‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at the CSIRO

Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings

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Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 more research roles from next year as it looks for savings and new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) held its town hall on Tuesday afternoon where the agency’s leaders outlined the troubled times ahead.