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CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands, seas and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia and pays its respect to Elders past and present.

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Preparing your home for bushfire

When it comes to being prepared for bushfires, safety starts in your own backyard.

Redesigning recruitment strategies with the Indigenous Jobs Map

More Australian employers are keen to employ Indigenous workers, but a large-scale analysis of job adverts shows a mismatch between demand for and supply of Indigenous talent.

2023-24 GenCost consultation draft released  

The six-week public consultation period for input into the draft 2023-24 GenCost Report, a leading economic report on the cost of building future electricity generation in Australia, opened today.

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World's first Hendra vaccine

In 1994, a deadly new virus threatened to stop Australia's premier horse race – the Melbourne Cup. Over 16 years, 18 outbreaks of Hendra virus were recorded. In May 2011, we announced the development of a prototype vaccine for horses. By March 2013, our scientists confirmed that horses were immune to Hendra virus six months post vaccination.

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Plastic banknotes

Australia's introduction of plastic bank notes with optically variable devices (OVDs), developed by CSIRO, was a world's first and represented a paradigm shift towards a currency secure against forgery. This was one of our longest and most successful research initiatives.

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