200 jobs to go at research agencies

More than 200 agricultural and environmental science jobs will be lost across Australia, following a $16million federal budget cut to two government research agencies according to the Canberra Times.

In Canberra, at least 40 science and support staff at Land and Water Australia's headquarters in Northbourne Avenue will lose their jobs.

More than 150 research projects managed by the agency will also be wound up, resulting in one of the biggest shut-downs of environmental and farm research in Australia's history.

The cuts have prompted one of Australia's top ecologists, Professor David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University, to accuse the Rudd Government of being ''clueless about climate change'' and the pivotal role of environmental science.

View the full article at the Canberra Times.