Footnotes

Committee Report

[1]        Group of Eight, Submission 3, p. 1.

[2]        National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, p. 1. See also Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 2.

[3]        National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, p. 2.

[4]        Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 1.

[5]        Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 2.

[6]        Australian Vic-Chancellors' Committee, Submission 2, p. 1.

[7]        Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee, Submission 2, pp 1-2. See also Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 2.

[8]        National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, pp 1-3.

[9]        Students' Representative Council, Submission 6, pp 2-3.

[10]      Department of Education, Science and Training, Submission 4, p.3.

[11]      National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, p. 4.

[12]      Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 2.

[13]      Students' Representative Council, Submission 6, p. 2. See also National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, pp 4-5 and Productivity Commission Research Report, Public Support for Science and Innovation, 9 March 2007, p. 501.

[14]      Australian Technology Network of Universities, Submission 1, p. 2.

[15]      Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[16]      Group of Eight, Submission 3, pp 2-3.

[17]      Group of Eight, Submission 3, p. 3. See also Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 3 which submitted that the matching fund requirement is likely to be in excess of $500 million.

[18]      National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, pp 4-5 and Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 3.

[19]      Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, Submission 7, p. 2.

[20]      National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 5, p. 6.