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Originally Posted by gary
Hi Roger,
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Very good - I am happy to be corrected
I did completely misunderstand the funding of the various institutions etc on the east coast.
I wonder what this means for how the Perth Observatory should be funded? What you are suggesting is that various other observatories are heavily funded by the government. Does this mean the PO should be funded more to have it's fair share, or not necessarily funded as funding is being sufficiently placed in other institutions?
Perth Observatory also gets money from public viewing activities which help to keep it's doors open. Sounds very similar to the Sydney Observatory just it's government funding comes through a slightly different path.
My understanding is that the SKA funding for further development beyond the initial term (which I'm not sure how long that was but was under the impression it had expired) is pending and overdue?