Doug Hilton | Why we need to make cuts at CSIRO

CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, must always evolve and adapt.

Over the past 100 years, we have evolved our scientific focus to meet the most important challenges of the time and in doing so have maintained the trust of the community.

We have also adapted to financial pressures , growing during good times and becoming more focused when money is tight, delivering impact to the nation throughout.

While we have delivered extraordinary benefits, over time, our resources have become stretched, and we have reached a critical point.

As today's stewards of CSIRO, we are determined to again evolve and adapt. This is not a choice, it's an imperative because scientific research and development are at the core of Australia's future.

In recent decades, CSIRO has been managing budgets