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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales and Donna Lu

Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?

Composite of the CSIRO logo on a white lab coat
More than 130 roles are expected to be cut in the environment unit, with more to be cut in health and biosecurity (between 100 and 110), agriculture and food (45 to 55) and minerals (25 to 35). Composite: CSIRO/Guardian Design

Sweeping job cuts across the nation’s science agency this week have been foreshadowed for months, but the sheer scale of them has left many researchers within laboratories and offices across the country shocked.

Up to 350 research roles are on the cutting room floor across key areas – including environment, human health and minerals – as leaders of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) attempt to steer the agency from a steep funding cliff.

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