No science minister, and it's unclear where science fits in Australia
- Written by Sarah Maddison, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
Science is in Canberra this week, and yet we have no minister for science.
No science minister, on a background of Australia’s complex recent history of affiliating the science portfolio with a range of other ministries.
One interpretation is that successive federal governments struggle to see where science fits in our nations’s...
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