Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Industry, Science and Resources portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 1,458
- Contract value (all years): 3,245,682,853 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 589,109,218 AUD
- APS headcount: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Budget 2026-27: 1,801,831 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 999,629 AUD
- Directory roles: 1
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (40)
- 2026-07-29 — CSIRO mandate demands thoughtful and transparent choices, Hilton says
- 2026-07-05 — CSIRO confirms bird flu in NSW
- 2025-12-17 — Science funding boost amid ‘aggressive’ CSIRO job cuts
- 2025-12-11 — CSIRO pays McKinsey $742,500 for ‘advice’, no report required
- 2025-11-27 — CSIRO cuts show science still treated as a budget cost
- 2025-11-23 — CSIRO cuts deepen questions about Australia’s drifting research agenda
- 2025-11-18 — ‘Worse than Abbott…’ Backlash erupts over latest CSIRO mass retrenchments
- 2025-07-17 — CSIRO launches National Energy Analysis Centre
- 2025-07-02 — CSIRO tackles AI investment failure with new guide
- 2025-03-07 — CSIRO appoints new leadership
- 2025-01-07 — Minister appoints Foley to CSIRO board
- 2024-09-11 — CSIRO net zero mission lead wants to ‘science the shit out of’ climate change
- 2024-08-21 — CSIRO to slash 500 jobs in admin cull
- 2024-07-31 — Google and CSIRO partner to boost AI adoption in scientific research
- 2024-05-22 — Facts under fire in CSIRO’s latest GenCost report
- 2024-05-16 — Movers & Shakers: Former PM&C secretary joins CSIRO board
- 2024-03-15 — CSIRO appoints Centre for Disease Preparedness director
- 2023-11-23 — CSIRO robot surfaces after three-year mission to gather ocean data
- 2023-10-08 — CSIRO and DAFF working on Australia’s food needs for 2050
- 2023-08-01 — Four tech industry ‘super-clusters’ in Australia, say CSIRO and Tech Council Australia
- 2023-06-19 — CSIRO names molecular biologist as its new chief executive
- 2023-03-24 — CSIRO official explains climate change will mean more events like Menindee’s mass fish deaths
- 2023-03-15 — Australian businesses’ appetite for AI is changing: CSIRO
- 2023-03-08 — ServiceWA app mastermind Rebecca Ostergaard named CSIRO’s first chief digital officer
- 2023-01-29 — New app uses CSIRO data to forecast Australia’s 2050 temperatures
- 2022-11-15 — Time’s up for innovation king Marshall at CSIRO helm
- 2022-09-06 — CSIRO remains ready to support Artemis I launch
- 2022-08-10 — Australia’s biosecurity system remains enviable, says CSIRO
- 2022-08-08 — CSIRO report: Melting Antarctic ice sheet cause for global sea level rise concerns
- 2022-08-03 — CSIRO program to upskill research teams
- 2022-07-28 — CSIRO boss: Australia needs to get smarter at riding waves of innovation
- 2022-07-20 — CSIRO experts weigh in on State of the Environment Report
- 2022-07-05 — Collaboration mission for CSIRO’s hydrogen knowledge centre
- 2022-06-13 — CSIRO fraudster sentenced to prison
- 2022-06-09 — Movers & Shakers: Two new directors at CSIRO
- 2022-05-03 — CSIRO telescope finds brightest pulsar yet
- 2022-03-25 — CSIRO science dismissed by Woodside
- 2021-12-02 — CSIRO bases lunar testbed facility in Brisbane
- 2021-11-29 — CSIRO finds climate change behind increase in forest destruction
- 2021-10-25 — CSIRO reveals new lab for mining and exploration research
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-20 — Australian government reaches for future made in space
- 2026-07-15 — Australia records 14 bird flu cases
- 2026-06-24 — Prevention or patch-up? Endless patch-up required if causes of ills are ignored
- 2026-06-10 — Public servants called in to fix ANU
- 2026-06-09 — Greens call for KPMG government ban over ethical breaches
- 2026-05-21 — Movers & Shakers: Passing the torch at WGEA
- 2026-05-20 — Prevention or patch-up? Energy is a natural resource, so let’s listen to those who understand natural systems
- 2026-05-20 — Peter Stone to depart Bureau of Meteorology
- 2026-05-19 — Expert panel to oversee WA’s government data reforms
- 2026-04-29 — Home Affairs starts redundancy drive
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 60 |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Annual report governance tables | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 80 |
| CSIRO ⚠️ | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 1,458 |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 30 |
Year by year
| Measure | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | 143 | 185 | 158 | 315 | 238 | 211 | 168 | 40 | |
| Contract value | $323,260,210 | $398,438,679 | $347,204,275 | $692,811,159 | $489,658,978 | $275,665,794 | $615,404,220 | $103,239,538 | |
| Budget ($000) | 1,741,950 | 1,801,831 | |||||||
| KMP disclosed | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| Top total pay | $491,305 | $956,803 | $999,629 | $652,292 | $965,253 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
