CSIRO's global reputation 'trashed' and new science body needed, Senate told

Scientists say CSIRO losing students and climate scientists already looking for jobs elsewhere since cuts announced

The global reputation of the CSIRO has already been "trashed" by the announced cuts to climate research there, world-leading CSIRO scientists told a Senate inquiry on Tuesday.

"Our reputation is now trashed, internationally," said John Church, a CSIRO scientist who was speaking in his private capacity to a public hearing of the Senate select committee into the scrutiny of government budget measures in Hobart.