A plan to cut CSIRO’s annual costs by at least $100 million and reduce support staff by up to 500 will threaten the agency’s ability to collaborate with industry and prosecute the government’s Made in Australia program, science industry leaders say.
The cuts are part of a broader reduction in the agency’s 5500 headcount, with the CSIRO staff union claiming as many as 700 or 13 per cent of staff will lose their jobs from the frontline research agency.
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