CSIRO
CSIRO cuts to hit Canberra
Hamish Boland-Rudder Canberra’s CSIRO divisions are bracing for "significant" job losses after the national science organisation announced significant budget cuts for the upcoming financial year would see about 200 jobs...
CSIRO duped global drug firm with generic chemicals as 'secret formula'
Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips The CSIRO has duped one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies into buying anti-counterfeit technology that could be easily compromised - passing off cheap chemicals it had bought from China...
CSIRO faked documents, whistleblower tells court
Nicky Phillips, Linton Besser A senior CSIRO manager who blew the whistle on the alleged illegal use of intellectual property by CSIRO was forced out of the country's peak scientific body after senior staff convened ''sham'' job...
Damning court appraisal of CSIRO decision process
Nicky Phillips, Linton Besser Staff convened 'sham' job selection panels and faked official document to mislead whistleblower.
CSIRO's lollygate litigant is denied the sweet taste of success
Noel Towell In deep space no one can hear you scream, even if you break your tooth on an office-supplied lolly.
Inquiry call on CSIRO 'bullying'
Noel Towell An inquiry should be held into Commonwealth science agency CSIRO and the treatment of its 6600-strong workforce amid claims ''of criminal conduct and commercial fraud'', the federal opposition says.
Call for CSIRO bullying probe
Noel Towell The federal opposition wants an inquiry into the Commonwealth science agency, the CSIRO, and the treatment of its 6600-strong workforce amid claims of ''criminal conduct and commercial fraud'' in the...
Probe into CSIRO 'bullying'
Linton Besser THE CSIRO has announced an ''independent'' inquiry into a string of serious allegations of misconduct and workplace bullying by as many as 100 former scientists, two months after it was issued with a...
CSIRO in funding bid to predict solar power flow
Peter Hannam WE MAY be a nation of sun-worshippers, but when it comes to forecasting where the sun shines longest, Australia's energy authorities are stuck in the dark ages.
Scientists 'bullied or forced out' of CSIRO
Linton Besser Two of three CSIRO employees who blew the whistle on alleged ''criminal or civil breaches of the law'' by the scientific organisation were later made redundant, it has been revealed.
CSIRO, top scientist could not 'align' their interests
Rosslyn Beeby One of Australia's top climate scientists was made redundant by the CSIRO after repeatedly clashing with executive management over the direction of its oceans and climate research.
CSIRO hits out at lack of science in water plan
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority made ''limited use'' of expert science in developing its draft plan, which provides inadequate scientific proof to justify its water-savings targets, the CSIRO says.
Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips
Troubled times as a national icon finds itself being put under the microscope
Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips Some of Australia's most prominent scientists began publishing allegations against their former employer.
Blood test could be key to Alzheimer's detection
Bridie Smith A blood test could soon identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, after Australian scientists identified a series of markers associated with the degenerative condition.
Blood find lifts hopes of staving off Alzheimer's
Bridie Smith A blood test could soon identify those at risk of Alzheimer's disease after Australian scientists identified a series of markers associated with the degenerative condition.
Blood test hopes in fight against Alzheimer's
Bridie Smith A blood test could soon identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, after Australian scientists identified a series of markers associated with the condition.
The need for speed may be insatiable
Asher Moses Just two decades ago with a dial-up internet connection it would've taken more than a lifetime to download a single movie, while today's 24 megabits per second (Mbps) ADSL2+ broadband connections can...
Turnbull's NBN plan inadequate: futurists
Asher Moses Just two decades ago a dial-up internet connection would have taken more than a lifetime to download a single movie, while today's broadband connections can pull down several HD movie streams...
An experiment in vial behaviour
Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips Things had not been going well for DataTraceDNA until a glimmer of hope appeared in 2006.
