It's cash being splashed everywhere you look,with no nasty cuts to be seen. At least not yet. Treasurer Scott Morrison can deal with the growing budget deficit later this month in the mid-year budget update.
CSIRO:In from the cold
The science community was fuming when the Abbott government cut $111 million over four years from the CSIRO in its 2014 budget. Now the CSIRO is back in favour. The government is creating a new $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund to support investments in spin-off and start-up companies. The CSIRO will also get an extra $20 million to help commercialise research outcomes.