Federal Education Minister Jason Clare vetoed research funding to 13 projects ‘for reasons relevant to the security, defence or international relations’.
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Australia’s universities face escalating, deliberate efforts from foreign spies who want to steal commercially and militarily valuable research.
Scientific R&D drives economic competitiveness, military technology and national security. Governments are trying to balance research security with protecting the openness that makes science work.
As concerns over research security grow, Australia has no national policy or consistent approach.
Australia’s flexible and proportionate response to the risks of research espionage and foreign interference balance security with the necessity of international collaboration.
Australia’s allies are serious about the risk of research espionage - and one way or another, we need to catch up.
