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Statement on Facebook blocking science expertise

The nation’s peak bodies representing science and scientific expertise have expressed deep concern about Facebook blocking content today from a range of non-news science organisations.

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Scientists call on Australian Government to implement Samuel review recommendations

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the recommendations of the Samuel review and calls on the Australian Government to advance them. We also call on the Opposition to support durable, collaborative reform to Australia’s environment laws that places science and Indigenous knowledge at the heart of the EPBC Act.

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Academy statement on the pandemic, vaccines and misinformation

Leading academies say science is more important than ever in solving global challenges -thumbnail

Leading academies say science is more important than ever in solving global challenges

The world’s leading science academies have expressed deep concern about global challenges in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made recommendations to G20 leaders on how to find solutions.

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Experts call for a national conversation on the use of data in Australian professional sport

Australia has a historic opportunity to set forward-looking data governance standards to anticipate and respond to the largely unchecked acceleration of data capture, aggregation and analytics in Australian professional sport, according to leading experts.

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Science academies around the world call on governments for a sustainable recovery from COVID‑19

Today, to mark World Environment Day, the Australian Academy of Science joins with 17 other academies of the Commonwealth to call on governments to ensure a sustainable recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic.

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Academy Council takes Panel Pledge to encourage gender diversity

All Academy Council members have signed the Panel Pledge, making a public commitment to only participate in events where efforts have been taken to ensure women have meaningful representation.

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Australia’s leading scientists call for data underpinning COVID-19 decisions to be made public

The global COVID-19 pandemic affects all Australians and their loved ones at home and abroad. It is having a profound and enduring impact on our society, our resilience and our health.

The Australian bushfires—why they are unprecedented

The Australian bushfires—why they are unprecedented

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’.