Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Science, Minister Ayres. Minister, under your watch, CSIRO has now copped the biggest job cuts in its history—more than 800 jobs lost over the past 18 months and another 350 science jobs to be cut in the months ahead. Both the CPSU and the CSIRO Staff Association have slammed your government, claiming these cuts are worse than under any antiscience, climate-denying LNP government. Genuinely, Minister, this is not something that I or anyone I know at CSIRO thought would be possible. Aren't you ashamed of this?