{"id":783462,"date":"2026-05-09T04:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783462\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:14:12","slug":"david-pocock-applauds-387m-in-extra-funding-for-csiro-after-tens-of-thousands-sign-petition-australian-budget-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783462\/","title":{"rendered":"David Pocock applauds $387m in extra funding for CSIRO after tens of thousands sign petition | Australian budget 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387.4m in a bid to meet the long-term costs of the national science agency.<\/p>\n

It follows months of advocacy by scientists and staff after hundreds of job cuts<\/a> and cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n

The funding, over four years, will support facilities and technology upgrades and research and is on top of the agency\u2019s existing $1b in annual funding.<\/p>\n

The announcement is not expected to reverse recent decisions to slash hundreds of jobs but it is hoped it might mean further job cuts are avoided.<\/p>\n

CSIRO\u2019s annual funding as a percentage of GDP had been falling, with a parliamentary library analysis commissioned by ACT senator David Pocock<\/a> finding it was at its lowest since 1978.<\/p>\n

Pocock said the additional $387.4m was welcome and \u201creflects huge and effective advocacy from scientists, staff and the community\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTens of thousands of people signed my petition to save CSIRO, and alongside other senators I pushed for a Senate inquiry into the agency\u2019s resourcing because Australia can\u2019t afford to keep hollowing out public science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n

He said after years of declining investment, more funding was still needed. He said investments in research and development were at record lows and further investment could be funded if the government adopted a 25% tax on gas exports.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll keep pushing the government to back the science and scientists we need to meet the huge challenges ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The finance minister, Katy Gallagher, said the money would give the agency \u201cstability\u201d to deliver the science and research \u201cthat matters to Australians every day\u201d.<\/p>\n

The government said the investment aimed to ensure CSIRO could meet its longer-term costs of \u201coperating critical science and research infrastructure, and at the same time, maintain greater workforce stability\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublicly funded science is absolutely critical to the national interest and to solving some of Australia\u2019s biggest challenges,\u201d said the science minister, Tim Ayres.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am incredibly focused on backing CSIRO to strengthen the role it plays in making life better for all Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government also announced a further $38m in annual funding for the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness from 2030-31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387.4m in a bid to meet the long-term costs…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-783462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116542679981892952","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}