CSIRO Staff Association

21/10/2026

Fire ants are invasive pests that, if spread unchecked across Australia, could surpass the annual damage of most feral pests combined. CSIRO is exploring RNAi technologies that turn fire ant genes against themselves as a precise, safe and scalable way to control fire ant colonies. The approach could inform future control of other invasive species. Story by Eliza Keck, read more by searching fire ants + csiro

16/10/2026

Students on a training voyage aboard CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator have helped shed new light on an intriguing shipwreck phenomenon. While involved in a shipwreck survey in waters off Bundaberg in Queensland, they observed mysterious holes in the seafloor surrounding a shipwreck turned popular dive site... Story by Matt Marrison

We explain how mysterious holes on the seafloor can point to the position of shipwrecks.

09/10/2026

In the remote WA outback wildflowers bloom under brilliant skies, right among the radio telescopes at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Story by Kirsten Fredericksen.

In the remote Western Australian outback wildflowers bloom under the Murchison's brilliant skies, right among the radio telescopes at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.

07/10/2026

CSIRO has been selected by the federal workplace safety regulator to participate in their Psychosocial Inspection Program. The move comes as CSIRO's Chief Executive warned of a significant increase in workplace injuries and an alarming decline in the reporting of risks and hazards.

CSIRO has been selected by the federal workplace safety regulator Comcare to participate in their Psychosocial Inspection Program. Comcare selects participants based on data, trends and organisational risk profile.

30/09/2026

The ongoing shake-up of CSIRO science will continue into next year, with separate restructures of the Tech Economy, Biosecurity and Energy research units not expected to be finalised until the first half of 2027... Read more at https://csirostaff.org.au/news/2026/09/23/csiro-research-restructure-rolls-on-with-job-security-fears-set-to-spill-into-next-year/

14/05/2026

Despite delivering an ambitious federal budget that includes structural reform of the tax system, Labor managed to include key measures aimed at enlisting science and research in the ongoing task to lift Australia’s economic productivity.

There was extra funding for CSIRO, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), National Measurement Institute (NMI), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Space Agency (ASA), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy facility.

13/05/2026

CSIRO has won an extra $387.4 million in funding, as part of a federal budget measure to support the organisation’s financial sustainability, but questions remain over job security and Executive accountability at Australia’s premier science agency.

13/05/2026

CPSU National Secretary Melissa Donnelly with a summary of federal budget measures. Mixed outcome, overall staffing increases but targeted cuts (including CSIRO) remain. However, big funding boost for Services Australia frontline staff and CSIRO financial sustainability CPSU - Community and Public Sector Union Thanks Mel ✊

11/05/2026

The Federal Government will provide CSIRO with an extra $387.4 million over the next four years. CSIRO has been the focus of significant upheaval with hundreds of jobs made redundant.

The new funding allocation will not reverse the decisions made to slash jobs, but pressure is now on the agency to ensure there are no further losses... CPSU - Community and Public Sector Union

The federal budget will provide CSIRO with an extra $387.4 million over the next four years to help quell uncertainty…

11/05/2026

There’s no doubt that news of an extra $387.4 million in CSIRO funding is a welcome development. Two weeks ago, our union called for significant additional and ongoing support for the CSIRO... and the Albanese Labor Government has now answered that call CPSU - Community and Public Sector Union

The Staff Association has welcomed reports the federal budget will include a $387.4 million funding boost for CSIRO, saying it would be a significant step towards securing the future of publicly funded science in Australia.