8111.0 - Research and Experimental Development, Higher Education Organisations, Australia, 2006

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1 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of expenditure

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2006

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	5 245	14 401	84 738	4 416	29 692	4 612	-	28 357	171 461
	Other capital expenditure	58 431	39 451	32 277	6 925	22 585	5 774	823	21 535	187 801
	Total	63 676	53 852	117 015	11 341	52 277	10 386	823	49 892	359 262
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	647 784	562 271	345 493	151 794	204 863	39 664	18 090	162 196	2 132 155
	Scholarships	114 805	92 706	58 832	31 110	27 108	10 329	1 332	42 906	379 127
	Other current expenditure	712 473	695 789	397 955	200 839	260 568	40 993	21 628	203 584	2 533 828
	Total	1 475 061	1 350 765	802 280	383 743	492 539	90 986	41 049	408 686	5 045 110
Total		1 538 737	1 404 617	919 294	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 404 372
2004(a)

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	3 635	7 860	37 068	1 216	16 942	315	966	21 924	89 925
	Other capital expenditure	50 640	43 548	36 351	15 013	18 318	5 483	1 063	12 455	182 870
	Total	54 275	51 408	73 419	16 229	35 259	5 798	2 029	34 379	272 795
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	539 341	429 307	302 008	122 460	181 527	38 325	12 553	176 162	1 801 683
	Scholarships	108 942	74 521	48 861	20 943	21 193	8 577	3 188	30 283	316 508
	Other current expenditure	522 964	507 077	291 286	165 751	203 782	30 973	15 252	199 091	1 936 175
	Total	1 171 247	1 010 904	642 155	309 154	406 502	77 874	30 994	405 536	4 054 366
Total		1 225 522	1 062 312	715 574	325 383	441 761	83 673	33 022	439 915	4 327 162

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

2 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of expenditure: proportions

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	0.3	1.0	9.2	1.1	5.4	4.5	-	6.2	3.2
	Other capital expenditure	3.8	2.8	3.5	1.8	4.1	5.7	2.0	4.7	3.5
	Total	4.1	3.8	12.7	2.9	9.6	10.2	2.0	10.9	6.6
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	42.1	40.0	37.6	38.4	37.6	39.1	43.2	35.4	39.5
	Scholarships	7.5	6.6	6.4	7.9	5.0	10.2	3.2	9.4	7.0
	Other current expenditure	46.3	49.5	43.3	50.8	47.8	40.4	51.7	44.4	46.9
	Total	95.9	96.2	87.3	97.1	90.4	89.8	98.0	89.1	93.4
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	0.3	0.7	5.2	0.4	3.8	0.4	2.9	5.0	2.1
	Other capital expenditure	4.1	4.1	5.1	4.6	4.1	6.6	3.2	2.8	4.2
	Total	4.4	4.8	10.3	5.0	8.0	6.9	6.1	7.8	6.3
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	44.0	40.4	42.2	37.6	41.1	45.8	38.0	40.0	41.6
	Scholarships	8.9	7.0	6.8	6.4	4.8	10.3	9.7	6.9	7.3
	Other current expenditure	42.7	47.7	40.7	50.9	46.1	37.0	46.2	45.3	44.7
	Total	95.6	95.2	89.7	95.0	92.0	93.1	93.9	92.2	93.7
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

3 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by source of funds

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2006

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	299 360	245 298	111 032	82 755	92 351	28 586	1 469	84 858	945 709
	Other schemes	10 283	15 749	974	4 687	2 306	33	-	104	34 136
	Total	309 643	261 047	112 006	87 441	94 657	28 619	1 469	84 962	979 845
General university funds		920 317	885 577	521 370	172 502	297 238	41 868	30 054	330 574	3 199 501
Other commonwealth government		126 833	79 459	60 850	82 603	57 794	8 406	5 994	26 847	448 785
State & local government		32 059	51 525	47 419	18 344	38 171	6 478	2 066	3 023	199 084
Business		68 235	64 063	123 663	19 371	31 508	14 821	2 015	3 921	327 597
Donations, bequests & foundations		19 943	16 868	17 265	5 508	2 349	976	89	295	63 293
Other Australian		764	14 911	3 890	108	9 375	-	88	426	29 562
Overseas		60 943	31 167	32 832	9 207	13 724	203	99	8 530	156 706
Total		1 538 737	1 404 617	919 294	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 404 372
2004(a)

