“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome. If you have a dumb incentive, you get a dumb outcome.” It’s the most famous public quip of Charlie...
Outgoing Senator Kim Carr was praised by both sides of politics on Wednesday afternoon as a champion of Australian innovation, a portfolio “powerhouse” and a fiery debater. With a...
Long-time industry advocate and former Cabinet minister Kim Carr has announced his retirement from politics after serving nearly 30 years as a Senator. Senator Carr announced on Sunday morning...
The minority report of a Senate committee looking at government’s controversial “anti-trolling” bill says it needs “substantial amendments” and that there is not enough time to get this done...
A bipartisan Senate committee has rejected a bill that would strip the Education minister of research funding veto powers, despite widespread community support and an unprecedented backlash to the...
The federal government should be forced to explain in Parliament why it has gone against independent advice in vetoing research grants according to Labor Senator Kim Carr, who slammed...
The acting education minister has vetoed six humanities research grants which had been recommended by the independent Australian Research Council for funding. The veto was revealed on Christmas eve...
Industry department officials have denied a “bias” against Victoria and local pharmaceutical giant CSL as part of the ongoing efforts to stump up an mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability, with...
Ministerial vetoes of research grants and a “dossier” of applicants’ potential foreign influence are putting Australian academics’ reputations at risk and threatening the integrity of the national research funding...
The Coalition has knocked back a proposal to investigate the establishment of a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology which would provide independent advice to policymakers. Labor and the...