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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 and its response to the Chief Scientist’s National Research Infrastructure Roadmap.

The Academy also welcomes the $393m budget allocation to national research infrastructure over the five-year period (2017/18 – 2021/22) of which $199m was allocated in the 2017/18 FY [Budget paper 2, page 92], however remains concerned that critical infrastructure investment may still be some years away.

Research Infrastructure Investment Plan welcomed but lack of detail concerning

Upgrading, expanding and connecting many of Australia’s research facilities remains critical to finding solutions to challenges in industry, agriculture, health and environment.

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Research Infrastructure Investment Plan and its response to the Chief Scientist’s National Research Infrastructure Roadmap.

Two new Corresponding Members admitted to the Academy

Professor Ruth J. Williams (United States) and Professor Richard Ellis (United Kingdom) have been admitted to the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding scientific contributions to their fields.

New Corresponding Members admitted to Academy

Professor Ruth J. Williams and Professor Richard Ellis have been admitted to the Academy as new Corresponding Members.

‘GI Jennie’, ‘Ant Man’, and the man who unboiled an egg to join Australia’s science luminaries

An Australian scientist who has revealed the hidden world of ants has become the first person from the Northern Territory to be elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

‘GI Jennie’, ‘Ant Man’, and the man who unboiled an egg to join Australia’s science luminaries

An Australian scientist who has revealed the hidden world of ants has become the first person from the Northern Territory to be elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Academy to deliver new initiatives for women and girls in STEM

From left to right: Ms Julia Banks MP, the Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP, Professor Karen Hapgood from Deakin University, Academy Fellow Professor Maria Forsyth from Deakin University, Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Michaelia Cash, and Ms Margaret Hansford from Girl Guides Victoria

Academy to deliver new initiatives for women and girls in STEM

From left: Ms Julia Banks MP, the Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP, Professor Karen Hapgood from Deakin University, Academy Fellow Professor Maria Forsyth from Deakin University, Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Senator Michaelia Cash, and Ms Margaret Hansford from Girl Guides Victoria

Transcript: Science at the Shine Dome President’s Address 2018, Professor Andrew Holmes

Delivered 9 am Thursday 24 May 2018, Shine Dome, Canberra

Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Andrew Holmes

Before we begin the proceedings, I would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we meet—the Ngunnawal people of the Wiradjuri Nation. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Australian Academy of Science is built.

Professor John Shine commences as President of Academy

Professor John Shine AC PresAA in the Ian Wark Theatre at the Shine Dome. Image: Bradley Cummings Photography

Pioneering biochemist and molecular biologist Professor John Shine AC PresAA has commenced today as President of the Australian Academy of Science.

Professor Shine becomes the 19th President of the Academy. The founding President was Sir Marcus Oliphant AC KBE FAA FRS FTSE, elected in 1954.

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