Union wants minister to intervene in ‘gutting’ of CSIRO


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Science minister Ed Husic will not intervene to stop job cuts at the CSIRO that its union says will end more than 600 roles, harm the government’s industry and innovation agenda, and undermine confidence in the national science agency.

The CSIRO Staff Association on Monday wrote to the minister to say the organisation was “under attack from within” because of an ongoing restructure triggered by a funding crunch, requesting his …

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