Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The coalition government's long-term commitment to Antarctica is underpinned by an unprecedented $2.8 billion investment. The Australian Research Council's Special Research Initiative in Excellence in Antarctic Science, worth $56 million over seven years, was launched in June 2018. The ARC conducted a competitive grants application process and recommended a project at Monash University for funding through the SRI. Having accepted that recommendation, the Minister for Education instructed the ARC to provide the remaining funds to the University of Tasmania, whose application was ranked second by the ARC.