The Department Industry, Science and Resources urged its minister Tim Ayres to abandon membership of a global astronomy program, advising the research and reputation hit should be accepted to save the budget around $55 million a year, unsealed documents show.
It also advised against interim arrangements at around half the cost, the documents reveal, which would have preserved access to the program for at least two more years while Labor …
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