Brain Drain: No job for scientist after 13 years study

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Newly-graduated scientists are finding it next to impossible to find work amidst a perfect storm of economic hardship and a major sector shakeup. Some of the young scientists, who are applying for hundreds upon hundreds of jobs, are beginnning to think they'll have to abandon their dreams of pursing the careers they've studied so long and hard for. In July, the seven Crown Research Institutes were merged into four new Public Research Organisations, while $212 million was cut the from the science sector in this years budget, instead going to commercially-focused science and innovation schemes. Experts say this has the country's scientists worrried, with some even being driven overseas to find work. Bella Craig reports.