Australian business expenditure on R&D (BERD) for the financial year ended June 30, 2009, was AUD $16.9 billion ($16.3 billion), an increase of 13% in current price terms and 9% in constant prices. BERD as a proportion of GDP increased from 1.26% to 1.34%. Capital expenditures other than land, buildings and other structures totaled AUD $637.9 million ($617.2 million). Business funds made up 95% of total BERD. The commonwealth government and other businesses each contributed 2%. Regarding activity type, experimental development, applied research, strategic basic research and pure basic research accounted for 61%, 34%, 5% and 1% of total BERD, respectively. By industry, mining and manufacturing contributed a quarter each of total BERD, with AUD $4.2 billion ($4.1 billion) and AUD $4.3 billion ($4.2 billion), respectively. Professional, scientific and technical services made up 15%.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics