While it is pretty much common knowledge that Australia punches above its weight in sporting endeavors, what does not seem to make the news is some of the cutting edge research we do…or rather would do if it were properly funded.
Listen to this excerpt from the Science Show on Radio National, it describes the deplorable state of research funding in Australia.
Research funding in Australia - David Blair Director, Australian International Gravitational Research Centre School of Physics University of Western Australia
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as I said on twitter, priorities are all wrong when we pay some sports people millions to move a ball around but can't find enough funds to do something important like cure cancer.
Or really pushing solar energy developments that CSIRO is developing ie printing solar cells