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26 January 2022

Budget 2022: Time to ‘double down’ on our science investment

The 2022 Budget should “double down” on Australia’s return-generating investments in science to prepare for new complex challenges after this pandemic, fast-track our economic recovery and smooth the nation’s climate transition.

13 January 2022

Meet our all-star panel of leading journalists at Science meets Parliament 2022

Hot off the presses! Meet our all-star panel of leading journalists at Science meets Parliament 2022.

22 December 2021

Deal with delay, and fix funding timetable

Science & Technology Australia is urging that all future Australian Research Council rounds work to a fixed timetable to avoid losing Australia’s scientific workforce.

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