Any future minister who tries to politicise the Australian Research Council will be subject to the scrutiny of parliament, says education minister Jason Clare. Labor move follows review that found trust had been ‘dramatically eroded’ by controversial grant decisions made by former Coalition ministers. Ministers would no longer be responsible for approving competitive grants as part of legislation aimed at ending years of political interference in the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Any future minister who tries to politicise the Australian Research Council will be subject to the scrutiny of parliament, says education minister Jason Clare. Labor move follows review that found trust had been ‘dramatically eroded’ by controversial grant decisions made by former Coalition ministers. Ministers would no longer be responsible for approving competitive grants as part of legislation aimed at ending years of political interference in the Australian Research Council (ARC).
The bill, to improve the governance and independent decision-making of the ARC, was introduced on Wednesday after a review into the body which found trust had been “dramatically eroded” by controversial grant decisions made by former The education minister, Jason Clare, said any future minister who tried to politicise the ARC would be subject to the scrutiny of parliament
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