Send Malcolm a Message

For months we’ve been asking Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to step in and stop the cuts to climate science at the CSIRO – now secret tapes have revealed that the Government's attitiude towards climate science is behind the cuts.

'It's a fundamental shift away from curiosity-led research toward impact... The federal government was CSIRO's most important 'customer', and it no longer wanted what the climate scientists were selling.

'I don't mean to be insensitive,' said Dr Marshall, 'but you have to get real about your customer.'"

Sign here to write a message to Malcolm Turnbull in the comment box on the right about why you love CSIRO and want to stop the cuts.

 

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  • Nell Tyson
    signed via 2016-04-27 22:14:51 +1000
  • Gary Schoer
    signed 2016-04-27 22:08:43 +1000
    CSIRO is the best group we have to make the country smart and responsive to challenges ahead in a climate changing world
  • Jo Morgan
    signed 2016-04-27 21:42:28 +1000
    Future proof our country. Ensure research continuity. Meeting csiro people will help you understand this.
  • Andrew Sciuto
    signed 2016-04-27 21:41:40 +1000
    Mr Turnbull you talk about innovation.. yet your action is to cut funds to CSIRO who are the organization of innovation.. please explain..
  • Glenys Wood
    signed 2016-04-27 21:40:00 +1000
    The scientific experts and precious data located in Hobart CSIRO once lost, can never be replaced! Ignore the advice of these experts at your peril Mr Turnbull – my vote is for my amazing planet – do not delete one of our most important teams in your quest for power…
  • Lyn Hamilton
    signed 2016-04-27 21:13:35 +1000
  • Niko Antalffy
    signed 2016-04-27 21:10:55 +1000
    CSIRO needs to be boosted, not cut, especially in this climate of increasing need for solid climate science.
  • 🌈Elisabeth Meehan🌈
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-27 21:06:07 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts
  • 🌈Elisabeth Meehan🌈
    @MeehanElisabeth tweeted link to this page. 2016-04-27 21:06:05 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts http://www.proudtobepublic.org.au/innovating?recruiter_id=32229
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  • Christine Daniels
    signed 2016-04-27 21:05:31 +1000
  • Elisabeth Meehan
    signed 2016-04-27 21:03:57 +1000
    The key to our future is science and technology – for climate change, renewable energy, agriculture, medicine, and much more. We Australians are proud of the work of the CSIRO, and know how vital it is.
  • Kathryn Roberts
    signed 2016-04-27 20:57:13 +1000
    Science has a greater value to society than purely monetary. To plan for existing and future changes to the climate we need climate scientists to give us the information we need to empower us to make the right plans.
  • Caitlin Cantwell
    signed 2016-04-27 20:31:29 +1000
  • Michael Macdonald
    signed via 2016-04-27 20:26:54 +1000
  • Ralph Reilly
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-27 20:25:48 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts
  • Ralph Reilly
    @ralphar tweeted link to this page. 2016-04-27 20:25:46 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts http://www.proudtobepublic.org.au/innovating?recruiter_id=110100
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  • Ralph Reilly
    signed 2016-04-27 20:25:14 +1000
    Science is not a money-making enterprise. Science is like art. It must be nurtured. Please nurture and allow space for true, creative science at the CSIRO – it has been hugely profitable in the past!
  • John Foubister
    signed 2016-04-27 20:22:23 +1000
  • Zoe Dallimore
    signed via 2016-04-27 20:15:39 +1000
  • John Szalla
    signed 2016-04-27 20:10:03 +1000
    Prime Minister, our only reliable means to anticipate how mankind can survive in the future is to have a broad and deep understanding of science. Much of science is now the in the domain of industry and commerce, which will only fund what is likely to be profitable. Australia and the world needs a more objective view, and the CSIRO offers the potential to provide that view. The cynic in me would believe that recent downsizing of various functions within the CSIRO are intended to stifle the objective voice. I hope that the cynic in me is wrong, but proof will be in the stand that your government takes to stabilise the CSIRO, to enable it to provide clear guidance on how Australia will meet the considerable challenges ahead. Please make sure that climate science is not degraded further, and that the high reputation of the CSIRO is maintained in this crucial field.
  • Elisabeth Mortimer
    signed 2016-04-27 20:09:59 +1000
  • patrick o'rourke
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-27 20:03:41 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts
  • patrick o'rourke
    @Pat1066Patrick tweeted link to this page. 2016-04-27 20:03:38 +1000
    PM @TurnbullMalcolm should talk to these scientists about the future of CSIRO -sign if you agree! #CSIROcuts http://www.proudtobepublic.org.au/innovating?recruiter_id=28274
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  • patrick o'rourke
    signed 2016-04-27 20:03:08 +1000
  • Therese Findlay
    signed 2016-04-27 19:57:42 +1000
    Climate science is the most pressing planetary issue we must address. Nothing exists if humanity is rendered extinct.
  • Karen Thurgood
    signed 2016-04-27 19:57:31 +1000
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  • Chris Fallon
    signed via 2016-04-27 19:50:14 +1000
  • Melissa Hutchinson
    signed 2016-04-27 18:59:17 +1000
  • Elly Spark
    signed 2016-04-27 18:45:58 +1000
    Hello Malcolm.

    I know you believe in innovation and that you believe in turning that innovation into profitable enterprises. It is therefore inconceivable that under your time as prime minister the CSIRO’s capacity to undertake basic monitoring and research should be so drastically cut back.

    The current staff cuts may well be the result of 2014 budget measures, but that was under the leadership of Abbott, who patently did not believe in science or accredited scientists. There is no way that these cuts in any way can be regarded as enhancing innovation in Australia.

    The just announced “Climate Centre” in Hobart, with a total employment of 40 is, on the face of it, a farce. The current employment in Hobart is about 130. The initial projected staff cuts were to reduce the Antartic division to 30. So we now have a an extra 10 and a new name. This is hardly something to celebrate.

    The total cuts this year at CSIRO wide are still projected at 275. We are getting rid of scientists among the best in the world. Even the ones that stay will not have the support staff they need. Where will they go? Mostly overseas. Do not destroy this organisation.

    Science is ongoing and never finished, there are always new things to discover. We can do so here in Australia, but it needs ongoing Government budgetary support. Reverse the 2014 cuts. There is still time to do do so in this years budget. The CSIRO cuts are a drop in hte ocean. Your current government’s budgetary support of the CSIRO in toto and the atmospheric and antartic divisions in particular will help demonstrate to the world as well as the Australian public that you, and the Liberal Party, do care about the climate, climate change, innovation and our international obligations in these areas.

    Please meet with and listen to the scientists coming to Canberra to see you, and listen to their valuable advice.
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