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Originally Posted by AAP June 2 2014

Eight sites will be closed across Australia and astrophysics will be among the sectors impacted.

“We had signalled our intent to ... move towards remote operation of Parkes,” she told a Senate estimates committee in Canberra.

Dr Clark could not confirm how many jobs would be lost at the Parkes site but said the changes are already underway.

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