Australians funding hostile military-linked research with taxpayer money

News24 host James Macpherson exposes an alarming review of Australian Research Council grants linking taxpayer-funded university research to academics connected with the military and intelligence agencies of hostile nations. “An investigation into taxpayer grants doled out by the Australian Research Council has raised serious questions,” Mr Macpherson said. “A review of more than 6,500 government grants since 2021 has identified dozens of cases where Australian academics collaborated with foreign researchers who were connected to military or intelligence institutions hostile to Australia. “We're talking China. Russia. Iran.North Korea. “Australian academics have used taxpayer money to work with Chinese scientists on mosquito-sized drones as well as facial recognition technology. “I’m sure none of it will ever be used against us.”