On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 09:02 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > On 14/05/2014 1:47 PM, Tom Worthington wrote: > > Just about every year since the Australian Federal Budget was first put > > on the web, I have done a quick search though the documents to find > > matters of interest in information technology. > > Thanks for the analysis Tom. > > Broadening the scope to science and technology, has anyone been keeping > track of what this government has been doing with/to science and expert > advice? > > In addition to those identified by Tom, things I am aware of include: > > They have no Minister for Science, > The priorities re climate change have been severely reduced. > OAIC to go >
http://theconversation.com/judgement-day-for-abbott-on-science-and-research-funding-26684 > Yet this Government has slashed more than A$450 million from key science > agencies that have all suffered substantial losses, including: > > * CSIRO – A$111.4 million > * Australian Research Council – A$74.9 million > * Cooperative Research Centres program – A$80 million > * Australian Institute of Marine Science – A$7.8 million > * Defence Science and Technology Organisation – A$120 million > * Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – A$27.6 > million > * Geoscience Australia – A$36 million > > These are on top of a A$470 million decline in funding for science over the > previous two budgets. We’re going backwards as other countries move forwards. Regards Gordon _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
