What's going on inside the CSIRO and is Larry Marshall to blame?

By Adam Morton
Updated April 14 2016 - 12:13pm, first published 11:47am
Protesters rally against government cuts to the CSIRO at the State Library of Victoria on April 2. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Protesters rally against government cuts to the CSIRO at the State Library of Victoria on April 2. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Protesters against CSIRO cuts make their feelings known. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Protesters against CSIRO cuts make their feelings known. Photo: Paul Jeffers
<p> Photo: Paul Jeffers
<p> Photo: Paul Jeffers
Antarctic research is among areas of climate science that is expected to be hit by the CSIRO cuts. Photo: Nicholas Golledge
Antarctic research is among areas of climate science that is expected to be hit by the CSIRO cuts. Photo: Nicholas Golledge
CSIRO scientist Dr Kang Liang in 2015. Photo: Eddie Jim
CSIRO scientist Dr Kang Liang in 2015. Photo: Eddie Jim
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to CSIRO in December. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to CSIRO in December. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
CSIRO's radio telescope in Parkes: Is anybody listening? Photo: Peter Rae
CSIRO's radio telescope in Parkes: Is anybody listening? Photo: Peter Rae
Hundreds of jobs will be cut from the CSIRO over the next two years. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Hundreds of jobs will be cut from the CSIRO over the next two years. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Larry Marshall, right, chief executive of CSIRO, confers with deputy Craig Roy at the Senate committee hearing. Photo: Andrew Meares
Larry Marshall, right, chief executive of CSIRO, confers with deputy Craig Roy at the Senate committee hearing. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Cape Grim greenhouse gas station in Tasmania, run in partnership by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology
The Cape Grim greenhouse gas station in Tasmania, run in partnership by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology

It was supposed to be a public relations exercise. Instead, the new boss of Australia's national science agency threw a bucket of petrol over a bonfire.

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