Stuart Robert is a useless minister. But he did one thing right: last year he rejected six garbage research applications for Australian Research Council grants. Academics had a whinge. They always do when you get between them and taxpayers' money. Yesterday, Brian Schmidt, the Nobel-prize-winning Vice-Chancellor of the ANU had a whinge about it as well. Good. It means we can revisit these grants and the waste at our universities.

Academic bludgers

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7610025/political-interference-an-existential-threat-to-unis-anu-vice-chancellor/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/elfyscott/42-million-in-research-grants-has-been-blocked-by-the

uni salaries: https://www.michaelwest.com.au/australian-university-profits/

Citipointe

https://youtu.be/Ho3VyRia3oQ