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Research Infrastructure Investment Plan welcomed but lack of detail concerning
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Research Infrastructure Investment Plan but remains concerned that critical infrastructure investment may still be some years away.
Australia’s leading scientists welcome COAG education report
The Academy welcomes the report on ‘Optimising STEM Industry-School Partnerships: Inspiring Australia’s Next Generation’ and is calling on governments to advance the 10 recommendations.
Attenborough supports plan to capture Australia’s biodiversity
Academy Fellow Sir David Attenborough is endorsing calls for greater support for the scientists who study and name Australia’s plants and animals and other organisms.
Young Australian scientists meet Nobel Laureates in Japan
Six Australian PhD students and young researchers attended the 10th HOPE meeting with Nobel Laureates in Tokyo, organised by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
National Committees explore future of Australian science
A recent meeting of the chairs of the Academy’s 22 National Committees for Science brought together representatives from the breadth of Australian science disciplines