EXCLUSIVE
A Liberal MP has blasted the Abbott government’s defence and science policies – including the budget centrepiece of a $20 billion on a medical research fund.
In a speech to be given in Parliament on Tuesday night, obtained by Fairfax Media in draft form, West Australian MP Dennis Jensen describes the government’s science policies as “foolish” and incoherent.
Dr Jensen, a former research scientist and defence analyst, criticises the government for cutting funding to the CSIRO and Australian Research Council while creating a medical research fund.
WA MP Dennis Jensen has criticised his government’s science and defence policies.
”There appears to be a lack of understanding of how science works,” Dr Jensen says.