The federal government’s decision to bypass its own science agency and pay $6 million to a multinational consulting firm for key modelling work on its net-zero plan “doesn’t make much sense” and will be more costly and less effective, according to the CSIRO Staff Association. It was revealed last week that CSIRO had applied to…
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The federal government bypassed the national science agency in outsourcing key modelling work for its net-zero plan to the US-based multinational consulting McKinsey at a cost of more than $6 million. It was revealed at Senate Estimates last week that CSIRO had applied for a tender to conduct modelling work in relation to the Coalition’s…
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