Programs and incentives to assist businesses and industry to grow and thrive.

We have a national network of more than 200 front line staff and business experts who can work directly with your business to help you thrive, grow, create jobs and achieve your goals.

We can help you:

  • get independent advice from experts to help you achieve your business goals
  • understand what support is available from federal and state governments
  • get introduced and connected with other organisations that can help address challenges so you can make the most of opportunities
  • maximise research and development opportunities.

We have offices in every Australian state and territory, including capital cities and regional areas.

We listen to your needs and take a holistic approach to addressing your individual challenges. Our regional managers provide impartial, trusted advice tailored to your region.

We can connect you to business information and assistance from all levels of government. With an aim of streamlining your government interactions.

To connect with your regional manager, call the AusIndustry contact centre on 13 28 46.

Government type:
Australian Government
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We design and deliver programs that span our department’s portfolio including grants, tax incentives and tailored advice to support your business at each of its different stages.

Entrepreneurs’ Programme

The Entrepreneurs’ Programme provides you with access to business advisory services and grant funding, delivered through a national network of over 170 industry experts around Australia, and includes:

Research and Development Tax Incentive Program

The Research and Development Tax Incentive is the Australian Government’s key mechanism to stimulate research and development investment in Australia. It offers a tax offset for companies conducting eligible research and development activities. AusIndustry and the Australian Tax Office jointly administer the tax incentive.

Cooperative Research Centres Program

Our Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program supports Australian industries’ ability to compete and produce. We do this by helping you partner with the research sector to solve industry-identified problems in 2 ways:

  • CRC grants support medium to long-term industry-led collaborative research for up to 10 years
  • CRC Projects grants support short-term industry-led collaborative research for up to 3 years.

Supporting priority initiatives

We also help design and deliver Australian Government priority initiatives, including:

Contact details

Key Contact:
Australian Government: Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Details:
The Department drives economic growth and job creation for all Australians.
Phone:
13 28 46
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