Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Faruqi. The government will not support the amendment. It is important that the minister retain the ability to approve research programs which create research capability, rather than programs that award individual research grants. There are appropriate protections against misuse. The minister's specification of a project as a designated research project will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny as part of the normal disallowance processes.