'Australian science has been “left behind” as federal funding for research and development sinks to a 30-year low, a leading technology organisation has warned, with concerns that the shortfall is leaving the nation open to economic shocks and shortages of critical items like vaccines.'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/22/australia-being-left-behind-as-federal-research-and-development-funding-sinks-to-30-year-low