Your say: week beginning November 24 Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at [email protected]. The Conversation · Nov 23, 2025
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis? Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025
Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025
Minister supports 'necessary' CSIRO refocus, job cuts Science groups are warning of the impact to Australia's future while a government minister supports a CSIRO restructure that will axe up to 350 scientists. AAP · Nov 18, 2025
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
Questions about Australia's deepest lake answered The true depth of Australia's deepest lake, which sits in a picturesque world-heritage national park, has been revealed by the hard work of scientists. AAP · Nov 14, 2025
Two birds, one stone? Green steel could tackle Australia’s housing crisis and cut emissions Australia is currently facing twin crises: housing and climate change. The Conversation · Nov 12, 2025
New interactive map shows how flammable your part of Australia is right now This year’s fire season in Australia feels unpredictable. One week brings torrential rain, the next a burst of heat, followed by a sharp cold snap. The Conversation · Nov 9, 2025
Morning Mail: Trump joins world leaders to sign peace deal, CSIRO plans more cuts, Abbott’s history lesson reviewed Donald Trump given ovation by Knesset before leading Egypt summit; science agency must find more savings as funding declines The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025
The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next National scientific agency has been ‘reshaping its research portfolio’ to deal with an imminent funding cliff in 2024 The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2025
No worries Houston, rural Australia's got space covered A high-tech Australian mobile space hub will soon hit the road to support remote rocket launches, inspiring the next generation of scientists along the way. AAP · Oct 3, 2025
Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae – or “tropi” – is on the march. Beekeepers fear it will wreak even greater havoc than varroa – and the ripple effects may… The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025
'Survivor-style' job cut fears at peak science body There are fears a "Survivor-like" process at the nation's leading scientific body will result in core research jobs being lost. AAP · Sep 3, 2025
Space · Aug 25, 2025 Supernova blast sculpts ghostly hand-shaped nebula in the cosmos (video) An image from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory shows a glowing hand stretching across the cosmos with its palm and fingers sculpted from the wreckage of a massive stellar explosion.
AAP · Aug 25, 2025 Making Mars: Aussie research turns red dirt into metal A breakthrough to help with establishing a human colony on Mars could be hidden in its iron-rich red surface, Australian researchers say.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2025 ‘We’re trying to call on everybody that we can’: South Australia scrambles to fight its pulsating algal bloom State considers its options to control Karenia mikimotoi, which has left beaches littered with dead seaweed and sealife
AAP · Aug 14, 2025 Climate adaptation secrets hidden in reptilian genes Nature is declining at an unprecedented rate and a vast library of reptiles, birds and other specimens could help researchers better understand pressure points.
AAP · Aug 11, 2025 China drone boffin loses visa appeal over weapons claim A doctoral candidate has fought a multi-year battle to study in Australia after being accused of links to China's military and weapons of mass destruction.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2025 Morning Mail: the big beef producer and the frontier wars; ‘progress’ in Ukraine talks; real range of EVs revealed Jesse Gregson led massacres of Aboriginal people before joining the Australian Agricultural Company; deadline for Ukraine peace deal looms; CSIRO scientists face the axe again
The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2025 Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science Exclusive: Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
AAP · Aug 4, 2025 Farmers get on front foot in evolving war against weeds Farmers are "using all the tools in the toolbox" to protect their crop as weeds get tougher to manage in an evolving war against the unwanted intruders.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025 Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides opposition
The Conversation · Jul 30, 2025 An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused emissions taken up by the oceans while also being home to some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems.
The Conversation · Jul 29, 2025 We used tiny sensors in backpacks to discover the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water Every year, nomadic Australian waterbirds fly vast distances to find food and the perfect nesting site. They have to be good at finding not just water, but the right kind of water. But across much of Australia, that can be hard.