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‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms

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par Elizabeth Finkel, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University

In February, the South Australian Museum “re-imagined” itself. In the face of rising costs and inadequate government funds, CEO David Gaimster, who took the reins last June, declared the museum is “not a university”, and will gut its research capabilities, starting this July.

In Australia and abroad, hundreds of scientists and friends of the museum have expressed their horror at the proposal, to the media, in letters to the state government, and in interviews…

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