Tag: CSIRO

Data61 out of drug-test business

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The CSIRO has confirmed that its data branch Data61 is no longer working on the government’s controversial welfare drug testing scheme, as the first location for the trial has...

Data61’s RoboDebt work revealed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO’s data branch Data61 was paid nearly $150,000 for its work on the government’s much-maligned RoboDebt program across three separate contracts, according to questions on notice from the...

Larry’s each way bet on the future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Larry Marshall is having an each way bet on the future – investing in the CSIRO’s pure research initiatives while looking to spend $200 million on start ups through...

Labor to reject drug test bill

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Opposition will vote against the government’s welfare drug testing legislation, leaving the future of the controversial scheme in serious doubt. A Labor caucus meeting on Monday decided to...

Suddenly space is really, really big

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The US famously went from nowhere to the moon in ten years, so maybe Australia can get a space agency up and running in three times that time period....

CSIRO silent on drug testing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO’s involvement with the government’s drug testing of welfare recipients is still up in the air as new documents reveal the organisation has still not signed a contract...

CSIRO: Robo-debt and drug tests

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO has still not officially agreed to allow its Data61 analytics unit to become involved in the government’s highly contentious welfare drug testing program, a Senate estimates hearing has...

CSIRO ‘not told’ of drugs project

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
CSIRO was not consulted about a controversial program to drug test welfare recipients before a Cabinet minister announced that its Data61 analytics unit would be a key player in...

CSIRO and the politics of data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You have to wonder how the CSIRO found itself used as an elaborate prop in the delivery of a mean-spirited and pointless political wedge via Treasurer Scott Morrison’s second...