Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate calls on the Government to:

(a) respect research as fundamental to our country's health and prosperity;

(b) maintain public funding for all areas of research in the May 2014 budget;

(c) lift Australia's total spending on research and development over time to 3 per cent of gross domestic product, a target also set by the United States;

(d) stop the 'brain drain' and back our researchers, scientists and educators by providing secure career pathways, more certain funding arrangements and the national infrastructure that equips people to make discoveries;

(e) respect academic independence as well as the process of peer-review and expert recommendations; and

(f) secure our future by ensuring that children get a better understanding of science and research at school.

Question agreed to.