Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Funding

The government is increasing funding for cash-strapped CSIRO, but startups will pay for it with commercialisation cuts

- December 18, 2025 4 MIN READ

The federal government will tip an additional $233 million into the national science agency the CSIRO over two years in response to budget shortfalls that have forced it to cut hundreds of research jobs, but the startup sector will pay for it with further cuts to commercialisation funding programs. And CSIRO still plans to cut… Read more »