Five Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science have been chosen to advise government through a new science council chaired by the Prime Minister.
Astrophysicist Professor Brian Schmidt, mathematician Professor Nalini Joshi, immunologist Professor Ian Frazer, physicist Professor Tanya Monro and Telstra CEO Catherine Livingstone will join other business leaders, ministers and the chief scientist as part of the newly established Commonwealth Science Council.
The council, which replaces the Prime Minister's Science Engineering and Innovation Council or PMSEIC, will be the pre-eminent government advisory body on scientific matters and was announced yesterday as part of the government's new industry innovation and competitiveness agenda.
The government's announcement also included new industry-led growth centres to connect researchers and business, funding for new science and maths education programs, and other industry reforms.
The council will meet twice yearly and for the first time before the end of the year.
Read the Academy's media release responding to the announcement
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