King’s Birthday Honours List 2023

Professor Glenda Halliday AC FAA FAHMS: Companion of the Order of Australia

Professor David Craik AO FAA FRS: Officer of the Order of Australia

Professor Marcela Bilek AM FAA: Member of the Order of Australia

Professor Maria Forsyth AM FAA FTSE: Member of the Order of Australia

Emeritus Professor Peter Langridge AM FAA FTSE: Member of the Order of Australia

 

An Australian researcher developing technologies to address the world’s renewable energy challenges is Australia’s nominee for the annual APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education(ASPIRE).

Space-derived activities and services underpin much of Australia’s economic, environmental and national security yet are predominantly delivered by foreign entities.

Supporting Australian space activities has several benefits: it mitigates sovereign risk; it aligns with advanced manufacturing strategies; it supports science and ultimately will help diversify Australia’s narrow economic base.

Frank Stillwell among the garnet rocks of Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, December 1912 040000185

Rare manuscripts and photographs documenting early Australian exploration of Antarctica and its connection to developments in geology and mineralogy have been digitised as part of an ongoing collaborative project between the Australian Academy of Science and the National Library of Australia.

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report and thanks the panel, including the chair Professor Mary O’Kane, for their diligent work.

The ambition inherent in this report is vast. The future it charts is one where we move from a mass university system to a universal tertiary education system—just as we have a universal school education system and are charting a path towards universal childcare.

 

The Great Barrier Reef is likely to face impacts from climate change that could become irreversible around mid-century regardless of whether global emissions stabilise, according to a new report by the Australian Academy of Science.

 

The Academy has spoken out strongly this month on critical issues.

Fig. 5 from the article ‘John Staer (1850–1933): the patronym behind Eucalyptus staeri, the Albany Blackbutt’. Eucalyptus staeri (Maiden) Kessell & C.A.Gardner, NSW354469, National Herbarium of New South Wales (courtesy of the Atlas of Living Australia). Click image to expand.
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