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The Academy is a vital nexus between the research sector and government and industry, facilitating dialogue, and balancing knowledge creation with security and economic opportunity.

We provide expert advice on national security matters that intersect with Australia’s research effort. We are also strengthen Australia’s scientific diplomacy architecture, promoting global scientific cooperation in Australia’s national interest.

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Federal Budget must mark turning point for Australian R&D investment

The Australian Academy of Science warns the 2026–27 Budget must reverse a decade of declining R&D investment or risk lasting damage to Australia’s economy, security and global competitiveness.
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New report provides roadmap to plug national science capability gaps

In June this year the Federal Treasurer said the government has “an obligation to future generations to deliver a better standard of living than we enjoy today.”
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Incentivising business investment in R&D

The Australian Academy of Science is calling for an urgent national conversation on R&D investment in Australia.
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Bringing better science to the justice system: ABC interview with Academy Chief Executive Anna-Maria Arabia

TOPICS: Kathleen Folbigg and creating a more science-aware justice system. Broadcast on Tuesday 27 May 2025
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2025–26 Federal Budget: The vital infrastructure of today is supercomputing – not just roads and rail

Australia’s 2025–26 Budget overlooks crucial investment in supercomputing, risking future scientific capability and security, the Academy warns.

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Incentivising business investment in R&D

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

The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges and pays respects to the Traditional Owners of all the lands on which the Academy operates, and where its Fellows and employees live and work. The Academy recognises Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first innovators and scientists of this land and honour their enduring connection to Country, from which we are committed to learn. We pay our respects to, and recognise the cultural authority of, their Elders past and present.

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