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The announcement of 300-350 research job cuts at CSIRO (“ CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs ”, 19/11), following 800 support jobs lost last year isn’t just devastating news for those affected. It’s the latest chapter in a three-decade pattern of instability that has crippled our premier research institution. CSIRO chief Doug Hilton calls this “fundamentally unsustainable”, pointing to funding that has grown at 1.3 per cent annually while inflation averaged 2.7 per cent. He’s right about the unsustainability – but not in the way he mean

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