Sir Rutherford Robertson discusses how the Australian science effort is organised and financed, and describes how the present government is approaching some of the problems.
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ROBERTSON, R. Funding and Control of Australian Science. Nature 246, 252–254 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246252a0
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