Review documents

This page contains public documents used in the development of the mid-term review.

Governance documents

• Mid-term review terms of reference (PDF)
• Mid-term Review Committee conflicts register (PDF)

Consultation documents

• NCA presentation at July 2019 ASA Conference (PDF)
• Sydney town-hall presentation (September 2019) (PDF)

Capabilities and Opportunities Paper

• Mid-term Review Capabilities and Opportunities Paper – July 2019
• Appendix A references 10 briefing documents used in the drafting of the Capabilities and Opportunities Paper. These are found below.
  • ALMA/THz astronomy
  • Data centres
  • Education and outreach
  • Gravitational waves
  • High energy astronomy
  • Optical/infrared astronomy
  • Radio astronomy
  • Social and cultural
  • Space
  • Theory

Previous decadal plans

Final reports and the background documents for each plan/review are found at the websites below:

• Australia in the era of global astronomy: The decadal plan for Australian astronomy 2016–2025
• New horizons: A decadal plan for Australian astronomy 2006–2015
• Mid-term review of the decadal plan for Australian astronomy 2006–2015