Shorten’s R&D pledge
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has renewed Labor’s pledge to lift R&D spending to 3 per cent of GDP.
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Ramsay grant goes to Monash
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Research funding is ‘too complex’
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Free speech hurt despite ‘best intentions’
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UQ biotech wins $63m grant
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New take on climate
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A postgraduate law degree has the fastest payback of all postgraduate courses.
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