The Australian Government's Innovation Report

Appendix 3: Overview of Australia’s gross domestic expenditure on R&D - by source of funds, 1978-79 to 2004-05
Source of funds 1978-79 1981-82 1984-85 1986-87 1988-89 1990-91 1992-93 1994-95 1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05
Current Prices ($million)
Business 217.5 319.5 674.3 1,251.8 1,781.5 2,148.2 2,851.9 3,451.0 4,203.9 4,091.6 4,821.1 6,696.0 8,145.8
Government 806.1 1,154.3 1,648.6 1,983.2 2,305.8 2,868.2 3,257.2 3,542.2 4,023.3 4,177.8 4,741.0 5,440.2 6,481.8
Australian Gov. 666.0 975.6 1,386.2 1,662.2 1,883.3 2,282.4 2,679.8 2,865.8 3,356.5 3,439.3 3,929.9 4,614.0 5,639.8
State Gov. 140.1 178.7 262.4 321.0 422.5 585.8 577.4 676.4 666.8 738.5 811.1 826.1 842.0
Other Australian 13.5 32.4 58.6 83.9 91.2 141.4 255.7 328.3 384.5 422.6 493.4 603.0 576.0
Overseas 16.8 16.1 26.0 29.0 57.0 64.2 118.1 145.2 180.6 226.1 361.7 472.4 569.3
Total 1,053.8 1,522.2 2,407.5 3,347.9 4,235.5 5,222.0 6,482.9 7,466.7 8,792.4 8,918.1 10,417.1 13,211.6 15,772.9
Chain Volume Measures ($million at 2004-05 prices)
Business – – – 2,331.1 2,964.2 3,148.9 3,978.1 4,649.7 5,393.1 5,037.7 5,423.1 7,104.5 8,145.8
Government – – – 3,493.4 3,664.1 4,153.2 4,456.4 4,686.7 5,081.8 4,894.9 5,381.4 5,844.6 6,481.8
Australian Gov. – – – 2,928.0 2,992.7 3,305.0 3,666.4 3,791.7 4,239.6 4,029.6 4,460.7 4,957.0 5,639.8
State Gov. – – – 565.4 671.4 848.2 790.0 894.9 842.2 865.3 920.7 887.5 842.0
Other Australian – – – 278.0 316.8 294.1 429.2 516.3 535.3 621.4 573.0 596.3 576.0
Overseas – – – 54.2 95.1 94.4 165.3 196.3 232.3 279.1 407.9 501.2 569.3
Total – – – 6,156.7 7,040.2 7,690.6 9,029.0 10,048.9 11,242.5 10,833.1 11,785.3 14,046.7 15,772.9
156 Backing Australia’s Ability