Research leaders: funding 'blackmail in Senate' risks sending jobs overseas

Australian experts describe fear of losing ‘everything that we’ve worked for’ in a standoff between the government and the Senate over a crucial funds extension

Australian research leaders have described their fear of losing “everything that we’ve worked for” and sending jobs and expertise overseas, amid a standoff between the government and the Senate over a crucial funding extension.

Scientists attended a Senate committee hearing on Friday to call on the government to release $150m that it has budgeted to continue the national collaborative research infrastructure strategy (NCRIS) beyond 30 June.

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