WA announces more of not much

Jove but the state government is media-efficient in announcing research spends

Minister for many things (including innovation and medical research) Stephen Dawson announces $2.1m from the Research Translation Projects programme. No the decimal is not too far left and there are no missing zeros. Among projects, UWA has funding to research antibiotic resistance and Murdoch U for strip-based paper tests for MS and Parkinsons.

The bonanza follows last week’s announcement of $8.6m over four years for the state’s health and life sciences industry strategy (CMM April 7).

Whatever the state government is funding with the GST bonanza,  research isn’t it.

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