Universities Australia’s chief executive Catriona Jackson says the peak body is in discussions with two government departments regarding the government’s proposed bill that will allow it to veto agreements between countries and a range of stakeholders – including universities. “We ...

“Lucrative” research partnerships between Australian universities and China are not only endangering academic autonomy but are also presenting a threat to our national security, according to a policy analyst interviewed on ABC TV’s 4 Corners program. “It’s clearly not in ...

Since 'complicit' was Dictionary.com's 2017 word of the year, 'foreign interference' could have been its top phrase. Special Counsel for the Department of Justice Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections is largely responsible for the ...