UA’s budget wish-list is in: it’s mostly pragmatic and possible

UA asks for;

* extra funding for time-limited research projects delayed by the pandemic

* a collaboration premium for the Research and Development tax incentive, (this depends in what happens to legislation to reduce funding for the existing programme, stalled in the Senate since the War of the Bavarian Succession)

* money for university international student hardship funds

* funding for alternatives to clinical placements such as simulations and university-based clinics, “to avoid a lag in workforce supply”

And as ever the lobby dreams the impossible dream, recommending; “the Australian Government increase investment in university research as an essential pillar that underpins national prosperity, competitiveness and security.