One of the nation’s biggest backers of local research and development has called for an urgent review of tax settings ahead of the May budget, warning Australia is falling well behind in developing ...

Dig Howitt, the CEO of Cochlear, also talks about how the company navigates tariff and supply chain issues, and the new Nucleus Nexa "smart" implant.

Mr Howitt said the country needed to focus on boosting productivity and reiterated his plea to the federal government to increase the cap on research and development tax concessions. “As a global ...

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Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt says tax reform and measures to boost productivity should be an election issue, as his company took a hit from cost of living pressures in the US. Mr Howitt said ...