‘How could Australia not think of investing heavily in science? This is just insanity.’

By Paul Clifton (NTEU National Office). With all the dust and smoke in Canberra this summer, it was clear that our politicians weren’t paying much attention to research and innovation.  It probably wasn’t getting much public attention either. If it had been, the public discontent with the present government would probably have been even stronger. With all the attention on who was sitting in which deck-chair, few noticed that the vessel was listing heavily to starboard and taking water at an alarming rate. More...