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	188 694	174 932	96 286	62 279	70 120	17 277	4 096	64 894	678 579
	Other schemes	8 684	6 230	415	2 893	4 171	542	1 094	397	24 428
	Total	197 378	181 162	96 702	65 172	74 291	17 819	5 191	65 292	703 006
General university funds		770 531	627 782	465 344	120 583	233 649	49 845	22 610	327 583	2 617 926
Other commonwealth government		104 221	81 006	46 572	95 449	63 967	4 413	3 501	28 735	427 864
State & local government		24 757	38 189	31 038	16 052	28 431	4 821	1 654	3 432	148 374
Business		65 552	85 693	44 756	16 424	22 454	5 038	25	4 003	243 946
Donations, bequests & foundations		12 837	16 752	14 461	4 897	3 013	1 338	-	863	54 160
Other Australian		262	3 268	2	-	-	36	-	264	3 833
Overseas		49 984	28 459	16 698	6 807	15 956	363	42	9 745	128 053
Total		1 225 522	1 062 312	715 574	325 383	441 761	83 673	33 022	439 915	4 327 162

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

4 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by source of funds: proportions

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	19.5	17.5	12.1	20.9	17.0	28.2	3.5	18.5	17.5
	Other schemes	0.7	1.1	0.1	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	0.6
	Total	20.1	18.6	12.2	22.1	17.4	28.2	3.5	18.5	18.1
General university funds		59.8	63.0	56.7	43.7	54.6	41.3	71.8	72.1	59.2
Other commonwealth government		8.2	5.7	6.6	20.9	10.6	8.3	14.3	5.9	8.3
State & local government		2.1	3.7	5.2	4.6	7.0	6.4	4.9	0.7	3.7
Business		4.4	4.6	13.5	4.9	5.8	14.6	4.8	0.9	6.1
Donations, bequests & foundations		1.3	1.2	1.9	1.4	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.2
Other Australian		-	1.1	0.4	-	1.7	-	0.2	0.1	0.5
Overseas		4.0	2.2	3.6	2.3	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.9	2.9
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	15.4	16.5	13.5	19.1	15.9	20.6	12.4	14.8	15.7
	Other schemes	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.6	3.3	0.1	0.6
	Total	16.1	17.1	13.5	20.0	16.8	21.3	15.7	14.8	16.2
General university funds		62.9	59.1	65.0	37.1	52.9	59.6	68.5	74.5	60.5
Other commonwealth government		8.5	7.6	6.5	29.3	14.5	5.3	10.6	6.5	9.9
State & local government		2.0	3.6	4.3	4.9	6.4	5.8	5.0	0.8	3.4
Business		5.3	8.1	6.3	5.0	5.1	6.0	0.1	0.9	5.6
Donations, bequests & foundations		1.0	1.6	2.0	1.5	0.7	1.6	-	0.2	1.3
Other Australian		-	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1
Overseas		4.1	2.7	2.3	2.1	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.2	3.0
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

5 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of activity

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2006

Pure basic research	489 921	434 624	166 846	88 556	89 565	17 536	428	191 752	1 479 228
Strategic basic research	284 348	303 374	231 873	96 927	134 952	22 879	1 786	125 312	1 201 452
Applied research	629 872	586 648	446 104	174 854	288 159	55 489	39 658	116 766	2 337 550
Experimental development	134 597	79 973	74 472	34 746	32 140	5 467	-	24 749	386 144
Total	1 538 737	1 404 617	919 294	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 404 372
2004(a)

Pure basic research	417 283	286 164	130 961	83 204	86 348	17 813	778	201 434	1 223 984
Strategic basic research	245 778	256 991	161 784	73 862	108 237	19 908	1 923	122 706	991 189
Applied research	448 217	452 658	361 374	147 365	202 933	41 740	29 937	96 804	1 781 029
Experimental development	114 243	66 499	61 455	20 952	44 243	4 212	384	18 971	330 959
Total	1 225 522	1 062 312	715 574	325 383	441 761	83 673	33 022	439 915	4 327 162

