The CSIRO will cut up to 500 jobs in a wave of reforms the agency’s staff union says is gutting the organisation’s capacity to do research. In an internal memo sent on Tuesday and subsequently published online by the CSIRO’s Staff Association, chief executive Doug Hilton announced between 375 to 500 staff in non-research or...
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CSIRO staff appeal against widespread job cuts – 700 under threat – Australian Manufacturing Forum
CSIRO staff have called for Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic’s intervention to head off the destruction of more than 700 jobs in CSIRO. In an open letter to Husic the CSIRO Staff Association said: “Our national science agency is under attack from within. “CSIRO’s core purpose and the ability of its staff to deliver...