Author: Joseph Brookes

Experts who recommended research grants condemn minister’s veto

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The experts who recommended funding for research projects that were later blocked by the acting Education minister late last year have condemned the intervention, warning it “undermines” the independent...

Barry Pogson: Blocking research has consequences

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Blocking humanities projects damages other research disciplines and is “inconsistent” with the federal government’s demand for academic freedom in Australian universities, according to one of the country’s most eminent...

NSW govt offers bushfire technology grants

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The New South Wales government is offering grants up to $100,000 for local companies to trial their bushfire technology in the field under the first program of an R&D...

Carbon neutral ‘spaceplane’ parts to be built in Sydney

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Aerospace engineering startup Hypersonix Launch Systems has signed a deal with the University of Sydney to research and build parts for its zero-emissions “hypersonic spaceplane” expected to launch early...

Privacy warnings won’t stop ABC sharing user data

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The ABC will require users of its iview streaming service to log-in to continue watching this year, and will share their data with tech giants by default, despite repeated...