By Charlie Gore

Topic: Scientific Organisations

The government will give the CSIRO $387.4 million more over four years. The CSIRO is Australia's national science agency.

In short:

The CSIRO will cut up to 350 jobs, even with the extra $387 million.

The CSIRO says these cuts are necessary for its long-term survival.

What's next?

The CSIRO will use the money for medical research and new technology.

The CSIRO will get $387.4 million more, but it will still cut up to 350 jobs.

This money is in addition to the $278 million the CSIRO got last year.

The CSIRO's boss, Doug Hilton, says the government is committed to science.

Doug Hilton said the government's funding shows it believes in the CSIRO and science.

Doug Hilton says the extra funding is a good thing for the CSIRO.

The CSIRO said it will cut over 300 full-time jobs, and this is already happening.

The CSIRO invented wi-fi and other important things, but it has cut over 800 jobs in two years.

Is Australia losing its ability to innovate?

The CSIRO says these changes are necessary for its research.

Doug Hilton says the funding shows the government believes in the CSIRO's ability to do important research.

The CSIRO is committed to being sustainable in the long term.

The Science Minister, Tim Ayres, says the funding will help the CSIRO.

Tim Ayres says the government is investing in the CSIRO to help it do better research.

The government is giving the CSIRO more money to upgrade its facilities.

The CSIRO will get $38 million more each year to upgrade its disease preparedness center.

Tim Ayres says it's possible there will be more pandemics, so the CSIRO needs to be ready.

The government wants to make sure the CSIRO can protect Australians from future pandemics.

The funding will help the CSIRO do its job and be sustainable.

The union says the funding is not enough to stop job losses.

The CSIRO Staff Association says 1,150 jobs have been cut in two years.

850 jobs were cut in February 2024, and 350 more were cut later.

The union says the funding is welcome, but it's too late for the workers who lost their jobs.

The union's president, Beth Vincent-Pietsch, says the funding should mean no more job cuts.

The union says the government's funding is not enough to stop job losses.

The CSIRO said the last funding increase didn't save any jobs.

The job cuts are hurting the CSIRO's ability to do research.

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