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CSIRO is cutting climate science jobs. This is what’s at stake

CSIRO has told staff it will cut 92 positions in its environment unit, just days after the Australian government boosted funding to the national science agency by $387 million....

‘Scrapped’: CSIRO’s digital unit to merge with manufacturing

30 April 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

The CSIRO will merge its digital and manufacturing research units after shedding more than 100 of the units’ staff amid immense financial pressures over the last two years. The...

Deep tech deal surge in 2026 as NRF gets rolling

28 April 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

Investors are backing Australian deep techs commercialising computer chips, space exploration and dual-use hardware in the strongest first quarter for startup funding since 2022. The surge includes a trio...

If $233m can’t save a single job, CSIRO is in trouble

14 February 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

Doug Hilton must be wondering why his predecessors didn’t stick a smelter at one of the CSIRO’s 45 sites. At least then he’d have a chance of squeezing some...

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

13 October 2025 | 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...

Canberra urged to re-examine digital government fund

13 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Australia has been urged by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to set up one or more investment funds to scale up digital government projects and help de-risk...

NSW Blueprint sets strategic plan for 10-year innovation drive

31 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

A ten-year plan for NSW has set lofty goals to add an additional 1,800 innovation intensive firms and $27 billion to the economy, while cementing the state as Australia’s...

Southern Launch lands new chair in quiet funding raise

24 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Southern Launch on Monday announced it has closed a “significant” funding round led by infrastructure investors that will allow it to build out its launch and test facilities in...

Privacy watchdog loses 30pc of staff

26 February 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s privacy watchdog has lost more than 30 per cent of its workforce in less than six months thanks to a budget cut that has triggered morale issues among...

Funding cuts rip through ANU innovation initiatives

17 February 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The future of the ANU’s data science research centre hangs in the balance due to $55 million in innovation funding cuts that have already claimed the university’s tech policy...

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CSIRO is cutting climate science jobs. This is what’s at stake

‘Scrapped’: CSIRO’s digital unit to merge with manufacturing

Deep tech deal surge in 2026 as NRF gets rolling

If $233m can’t save a single job, CSIRO is in trouble

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

Canberra urged to re-examine digital government fund

NSW Blueprint sets strategic plan for 10-year innovation drive

Southern Launch lands new chair in quiet funding raise

Privacy watchdog loses 30pc of staff

Funding cuts rip through ANU innovation initiatives

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