia

Promoting and maintaining good health

Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries

Safeguarding Australia

Other

Total

 

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

A7

B1

B2

B3

B4

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

D1

D2

D3

D4

 

 

Practices

6.24

9.78

2.13

 

 

 

5.35

 

 

 

 

 

0.19

 

 

7.03

 

 

11.54

 

0.52

42.78

Varieties

 

0.34

0.11

 

 

 

6.23

 

 

 

 

 

20.23

 

3.93

0.68

 

 

7.76

 

1.72

41.00

New Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.09

 

 

1.22

 

 

4.33

1.16

 

 

 

 

2.72

 

1.08

10.60

CCB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.84

 

 

 

 

 

4.84

CSIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.05

 

 

0.71

 

 

 

 

0.02

0.78

Total

6.24

10.12

2.24

 

 

 

11.67

 

 

1.22

 

 

24.80

1.16

3.93

13.26

 

 

22.02

 

3.34

100.00

Table 28 Australian Government Rural R&D Priorities, dollar and percentage values

 

Productivity and adding value

Supply chain and markets

Natural resource management

Climate variability and climate change

Biosecurity

Innovation skills

Technology

Other

Total

 

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

$m

%

Practices

16.96

12.05

0.74

0.52

8.58

6.10

7.52

5.35

16.23

11.54

9.88

7.03

0.27

0.19

 

 

60.18

42.78

Varieties

14.86

10.57

2.42

1.72

0.15

0.11

8.77

6.23

10.92

7.76

6.48

4.61

14.07

10.00

 

 

57.67

41.00

New Products

3.03

2.15

1.63

1.16

 

 

0.13

0.09

3.83

2.72

 

 

6.11

4.35

0.18

0.13

14.91

10.60

CCB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.80

4.84

 

 

 

 

6.80

4.84

CSIA

0.06

0.05

0.03

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.01

0.71

 

 

 

 

1.10

0.78

Total

34.91

24.82

4.82

3.42

8.73

6.21

16.42

11.67

30.98

22.02

24.17

17.19

20.45

14.54

0.18

0.13

140.66

100.00


 

 

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