Saudi funding for top Australian University

By sheila | Apr 28, 2008

Top university ‘begged’ for Saudi funding A prominent Australian university practically begged the Saudi Arabian embassy to bankroll its Islamic campus for $1.3m, even telling the ambassador it could keep secret elements of the controversial deal.

Documents obtained by The Australian reveal that Griffith University – described by vice-chancellor Ian O’Connor as the “university of choice” for [...]

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