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

6 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of activity: proportions

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Pure basic research	31.8	30.9	18.1	22.4	16.4	17.3	1.0	41.8	27.4
Strategic basic research	18.5	21.6	25.2	24.5	24.8	22.6	4.3	27.3	22.2
Applied research	40.9	41.8	48.5	44.3	52.9	54.7	94.7	25.5	43.3
Experimental development	8.7	5.7	8.1	8.8	5.9	5.4	-	5.4	7.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Pure basic research	34.0	26.9	18.3	25.6	19.5	21.3	2.4	45.8	28.3
Strategic basic research	20.1	24.2	22.6	22.7	24.5	23.8	5.8	27.9	22.9
Applied research	36.6	42.6	50.5	45.3	45.9	49.9	90.7	22.0	41.2
Experimental development	9.3	6.3	8.6	6.4	10.0	5.0	1.2	4.3	7.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

7 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by research field

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2006

Mathematical sciences	48 507	35 626	13 012	5 259	5 017	503	141	16 125	124 191
Physical sciences	52 076	38 449	25 584	8 672	19 922	1 013	121	61 157	206 992
Chemical sciences	51 605	58 968	42 285	18 620	41 452	3 741	1 966	28 069	246 707
Earth sciences	28 041	31 114	15 066	6 977	25 402	9 910	408	34 905	151 824
Biological sciences	120 882	123 945	146 675	53 020	51 493	17 368	1 881	45 604	560 868
Info., computing & communication sciences	62 810	76 715	44 256	10 676	18 787	2 205	563	22 624	238 637
Engineering & technology	178 844	136 009	137 878	43 444	63 966	4 937	1 088	28 106	594 271
Agricultural, veterinary & environ. sciences	98 431	52 495	73 702	44 304	62 444	24 182	12 899	12 824	381 282
Architecture, urban environ. & building	14 287	9 885	4 450	3 450	6 219	635	6	536	39 466
Medical & health sciences	452 210	423 362	211 695	126 090	143 101	21 020	4 387	72 804	1 454 670
Education	59 651	49 876	26 635	8 834	23 090	3 187	6 709	4 880	182 862
Economics	31 304	51 112	15 332	2 320	13 359	539	1 246	19 543	134 756
Commerce, management, tourism & services	62 927	82 187	51 179	12 462	20 064	2 250	2 280	7 412	240 761
Policy & political science	19 156	15 105	12 743	2 426	2 510	1 557	458	28 546	82 501
Studies in human society	47 283	45 435	27 075	19 840	8 124	2 245	4 785	17 774	172 561
Behavioural & cognitive sciences	70 728	50 858	17 558	13 282	11 669	1 528	114	8 473	174 210
Law, justice & law enforcement	27 983	29 098	15 167	4 182	5 844	1 469	111	8 773	92 626
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies	6 252	6 917	8 699	2 136	2 562	156	201	1 417	28 339
The arts	26 498	30 103	11 145	1 850	7 728	604	641	6 624	85 193
Language & culture	31 687	26 959	9 361	2 660	4 346	945	1 504	11 672	89 133
History & archaeology	31 533	20 198	4 329	2 988	7 075	951	356	17 058	84 487
Philosophy & religion	16 042	10 201	5 469	1 595	643	424	7	3 652	38 034
Total	1 538 737	1 404 617	919 294	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 404 372
2004(a)

