Statement in response to the 2021-22 Federal Budget
There is no change to appropriation funding for CSIRO, following the Government’s additional funding commitment in October’s budget of $459 million over four years, to address any reduction to CSIRO’s external revenue resulting from the impact of COVID-19.
There are, however, a number of new initiatives that CSIRO will be central to:
A Digital Economy Strategy investment of $1.2 billion covering a range of measures including:
An investment of $53.8 million over four years to create the National Artificial Intelligence Centre that will drive business adoption of AI technologies by coordinating Australia’s AI expertise and capabilities. CSIRO will be managing the Centre.