Reposted by @concernedaussie.bsky.social
Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations.
The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
abc.net.au
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
![We are in a canoe out on the entry to Newcastle harbour looking at at leat 30 other canoeists, canoes all colours (labelled [NO NEW COAL], [THERE IS NO PLANET B], [A WARMING PLANET THREATENS US ALL], [THE TIDE IS RISING AND SO ARE WE]), as they sit there dual oar blades up in the air, hoping to bring a huge coal carrier [CLIMATE CHAOS ACCELERANT] still slowly moving forward, hardly any splash caused by continuous forward moving towards them, to a halt, at the entrance, two police motor boats moving between them, one closest to the ship use their loud speaker: "..PROTESTORS BE WARNED THAT WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANY BEHAVIOUR THREATENING PUBLIC SAFETY..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d76ho35gefgm7ngpjaeozsnw/bafkreibor4h7ehgyv4efp6waeppjrfixlrh7x7mokfyozjqobvfmhdh37e)
