Australia Yearbook - 2001

856 Year Book Australia 2001
25.10 GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, R&D Resources by Socioeconomic Objective—1998–99
Land and
buildings
Other capital
expenditure
Labour
costs
Type of expenditure
Other current
expenditure
Total
Human
resources
’000
person
Socioeconomic objective
$m
$m $m
$m $m years
Defence 0.1 18.5 126.9 59.5 205.1 1.9
Economic development
Plant—production and primary products 10.0 11.9 167.1 163.8 352.8 3.2
Animal—production and primary
products 8.8 8.4 114.3 105.9 237.4 2.2
Mineral resources (excl. energy) 1.5 3.7 29.1 25.1 59.4 0.4
Energy resources 0.9 2.7 23.1 32.6 59.3 0.3
Energy supply 0.5 1.8 8.8 4.9 16.0 0.1
Manufacturing 9.0 13.5 125.0 89.2 236.7 1.9
Construction 0.9 3.2 21.9 12.5 38.4 0.3
Transport 3.3 0.2 10.8 4.4 18.6 0.1
Information and communication services 2.4 3.4 36.9 26.3 69.1 0.5
Commercial services 0.3 1.5 6.3 5.0 13.1 0.1
Economic framework 0.6 1.5 22.5 13.9 38.6 0.4
Total economic development 38.2 51.8 565.7 483.8 1 139.4 9.6
Society
Health 4.6 9.4 112.8 70.5 197.2 2.9
Education and training 0.2 0.2 6.1 1.8 8.3 0.1
Social development and community
services 0.2 1.0 21.2 9.9 32.2 0.4
Total society 5.0 10.6 140.0 82.2 237.8 3.4
Environment
Environmental knowledge 8.2 13.7 141.4 128.2 291.6 2.2
Environmental aspects of economic
development 3.2 3.3 30.8 21.1 58.3 0.5
Environmental management and other
aspects 1.3 2.7 38.5 36.4 78.9 0.7
Total environment 12.7 19.7 210.7 185.6 428.7 3.4
Advancement of knowledge
Natural sciences, technologies and
engineering 1.4 2.1 31.1 23.3 57.9 0.6
Social sciences and humanities 0.2 0.1 1.5 1.1 2.8 —
Total advancement of knowledge 1.6 2.2 32.5 24.3 60.7 0.7
Total 57.6 102.8 1 075.8 835.4 2 071.6 18.9
Source: Research and Experimental Development, Government and Private Non-profit Organisations, Australia (8109.0).