‘Silenced': Leading reef research centre faces axe after funding miss

One of the world's premier coral reef research centres has failed to secure Australian Research Council funding, placing in doubt the science hub even as the Great Barrier Reef faces another bout of bleaching.

Professor Terry Hughes, head of the ARC Centre of
 Excellence for Coral Science Studies, James Cook
University, has often been critical of government policy.CREDIT:

The council confirmed in Senate estimate on Thursday that the Townsville-based Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies missed out on even making the funding shortlist for its next round of funding.

Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam - “‘Silenced': Leading reef research centre faces axe after funding miss,”