The Allen government said on Tuesday it will not allow the state’s medical research institutes to fold and will examine warnings their funding is drying up after the state budget did not offer new support.
Minister for Medical Research Ben Carroll offered the assurance at a budget estimates hearing amid forecasts that without additional funding, 10 of Victoria’s 14 independent medical research institutes will close by 2030.
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