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"There definitely is a perception out there about the impact of these policies that is short-sighted," he says.

The charity's chief executive, Emily Frith, said the decision was "very short-sighted at a time when there are more adoptive families in crisis than ever before".

“It's kind of short-sighted to think that the U.S. will save money by cutting this budget, because we, as journalists, getting this kind of grants, we are just keeping the environment for business much more transparent and much more accountable than it would be otherwise,” Holcova told Salon.

Holcova said, in her view, the cuts by President Donald Trump and Republicans are short-sighted and that these issues of corruption and organized crime are likely to become “much more dangerous” if reporting teams are disassembled.

Although all the teams arrived in Melbourne expecting them to be at the front, Norris on Thursday described the idea they might be a chunk ahead of the rest as "short-sighted".