The PM needs evidence-based advice more than ever

The PM needs evidence-based advice more than ever
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Peter Griffin
With the prime minister’s chief science adviser role sitting vacant for months, many scientists are worried that a key mechanism for injecting evidence into policymaking is being shut down.The coalition Government is facing heat for introducing new policies backed up with little in the way of supporting evidence. Whether it's the reintroduction of the three strikes law, banning cellphones in schools, reversing speed limit reductions, or Associate Health Minister Casey Costello's "independent advice" on the wisdom of...

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