The Guardian
UK · 1 hrs ago
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Labor accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ for axing $760m research program to fund other science measures
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The Australian federal government has cut a $760 million research commercialisation program to fund other science initiatives, drawing criticism from researchers who argue the decision undermines the government's stated science priorities.
Labor accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ for axing $760m research program to fund other science measures
Researchers say budget decision to cut commercialisation program to fund the CSIRO and other science initiatives undermines the government’s own priorities
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The federal government has been accused of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” over the budget axing of a $760m research commercialisation program in order to fund other science initiatives.
The budget includes a $387.4m boost to “
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