2K views · 140 reactions | I've introduced a bill in the senate to completely remove the Education Minister’s ability to veto research grants funded by the Australian Research Council. As a former academic, I know that the independence of researchers is of the utmost importance and we now know that this has been undermined by political intervention by the Liberal Government. This bill will make intervention by the minister impossible. | Senator Mehreen Faruqi | Facebook

Yesterday I announced the next steps in the reform of the Australian Research Council. Here’s a bit of what I said, and a link to the full speech: https://ministers.education.gov.au/clare/australian-financial-review-higher-education-summit-keynote-speech | Jason Clare