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Australia’s leading scientists respond to the release of Government’s modelling data
The Australian Academy of Science is encouraged by indications that National Cabinet will make public future models based on Australian data on a regular basis.
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.
STEM Equity Monitor will help drive universal changes in gender equity
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Advancing Women in STEM 2020 Action Plan announced today by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP.
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’.
Research on Australia’s cities and regions: siloed, lacking vision and underfunded
The sustainable transformation of Australia’s cities and regions is being hampered by institutional silos, perennial underfunding and lack of a national vision according to a new report by Future Earth Australia, a program of the Australian Academy of Science.
Department of Health reaches millions with the Academy
When the Australian Government Department of Health wanted to create a public awareness campaign about immunisation, it partnered with the Academy. Together, the organisations designed a public health message with impact, distributed to an audience of millions.
