Australian policy review backs huge cuts in research funding

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe sydney John Moore, Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism in the Coalition government, commissioned the report from David Mortimer, chief

executive of the transport company TNT, giving Mortimer the brief of reviewing the government's A$4-billion (US$3-billion) annual support for business. The one-man review comes at a

time when public support for government has been falling sharply, fanned by criticism of the lack of a clear policy for industry. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your

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