Education ministers will no longer be able to unilaterally veto research grants after Greens and independent senators on Thursday helped pass a government bill that transfers final say on...
A bipartisan bill to increase funding for research commercialisation sailed through the Senate on Monday night and the House on Tuesday, paving the way for around $500 million to...
Three quarters of the researchers awarded $257 million in recent government funding had their applications “nit-picked” by the funding agency’s chief executive, with most of these requiring multiple revisions....
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...
A parliamentary inquiry will examine the power of ministers to veto research funding after the Greens successfully referred their bill seeking to the remove the power to the Senate...