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Re:Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading ... by Eridrus on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:25PM (#17503986)
> contribute public funding towards the private investment goals

Is this actually happening, or is this just speculation?

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Re:Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading ... by IntelMiner on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:32PM (#17504009)
The CSIRO has suffered enormous staff and funding cuts in recent years under the current government
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Re:Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading ... by zizee on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:24AM (#17505057)
It sounds like the current government's proposed 2018 budget will be a net gain for science investment:

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/is-the-2018-federal-budge... https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-re...

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Re:Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading ... by BurningFrog on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:42PM (#17504070)
It does sound odd that the agency (1) doesn't have enough money to do meaningful research, but (2) can contribute more money than Alphabet can afford.
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