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Latest government bid to dictate research directions builds on a decade of failure

Latest government bid to dictate research directions builds on a decade of failure

The acting minister for education and youth, Stuart Robert, wrote a letter last week to Australian Research Council (ARC) CEO Sue Thomas, listing four demands. These included changes to ARC funding models and an overhaul of the ARC itself. These “expectations” were repackaged for the public in a press release on Tuesday entitled “New direction for the Australian Research Council […] … learn more→