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Hundreds of CSIRO jobs under threat as union warns against ‘gutting’ of Australia’s science agency (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you want scientists to be able to do science, they need support from admin staff doing admin.

About 65% felt the job cuts would impact CSIRO’s ability to put out good research and support Australian industries.

“Less support staff means more work for an already stretched research workforce,” one anonymised respondent wrote.