Development and implementation of the Academy’s national school project, reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry, is gathering pace with more than 200 expressions of interest received for its Leading reSolve Champions Program.

The aim of the Champions program is to promote the teaching of mathematics in years Foundation to 10 that is engaging, stimulating and challenging for all students.

Malnutrition—including under-nutrition, over-nutrition and imbalanced nutrition—is responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other modifiable factor. To what extent must the responsibility for this be borne by nutrition science? This question requires a critical evaluation of what are the responsibilities of nutrition science, how well the field has met these, and where and how it can be improved and equipped to adapt to a rapidly changing future.

Nutrition science is a foundation for food and nutrition policies and practice. This science as well as our society is shifting rapidly. We need not only to keep pace and adapt, but we also need new solutions for nutrition to be relevant in this environment. Understanding nutrition in the broader context of society and the political, technological, cultural and natural environment is key. The technological revolution is transforming both nutrition science as well as communication.

Improving the health of the Australian population through better nutrition is an important but complex and challenging goal, worthy of the Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank. Many disciplines and areas of specialised expertise are relevant and can contribute unique perspectives and ideas, but how are we to distil coherent and cost-effective strategy recommendations from such diversity? How are we to resolve opposing views and assess relative merits and feasibility of proposals?