I did check the CSIROs public funding as best as I could (see below) May 2007, 2.8 billion over 4 years - an increase of 19.5% over the preceeding 4 years, largest public funding to the CSIRO in history. So regardless of what they get elsewhere they are still very reliant on your dollar. I would say we have a pretty reasonable expectation that they are open and transparent in every way and not subjected to government gagging.
http://www.csiro.au/news/FundingPackageForCSIRO.html
PeterM.