Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

When asked yesterday whether CSIRO would have liked to have received almost half a billion dollars in funding for its work, CSIRO Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley said, 'Of course, we would.' How can the Prime Minister defend the government's decision to give the grant to a small, private foundation run by his mates over Australia's premier science agencies?