Government gives CSIRO a budget boost

The federal government has given the CSIRO a much needed budget boost as the country’s peak science research organisation suffers the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $459 million in funding is over four years from 2020-21 and rolls out with $133 million in 2021 followed by $113 million, $115 million and $99 million in the following years.

The funding will assist the CSIRO in maintaining commercial activities and ensure the continuation of essential scientific research.

There’s also a boost for Australian AgTech within the funding of $5 million in 2020-21 to support the upgrade of CSIRO’s agriculture and grazing research facilities.