Australian universities are a major supporter of astronomical activities, through providing salaries of academics, research and technical staff in universities, co-funding in grant schemes, access to university facilities and higher degree research stipends. Also noteworthy is the contribution of the Government of Western Australia which has provided an average of University and The University of Western Australia since 2009. To a lesser extent, funding has come from industry, other 20% increase. However, over the same period, the Consumer Price Index has increased by 23%, so in real terms the increase in astronomy research funding from national competitive grants is modest (around 5%). Furthermore, over the same period of time, Continuing positions within the Australian astronomical community have increased by 64%, as highlighted in section 8. OzGRAV and ASTRO 3D CoE bids were successful. To note the importance of these centres to the Australian astronomy landscape, the last decadal plan also found that all of astronomy's competitive grant increase in that decade was due to the formation of the ARC CoE for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO). Among ARC fellowships, Discovery Early Career Researcher supporting a number of Australia's mid-scale capabilities and instrumentation programs. Linkage grants, however, have not for our fundamental science is that the proportion of Discovery Grants per researcher has substantially diminished.