.
The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee is currently holding an inquiry into the contribution of government funding for public research into current and emerging foreign policy issues. “As the process is not transparent and the scope for discretion is high, there is a real risk of censorship. The Minister may use grant decisions to promote only those views that are aligned with the government.“Future applicants are also more likely to self-censor as they try to guess the Minister’s intentions for vetoing projects. Such politicisation of Australian government research funding extends to funding for foreign policy issues.
Asher_Wolf LNP Trait, johnhoward would not help fund charities that criticised his Govt.
Of course Because the government only cares about the most materialistic wealthy in society and wants to keep doing so
Consequences of electing a corrupt government.
MarcTennant