Cool: OZschwitz climate scientists in audit commission's crosshairs

The nation’s climate and weather predicting capacity and the jobs of dozens of scientists are at risk if the Abbott government accepts a recommendation of the National Commission of Audit to axe a key program, researchers said.

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The Australian Climate Change Science Program’s four-year funding of $31.6 million, mostly to the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, duplicates work by those and other agencies and “should be returned to the budget or allocated to priority areas”, the commission said in its report.
"The future course of climate change matters hugely for Australia": Michael Raupach.

"The future course of climate change matters hugely for Australia": Michael Raupach. Photo: Penny Stephens

But scientists, including Michael Raupach, formerly of the CSIRO and now at the Australian National University, said the program supported a “great deal of critical scientific work” that helps refine climate models which are also used for weather forecasting.

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Cool: OZschwitz climate scientists in audit commission's crosshairs

Cool: OZschwitz climate scientists in audit commission's crosshairs

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