Australian university researchers had their pay frozen and were banned from applying for future grants because of foreign interference and national security concerns held by government agencies.
An audit of the Australian Research Council (ARC) ordered by Parliament reveals one of the researchers faces a potential five to seven-year ban for failing to declare a conflict of interest, while another case may still be under investigation.
The agency did not disclose its unprecedented interventions when it released a summary of the audit earlier this year.
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