Defence research ‘antidote’ to Covid’s lost billions: thinktank

Formalised defence R&D ties could recoup one-quarter of the research funds lost from Australia’s ailing international education industry

Published on
July 26, 2021
Last updated
August 2, 2021
John Ross
Sailors stand in line with a boat going behind them as a metaphor for Defence research ‘antidote’ to Covid’s lost billions: thinktank
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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by ... on July 27, 2021 - 2:56am
If the defence department has a "fair amount of money" "to slosh around", it should be taken away from the department and used for other valid causes including independent research.

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