Mathematical sciences	37 236	19 998	9 325	5 108	4 016	466	70	14 985	91 205
Physical sciences	41 959	31 431	11 741	5 464	16 954	833	815	43 275	152 472
Chemical sciences	47 641	42 570	36 907	13 968	23 810	2 534	892	21 606	189 929
Earth sciences	22 706	29 327	11 428	7 623	19 697	7 148	141	30 701	128 772
Biological sciences	102 958	79 068	113 946	32 831	60 099	12 676	2 128	51 734	455 440
Info., computing & communication sciences	61 310	61 611	31 527	9 600	22 164	2 770	224	18 459	207 664
Engineering & technology	156 068	121 948	93 003	33 754	49 325	5 407	553	20 484	480 543
Agricultural, veterinary & environ. sciences	71 502	51 543	54 537	33 316	42 693	16 433	10 837	11 567	292 428
Architecture, urban environ. & building	11 819	10 683	2 718	3 728	2 597	1 012	21	419	32 997
Medical & health sciences	307 572	310 023	161 003	116 913	110 341	11 816	3 556	71 288	1 092 512
Education	47 413	39 252	23 713	11 616	18 685	4 500	3 987	2 873	152 039
Economics	21 838	35 038	11 746	2 840	12 692	459	494	19 606	104 712
Commerce, management, tourism & services	58 769	54 703	39 715	11 471	14 024	2 473	2 120	11 771	195 048
Policy & political science	17 884	14 301	8 804	1 595	2 080	1 565	1 019	30 624	77 873
Studies in human society	39 383	36 469	23 414	12 827	7 244	3 456	3 654	19 339	145 786
Behavioural & cognitive sciences	53 360	37 539	27 814	9 310	10 707	1 760	750	10 280	151 518
Law, justice & law enforcement	26 360	22 074	11 851	2 313	4 650	1 785	316	16 325	85 675
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies	4 375	3 203	5 302	1 989	750	110	145	1 895	17 769
The arts	32 171	18 151	15 354	1 890	8 161	2 515	425	10 314	88 982
Language & culture	30 045	21 650	12 278	2 482	4 323	1 537	166	11 414	83 894
History & archaeology	19 918	14 560	6 161	3 258	6 138	1 569	684	17 011	69 298
Philosophy & religion	13 234	7 170	3 287	1 487	611	848	24	3 946	30 608
Total	1 225 522	1 062 312	715 574	325 383	441 761	83 673	33 022	439 915	4 327 162

(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

8 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by research field: proportions

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Mathematical sciences	3.2	2.5	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.3
Physical sciences	3.4	2.7	2.8	2.2	3.7	1.0	0.3	13.3	3.8
Chemical sciences	3.4	4.2	4.6	4.7	7.6	3.7	4.7	6.1	4.6
Earth sciences	1.8	2.2	1.6	1.8	4.7	9.8	1.0	7.6	2.8
Biological sciences	7.9	8.8	16.0	13.4	9.5	17.1	4.5	9.9	10.4
Info., computing & communication sciences	4.1	5.5	4.8	2.7	3.4	2.2	1.3	4.9	4.4
Engineering & technology	11.6	9.7	15.0	11.0	11.7	4.9	2.6	6.1	11.0
Agricultural, veterinary & environ. sciences	6.4	3.7	8.0	11.2	11.5	23.9	30.8	2.8	7.1
Architecture, urban environ. & building	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.6	-	0.1	0.7
Medical & health sciences	29.4	30.1	23.0	31.9	26.3	20.7	10.5	15.9	26.9
Education	3.9	3.6	2.9	2.2	4.2	3.1	16.0	1.1	3.4
Economics	2.0	3.6	1.7	0.6	2.5	0.5	3.0	4.3	2.5
Commerce, management, tourism & services	4.1	5.9	5.6	3.2	3.7	2.2	5.4	1.6	4.5
Policy & political science	1.2	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.5	1.5	1.1	6.2	1.5
Studies in human society	3.1	3.2	2.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	11.4	3.9	3.2
Behavioural & cognitive sciences	4.6	3.6	1.9	3.4	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.2
Law, justice & law enforcement	1.8	2.1	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.4	0.3	1.9	1.7
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.5
The arts	1.7	2.1	1.2	0.5	1.4	0.6	1.5	1.4	1.6
Language & culture	2.1	1.9	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.9	3.6	2.5	1.6
History & archaeology	2.0	1.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.9	0.9	3.7	1.6
Philosophy & religion	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	-	0.8	0.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Mathematical sciences	3.0	1.9	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	3.4	2.1
Physical sciences	3.4	3.0	1.6	1.7	3.8	1.0	2.5	9.8	3.5
Chemical sciences	3.9	4.0	5.2	4.3	5.4	3.0	2.7	4.9	4.4
Earth sciences	1.9	2.8	1.6	2.3	4.5	8.5	0.4	7.0	3.0
Biological sciences	8.4	7.4	15.9	10.1	13.6	15.1	6.4	11.8	10.5
Info., computing & communication sciences	5.0	5.8	4.4	3.0	5.0	3.3	0.7	4.2	4.8
Engineering & technology	12.7	11.5	13.0	10.4	11.2	6.5	1.7	4.7	11.1
Agricultural, veterinary & environ. sciences	5.8	4.9	7.6	10.2	9.7	19.6	32.8	2.6	6.8
Architecture, urban environ. & building	1.0	1.0	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.8
Medical & health sciences	25.1	29.2	22.5	35.9	25.0	14.1	10.8	16.2	25.2
Education	3.9	3.7	3.3	3.6	4.2	5.4	12.1	0.7	3.5
Economics	1.8	3.3	1.6	0.9	2.9	0.5	1.5	4.5	2.4
Commerce, management, tourism & services	4.8	5.1	5.6	3.5	3.2	3.0	6.4	2.7	4.5
Policy & political science	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.1	7.0	1.8
Studies in human society	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.9	1.6	4.1	11.1	4.4	3.4
Behavioural & cognitive sciences	4.4	3.5	3.9	2.9	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.3	3.5
Law, justice & law enforcement	2.2	2.1	1.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	1.0	3.7	2.0
Journalism, librarianship & curatorial studies	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4
The arts	2.6	1.7	2.1	0.6	1.8	3.0	1.3	2.3	2.1
Language & culture	2.5	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.5	2.6	1.9
History & archaeology	1.6	1.4	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.9	2.1	3.9	1.6
Philosophy & religion	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.9	0.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

