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The Science of Immunisation in pharmacies for World Immunisation Week
To celebrate World Immunisation Week (20-27 April) the Australian Academy of Science, in conjunction with The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, has distributed copies of The Science of Immunisation: Questions and Answers to approximately 5000 pharmacies around Australia.
Science high flyers devise ecosystem plans for Murray-Darling, Surat Basin
Sixty high-achieving young physical, natural and social scientists from around Australia have put their heads together to come up with ideas to manage some of Australia’s most stressed ecosystems.
Statement—2010 election statement: Empower science, power the future
On 10 August 2010, the Australian Academy of Science made the following statement—Empower science, empower the future—in the context of the 2010 election.
Article—Iodine deficiency in Australia: A call for action
26 May 2008 Concerns about a resurgence of iodine deficiency among mothers and children prompted a one-day forum in Canberra under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science, International Life Sciences Institute Australia and the Nutrition Society of Australia.
Article—Science and the 2003-04 Budget
On 19 May 2003, the following article on Science and the 2003-04 Budget was published in Campus Review. It was written by Professor Kurt Lambeck FAA, FRS, Foreign Secretary of the Australian Academy of Science and Professor of Geophysics at the Australian National University.
Article—Science and engineering faculties–from Federation to today and beyond
The following article was written by Professor Brian D O Anderson AO PresAA FRS FTSE, President, Australian Academy of Science. It was published on the Academy's website on 16 August 2001. An edited version was printed in Campus Review, September 12-18, 2001.