Farmers welcome partial backtrack on CSIRO climate cuts, but call for all jobs to be reinstated

Farmers have welcomed a partial backtrack on CSIRO cuts, but have called on the Government to invest more in climate change adaptation research for agriculture. Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Greg Hunt, has instructed the CSIRO to renew its focus on climate science, promising it would be a “bedrock function” of the organisation. He has revealed the CSIRO will create 15 new climate science roles.