The Academy’s Science Policy team facilitated a roundtable scientific briefing for the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, on 10 December.
The Commonwealth is conducting a ten-year review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)—the national environmental laws.
Professor Sally Smith FAA and Professor Tanya Monro FAA FTSE—recognised by the University of Adelaide as trailblazers for gender equality to mark the 125th anniversary of suffrage in South Australia.
Scientia Professor Matthew England FAA—awarded the 2019 James Cook Medal by the Royal Society of NSW for outstanding contributions to both science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere.
Australian women in STEM are now more visible than ever with 2272 women joining STEM Women in the past five months. Many are now using the new resource to showcase the depth of talent of those working in the field.
The database was developed by the Australian Academy of Science in partnership with the CSIRO, Science & Technology Australia, and the Australian Science Media Centre, with financial support from the Australian Government.
The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges the devastating impact the Australian bushfires are having—and will continue to have—on people, our environment and our economy.
The scale of these bushfires is unprecedented anywhere in the world.
Australia’s top scientists are counting the cost of yesterday’s hailstorms after Canberra landmark the Shine Dome sustained serious damage during the extreme weather event.
Academy Fellow Professor Lisa Kewley has been named as the recipient of the 2020 James Craig Watson Medal by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC for her pioneering contributions to the study of galaxy formation and evolution.
The Academy has announced its inaugural group of twelve STEM Women Changemakers.
Five Academy Fellows are among the Australians recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours List.
In a statement on the Australian bushfires published on 10 January 2020, the President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor John Shine, stated that ‘the scale of these bushfires is unprecedented anywhere in the world’.
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