Actual email received
“We encourage experts and anyone connected to Australia’s R&D system to read our discussion paper and give feedback and ideas.
Your contribution will:
give us insights into Australia’s R&D capabilities, strengths and priorities
help us understand the opportunities and challenges for growing Australia’s R&D system
help us develop advice to build a path forward for Australia’s R&D system.”
This email pointed me at a discussion paper; even the executive summary was TL;DR.
I’m guessing it’s got something to do with finding plausible excuses to reduce investment into research funding by the Australian government.
I’m all for it. We don’t need research, we need product development. The people involved genuinely don’t know the difference, poor things.
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