It’s Senate Additional Estimates time and tomorrow at 2pm the Australian Research Council is on

This will give senators, notably Mehreen Faruqi (Greens NSW) an opportunity to inquire about process in research grants. On Christmas Eve Acting Education Minister Stuart Robert rejected the council recommendation to award six Discovery Grants.

While CSIRO official  Judi Zielke has been acting CEO at the ARC for only a couple of months, as a very senior public servant she knows the way senate committees work, which will likely make for interesting exchanges.