9 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by socio-economic objective

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2006

Defence		7 164	7 149	5 422	6 907	1 545	102	4	11 805	40 099
Economic development
	Plant prod. & plant primary products	30 120	16 137	34 042	36 369	39 959	11 592	514	10 404	179 139
	Animal prod. & animal primary products	29 545	22 579	13 141	10 475	21 306	9 727	292	662	107 725
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	7 162	4 559	32 996	11 547	19 424	6 012	-	4 791	86 490
	Energy resources	10 583	20 214	5 325	3 186	28 803	259	255	718	69 342
	Energy supply	20 405	10 307	5 281	2 693	2 789	1 099	632	7 111	50 318
	Manufacturing	104 798	94 233	67 983	24 195	25 060	2 306	536	11 086	330 198
	Construction	28 320	23 855	12 100	3 221	9 355	567	-	3 224	80 642
	Transport	6 482	15 345	12 878	5 219	1 193	2 226	-	1 845	45 187
	Info. & communication services	78 254	73 027	40 191	15 988	12 661	1 458	141	27 358	249 076
	Commercial services & tourism	29 272	28 354	22 697	6 621	5 827	844	1 879	3 405	98 900
	Economic framework	53 953	103 603	46 333	10 486	25 284	1 842	1 025	22 586	265 113
	Total	398 895	412 211	292 967	130 001	191 661	37 930	5 275	93 189	1 562 130
Society
	Health	489 809	486 322	271 429	141 509	155 901	22 452	5 007	90 617	1 663 046
	Education & training	77 960	65 054	23 564	12 083	25 159	3 738	7 024	30 997	245 579
	Social develop. & community services	183 232	116 154	76 557	38 230	34 255	7 693	7 699	76 173	539 993
	Total	751 001	667 529	371 551	191 822	215 314	33 883	19 731	197 787	2 448 618
Environment
	Environ. policy frameworks & other aspects	13 592	9 976	10 937	3 070	1 598	1 984	451	7 116	48 724
	Environmental management	75 143	53 943	72 377	26 938	66 282	16 995	15 640	31 678	358 995
	Total	88 735	63 918	83 313	30 008	67 879	18 979	16 091	38 795	407 718
Non-oriented research		292 942	253 809	166 041	36 347	68 416	10 478	772	117 002	945 806
Total		1 538 737	1 404 617	919 294	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 404 372
2004(a)

