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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Basford Canales, Petra Stock and Caitlin Cassidy

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

Person silhouetted against the CSIRO logo
The CSIRO will cut between 300 and 350 more jobs, the agency has announced. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

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 a town hall on Tuesday afternoon, when the agency’s leaders outlined the troubled times ahead.

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