Tag: CSIRO

‘I’m dismayed’: CSIRO slashes more than 800 jobs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The CSIRO is planning further job cuts despite already slashing more than 800 in the last 18 months, its management has confirmed, as new modelling shows government funding has...

Defence buys quantum processor from SQC

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Silicon Quantum Computing has entered a multimillion-dollar contract with Defence that will see it provide an Australian-made quantum machine learning processor to make sense of large datasets. The Sydney-based...

CSIRO opens world-class facility to safeguard biodiversity

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
CSIRO has opened a $90 million purpose-built research facility to store, digitise and protect the more than 13 million biological specimens that make up Australia’s national research collection. Named...

Industry minister Tim Ayres to deliver awards address

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Australia’s Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres has been confirmed to deliver a keynote address at the 2025 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. Senator Ayres, who is also the Minister...

Research translation: Turning collaboration into impact

Posted on   |  by Tennille Eyre
Australia is globally recognised for its world-class research, but when it comes to turning those big ideas into real-world impact, there’s still work to do.  At CSIRO’s ON Program,...

CSIRO researchers brace for hundreds of job cuts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency has confirmed it is “reshaping” its research portfolio to do “fewer things, better”, after the staff union warned hundreds of job will be cut later...

Nuclear still twice the cost of renewables, CSIRO finds

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Renewables are the lowest cost new electricity generation technology in Australia, the national science agency has reaffirmed, while nuclear would be from two to six times as expensive. The...

Awards 2025: The search for our outstanding leaders begins

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
The search has begun for Australia’s outstanding leaders from within our community of entrepreneurs and innovators. Nominations have opened for the individual leadership categories of the 2025 InnovationAus Awards...