Australia’s national science agency CSIRO will cut up to 500 staff from its enterprise services arm as part of restructure designed to reduce labour and operating costs by $100 million.
CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton confirmed the planned jobs cuts on Tuesday, ending months of speculation over the fate of a division comprised of more than 2,400 public servants.
Mr Hilton commissioned the Enterprise Support Services (ES) Reform project soon after joining the agency in October last year, with the aim of reducing operating costs by 25 per cent.
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