The rarefied world of public intellectuals and scholars is braced for a bombshell, with a government review tipped to recommend a move away from the block funding that has underpinned a leading think tank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
The government received the final report from an external review into funding for strategic policy work last Friday. It is still to decide if the recommendations will be made public.
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Emma Connors was South-east Asia correspondent from October 2019 until mid-2023, based in Jakarta and Singapore. She has previously edited Perspective and Opinion and has written extensively across the AFR and related titles. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.connors@nine.com.au