Government's research cuts lead to Australian brain drain

By Courtney Sloane (NTEU National Office). The Abbott Government’s cuts to research and plans to deregulate university fees are already forcing our best and brightest overseas, the NTEU said today.
Speaking in response to ABC reports that researchers are being forced to look overseas for work, NTEU National President Jeannie Rea said that it was the government’s cuts to research and higher education that were making Australia unappealing to its best researchers. More...