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Science has been heard at the Kathleen Folbigg Inquiry
Australia’s scientists have welcomed a submission by the Inquiry’s assisting lawyers that it is open for the Inquirer, former Chief Justice of NSW Tom Bathurst AC KC, to find reasonable doubt about Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions.
JOINT STATEMENT: Australian Academies of Science and Health and Medical Sciences welcome long COVID report
The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (the Academies) welcome the findings of the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport’s inquiry into long COVID and repeated infections.
We have the tools, but not the ambition—President’s statement on IPCC report
It has been five years since the IPCC highlighted the unprecedented scale of human-induced climate change from rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Discussions begin on the future of the Great Barrier Reef
The Australian Academy of Science has hosted the first of three expert roundtables to inform a synthesis report, to be delivered later this year, on the likely impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.
Statement from the Australian Academy of Science: AUKUS nuclear submarine announcement
Quotes attributable to Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FREng FTSE, President of the Australian Academy of Science.
NBN Co champions women in STEM with unique partnership
NBN Co is committed to increasing female representation in the workforce under an initiative to raise female participation in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) roles.
Experts deliver evidence in long COVID parliamentary hearing
Defining long COVID and understanding knowledge gaps about the condition and its impacts in Australia were among the major themes discussed at a recent expert roundtable.