A program cut has Australian astronomers up in arms – but it points at much bigger problems with national research funding.
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, AI and Modelling, University of Hull
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University
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Ernest Rutherford Fellow, University of Southampton
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Co-Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral fellow, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Sheffield Hallam University
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PhD researcher at the Center for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Astrophysics, Keele University
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Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
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Professorial fellow, Flinders University; Australian National University