[LINK] IT matters of interest in the 2014/2015 Federal Budget

[Gordon Keith]

On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 09:02 +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> On 14/05/2014 1:47 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> > Just about every year since the Australian Federal Budget was first put
> > on the web, I have done a quick search though the documents to find
> > matters of interest in information technology.
> 
> Thanks for the analysis Tom.
> 
> Broadening the scope to science and technology, has anyone been keeping 
> track of what this government has been doing with/to science and expert 
> advice?
> 
> In addition to those identified by Tom, things I am aware of include:
> 
> They have no Minister for Science,
> The priorities re climate change have been severely reduced.
> OAIC to go
> 

http://theconversation.com/judgement-day-for-abbott-on-science-and-research-funding-26684


> Yet this Government has slashed more than A$450 million from key science agencies that have all suffered substantial losses, including:
> 
>       * CSIRO – A$111.4 million
>       * Australian Research Council – A$74.9 million
>       * Cooperative Research Centres program – A$80 million
>       * Australian Institute of Marine Science – A$7.8 million
>       * Defence Science and Technology Organisation – A$120 million
>       * Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – A$27.6 million
>       * Geoscience Australia – A$36 million
>       
> These are on top of a A$470 million decline in funding for science over the previous two budgets. We’re going backwards as other countries move forwards.

Regards
Gordon