Actually the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation) is owned by the Australian Government; so research for tax breaks isn't the reason.

Actually the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation) is owned by the Australian Government; so research for tax breaks isn't the reason. The CSIRO has a largely good reputation amongst scientists and researchers in Australia. And they have a reasonably good commercialisation rate as well; their WiFi patents (most of which have recently expired if I remember correctly) have earned the Australian government nearly one half a billion dollars.