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CSIRO cuts to target Aspendale
City hall call: Voters have a chance to voice views on council election regulations.
Have say on council elections KINGSTON residents are being asked for feedback on changes to Victoria’s local government electoral regulations in the lead up to the October council elections. Last changed in 2005, the current regulations will expire in August and the state government is inviting input from the community and local government sector to update them. “We want to implement changes that will be best for voters, best for candidates and most importantly, best for democracy to ensure we have councils that truly represent their communities,” Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins said. “Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it’s important we have robust rules in place to deliver those elections for Victorians.” A number of suggested changes will be discussed over the coming
months, including whether or not candidates should be required to disclose more information before nominating. Another topic for discussion during the consultation phase is whether or not the VEC should be distributing candidates’ how-to-vote cards in postal ballot packs, which make up the majority of Victorian council elections. Council elections to elect councillors are held every four years in Victoria and will take place on Saturday 22 October this year. To have a say on the rules governing Victoria’s council elections, email local.government@delwp.vic. gov.au Submissions close Friday 6 May. Further information is available online at delwp.vic.gov.au/localgovernment
Continued from Page 1 The statement noted Labor cut $63.4 million from the CSIRO over four years in 2008. The internal CSIRO email was released to the Senate inquiry amid controversy about senior staff using private email communications to plan job cuts. An email dated 18 January this year from another unnamed CSIRO management member focused on climate change research cuts and stated: “I think we should aim for -120 staff … because it would allow a clean cut in terms of eliminating all capability associated with ‘public good/government-funded climate research’. “If we aim for less we will inevitably face the problem of keeping some of the climate scientists (who will no longer be aligned with the new CSIRO strategy). If we go for more, we will loose [sic] important non-climate related capability.” CSIRO CEO Larry Marshall has said there has been no final decision as yet on the number of jobs to be shed across the country. Mr Marshall told staff last month the CSIRO would “pivot” to support Australia’s commodities industry and data mining is also a future growth area for science research. Late last year the Turnbull government restored about $20 million of $42 million in CSIRO annual information technology research funding stripped away by the Abbott government.
Voicing cuts concerns: CSIRO scientists John Clarke and Louise Wilson talked to Mark Dreyfus, right, in Aspendale last month. Picture: Gary Sissons
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