Tag: Doug Hilton

CSIRO exits Tech Central, retreats from Sydney’s north

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The CSIRO has quietly exited Sydney’s largest technology and innovation hub, shifting staff to two of its other sites after surrendering control of its Lindfield campus to the federal...

CSIRO and its chief Doug Hilton face the music

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s national science agency has emerged from a bruising two years with hundreds less researchers, a slashed research portfolio and growing doubts among staff. It’s leader Doug Hilton will...

CSIRO explores fire lab ‘alternatives’ after outcry

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The national science agency is examining alternatives to the closure of its fire testing lab in Sydney’s north west following an outcry from the construction industry over the loss...

Budget drop: CSIRO gets a last-minute funding boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just months after announcing hundreds of research scientist redundancies, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has been thrown a budget lifeline. In November the agency said it would shed up...

Former SA deputy premier appointed to CSIRO board

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Three senior scientists have been appointed to the boards of the national science and nuclear agencies as the federal government pushes ahead with the “reprioritisation and refocusing” of their...

Science Meets Parliament now meets the economy

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Science and Technology Australia aims to drive commercialisation and productivity outcomes through closer connections between science and business with a new national leadership initiative to be unveiled at its...

‘At breaking point’: Research sector rallies around CSIRO

Posted on   |  by David Allen
CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton has rejected claims decades of funding cuts and a growing corporate focus had transformed the national science agency into “a consultancy business”, during a...