The Labor veteran is sceptical of schemes for research “that turns a quick dollar”

 In Features this morning, Senator Carr argues ministers “do not understand the history of science, and of scholarship more broadly.”

“If you do not do basic research, and public-good research, then over time you will erode your capacity to do applied research effectively,” the many times minister and expert on innovation and science policy  he writes.

“Science and research form the bedrock of a healthy innovation system. Without a pipeline of basic science and research, there will be no Australian ideas of the future for us to commercialise,” the senator suggests here.