Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
by Sarah Basford Canales and Lisa Cox from World news | The Guardian on (#6Z51S)
Exclusive: Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump's deep cuts into US science agencies
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Hundreds more jobs could be axed at Australia's national science agency, sparking concerns the country is gutting its research capability just as the Trump administration makes deep cuts into the sector in the US.
The latest potential research job losses at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) follow 440 positions being cut last financial year and earlier deep reductions under the Coalition government, including 300 in 2016.
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