Defence		3 859	7 301	3 170	3 969	496	714	24	9 665	29 198
Economic development
	Plant prod. & plant primary products	37 540	9 684	26 143	21 375	28 001	10 210	257	12 772	145 983
	Animal prod. & animal primary products	25 020	20 870	13 351	5 666	14 269	7 593	373	784	87 926
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	7 317	3 399	22 988	7 223	14 222	2 642	-	4 879	62 670
	Energy resources	8 651	12 678	2 881	3 005	13 929	98	-	641	41 883
	Energy supply	16 390	7 902	3 553	2 736	3 245	1 166	897	5 097	40 985
	Manufacturing	92 164	71 008	44 107	22 682	20 118	2 397	201	15 384	268 062
	Construction	27 004	21 585	9 320	2 960	5 295	699	-	1 259	68 122
	Transport	5 006	9 236	12 536	5 014	1 448	1 576	61	1 124	36 002
	Info. & communication services	66 820	61 688	37 684	14 940	11 468	1 933	126	21 941	216 600
	Commercial services & tourism	24 463	18 584	14 445	4 170	6 217	797	1 218	2 868	72 762
	Economic framework	54 535	69 816	29 129	13 559	19 250	1 794	683	29 830	218 597
	Total	364 910	306 450	216 137	103 330	137 462	30 906	3 817	96 580	1 259 591
Society
	Health	331 559	337 774	185 402	111 258	128 933	13 642	3 997	95 594	1 208 160
	Education & training	52 599	49 410	25 944	16 851	20 722	5 307	4 355	21 649	196 837
	Social develop. & community services	161 753	81 416	71 989	25 086	26 300	10 589	6 093	83 199	466 425
	Total	545 911	468 601	283 336	153 194	175 955	29 538	14 445	200 442	1 871 422
Environment
	Environ. policy frameworks & other aspects	14 179	9 095	5 040	1 249	2 041	1 464	166	6 937	40 171
	Environmental management	58 182	32 211	54 241	22 477	44 720	12 392	12 891	23 509	260 623
	Total	72 361	41 306	59 281	23 726	46 762	13 856	13 057	30 445	300 795
Non-oriented research		238 481	238 654	153 650	41 164	81 086	8 660	1 679	102 783	866 156
Total		1 225 522	1 062 312	715 574	325 383	441 761	83 673	33 022	439 915	4 327 162

