The Academy's Council comprises 17 Fellows elected at the Annual General Meeting and meets five times each year. It includes the seven-member Executive Committee and the following Council Members:
Professor Ross Crozier FAA FAAAS, ARC Professorial Fellow, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University.
Professor Ron Ekers FAA FRS, ARC Federation Fellow, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, Sydney.
Professor Robert Graham FAA, Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney.
Professor Tony Guttmann FAA, Professor of Mathematics (Personal Chair), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne.
Professor Paul Haddad FAA FRACI FRSC FTSE, ARC Federation Fellow and Director, Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, University of Tasmania.
Professor Doug Hilton FAA, Principal Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne.
Professor Andrew Holmes FAA FRS FTSE, ARC Federation Fellow and VESKI Inaugural Fellow, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne.
Professor Pauline Ladiges FAA, Professor (Personal Chair) and Head, School of Botany, University of Melbourne.
Professor Oliver Mayo FAA FTSE, Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Livestock Industries, South Australia.
Professor John Ralston FAA, Director, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia.