Changes to the Australian Research Council will ensure government ministers cannot veto grants at whim.
Ministers will no longer be able to veto research grants but the federal government has reserved the right to intervene in areas of national security, under changes to the Australian Research Council.
The ARC allocates around $850 million a year to research projects as wide-ranging as quantum computing to Renaissance literature and from automated vehicles to plant biosecurity., including the vetoing of grants by three of the last four Coalition education ministers and lengthy delays in announcing results, putting careers on the line.
Before him, Dan Tehan rejected five grants in 2020 and Simon Birmingham a total of 10 over two years. The tradition was started in 2004 when then-education minister Brendan Nelson banned three grants in 2004 and another seven in 2005.In total, 30 research projects that had been peer reviewed and approved by the ARC were rejected.
“And that work helps make and change the world we live in. It helps create new knowledge, spur innovation and catalyse productivity.”
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