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 Andy Gleadow FAA FGSAust, Professor of Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, 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 Chris Goodnow FAA FRS, ARC Federation Fellow and Chief Scientific Officer, Australian Phenomics Facility, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
Professor Oliver Mayo FAA FTSE, Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Livestock Industries, South Australia.
Professor Hugh Possingham FAA, ARC Federation Fellow, Professor and Director, The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland
Professor Michelle Simmons FAA, ARC Federation Fellows and Professor, Centre for Quantum Computer, University of New South Wales