 Chifley , and the Minister for Post @-@ War Reconstruction , Dr H. C. " Nugget " Coombs , also discussed with Oliphant a plan to create a new research institute that would attract the world 's best scholars to Australia and lift the standard of university education nationwide . They hoped to start by attracting three of Australia 's most distinguished expatriates : Oliphant , Howard Florey and Keith Hancock . 