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

10 Expenditure on R&D, by location - by socio-economic objective: proportions

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Defence		0.5	0.5	0.6	1.7	0.3	0.1	-	2.6	0.7
Economic development
	Plant prod. & plant primary products	2.0	1.1	3.7	9.2	7.3	11.4	1.2	2.3	3.3
	Animal prod. & animal primary products	1.9	1.6	1.4	2.7	3.9	9.6	0.7	0.1	2.0
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	0.5	0.3	3.6	2.9	3.6	5.9	-	1.0	1.6
	Energy resources	0.7	1.4	0.6	0.8	5.3	0.3	0.6	0.2	1.3
	Energy supply	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.6	0.9
	Manufacturing	6.8	6.7	7.4	6.1	4.6	2.3	1.3	2.4	6.1
	Construction	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.8	1.7	0.6	-	0.7	1.5
	Transport	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	-	0.4	0.8
	Info. & communication services	5.1	5.2	4.4	4.0	2.3	1.4	0.3	6.0	4.6
	Commercial services & tourism	1.9	2.0	2.5	1.7	1.1	0.8	4.5	0.7	1.8
	Economic framework	3.5	7.4	5.0	2.7	4.6	1.8	2.4	4.9	4.9
	Total	25.9	29.3	31.9	32.9	35.2	37.4	12.6	20.3	28.9
Society
	Health	31.8	34.6	29.5	35.8	28.6	22.1	12.0	19.8	30.8
	Education & training	5.1	4.6	2.6	3.1	4.6	3.7	16.8	6.8	4.5
	Social develop. & community services	11.9	8.3	8.3	9.7	6.3	7.6	18.4	16.6	10.0
	Total	48.8	47.5	40.4	48.6	39.5	33.4	47.1	43.1	45.3
Environment
	Environ. policy frameworks & other aspects	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.1	1.6	0.9
	Environmental management	4.9	3.8	7.9	6.8	12.2	16.8	37.4	6.9	6.6
	Total	5.8	4.6	9.1	7.6	12.5	18.7	38.4	8.5	7.5
Non-oriented research		19.0	18.1	18.1	9.2	12.6	10.3	1.8	25.5	17.5
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Defence		0.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.9	0.1	2.2	0.7
Economic development
	Plant prod. & plant primary products	3.1	0.9	3.7	6.6	6.3	12.2	0.8	2.9	3.4
	Animal prod. & animal primary products	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.7	3.2	9.1	1.1	0.2	2.0
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	0.6	0.3	3.2	2.2	3.2	3.2	-	1.1	1.4
	Energy resources	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.9	3.2	0.1	-	0.1	1.0
	Energy supply	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.7	1.2	0.9
	Manufacturing	7.5	6.7	6.2	7.0	4.6	2.9	0.6	3.5	6.2
	Construction	2.2	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	0.8	-	0.3	1.6
	Transport	0.4	0.9	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.8
	Info. & communication services	5.5	5.8	5.3	4.6	2.6	2.3	0.4	5.0	5.0
	Commercial services & tourism	2.0	1.7	2.0	1.3	1.4	1.0	3.7	0.7	1.7
	Economic framework	4.4	6.6	4.1	4.2	4.4	2.1	2.1	6.8	5.1
	Total	29.8	28.8	30.2	31.8	31.1	36.9	11.6	22.0	29.1
Society
	Health	27.1	31.8	25.9	34.2	29.2	16.3	12.1	21.7	27.9
	Education & training	4.3	4.7	3.6	5.2	4.7	6.3	13.2	4.9	4.5
	Social develop. & community services	13.2	7.7	10.1	7.7	6.0	12.7	18.5	18.9	10.8
	Total	44.5	44.1	39.6	47.1	39.8	35.3	43.7	45.6	43.2
Environment
	Environ. policy frameworks & other aspects	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.5	1.6	0.9
	Environmental management	4.7	3.0	7.6	6.9	10.1	14.8	39.0	5.3	6.0
	Total	5.9	3.9	8.3	7.3	10.6	16.6	39.5	6.9	7.0
Non-oriented research		19.5	22.5	21.5	12.7	18.4	10.3	5.1	23.4	20.0
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

11 Human Resources devoted to R&D, by location - by type of resource

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE
2006

Academic staff	4 754	4 928	2 749	1 200	1 460	508	187	1 227	17 013
Other staff	2 606	1 276	1 982	516	798	95	25	578	7 877
Postgraduate students	10 545	8 813	5 866	2 495	3 401	849	155	1 797	33 921
Total	17 906	15 017	10 597	4 211	5 658	1 453	367	3 602	58 810
2004(a)

Academic staff	4 239	4 214	2 415	1 030	1 314	445	177	1 145	14 979
Other staff	2 576	1 064	1 804	484	758	103	21	977	7 787
Postgraduate students	10 165	8 649	5 295	2 442	3 259	730	155	1 742	32 438
Total	16 981	13 927	9 514	3 957	5 331	1 278	352	3 864	55 204

(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.

12 Human Resources devoted to R&D, by location - by type of resource: proportions

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2006

Academic staff	26.6	32.8	25.9	28.5	25.8	35.0	50.9	34.1	28.9
Other staff	14.6	8.5	18.7	12.3	14.1	6.5	6.9	16.0	13.4
Postgraduate students	58.9	58.7	55.4	59.2	60.1	58.5	42.2	49.9	57.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2004(a)

Academic staff	25.0	30.3	25.4	26.0	24.6	34.8	50.1	29.6	27.1
Other staff	15.2	7.6	19.0	12.2	14.2	8.0	5.8	25.3	14.1
Postgraduate students	59.9	62.1	55.7	61.7	61.1	57.1	44.0	45.1	58.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

(a) 2004 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical note for details.