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This is the transcript of a speech by the President of the Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FRS FREng FTSE, delivered on 8 August 2025 at the KTSI Conference in Indonesia.

Australia’s leading scientists have renewed their call for the Australian Government to establish a national body to manage and investigate research misconduct in Australia.

The Australian Academy of Science is calling for an urgent national conversation on R&D investment in Australia.

Ten of Australia’s brightest early-career scientists have attended the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, dedicated to chemistry.

On 9 July in Manila, Australian Academy of Science Vice-President, Professor Ivan Marusic, delivered a keynote address at the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines (NAST-PHL).

The Australian Academy of Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural round of the Australia-Scotland Fund.

Australian scientists are on the verge of answering humanity’s biggest questions about our cosmic origins and whether we’re alone in the universe.

NAIDOC Week provides an opportunity for the Academy to reflect on its reconciliation journey so far. This follows the launch last year of the Academy’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.