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Dominic Giannini

UNCOVERED: Fear spy crackdown will create uni research brain drain | History Defined

Measures to crack down on foreign spies has raised concerns about financial impacts on universities. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A crack down on foreign spies could stifle investment in Australia's money-making universities and accelerate an unintended brain drain.

A military technology permit regime to regulate the transfer of data such as blueprints, military technology and related services to foreign nationals in Australia has been proposed by the government.

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