Tony Abbott win leads to humanities funding fears

By Paul Jump. Humanities and social sciences in Australia could lose A$100 million (£60 million) in funding following a change in government, it is feared.
The Liberal-National Coalition, led by former Rhodes scholar Tony Abbott, recorded a convincing victory in Saturday’s general election over Kevin Rudd’s Labor government. Last week, the Coalition said that it will carry out an audit of “increasingly ridiculous research grants” funded by the Australian Research Council, and proposed to “reprioritise” A$103 million of ARC funding to where it is “really needed”. It has also pledged to boost spending in medical research by A$190 million. More...