On 19 November, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced the appointment of the new WA fund manager under the Australian Government’s successful Innovation Investment Fund.
On 10 November, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced $20.6 million in grants to 32 businesses for projects supporting around 324 green jobs under the Rudd Government's Climate Ready Program.
On 9 November 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that 14 projects would share a total of $985,600 in Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) funding.
Victorian company EYEfi, has developed a fire-spotting remote-controlled camera system, with the help of a $120,000 COMET grant. EYEfi will feature on ABC TV's New Inventors program in a bushfire special airing in February 2010.
On 2 November 2009, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced 37 grants from Round 3 of the Green Building Fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 38,000 tonnes a year.
On 21 October 2009, the Rudd Government unveiled details of the $196 million Commercialisation Australia initiative, which aims to get Australian ideas to market and create jobs.