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Parliament invites leading experts to inform Long COVID and Repeat Infections Inquiry
How can you receive quality healthcare for an illness if there isn’t a clear definition of what that illness is?
Academy to advise on future of the Great Barrier Reef
The ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ will assemble Australia’s leading experts to discuss the future of the Great Barrier Reef under different climate scenarios and ways to boost its health and resilience for the decades to come.
R&D investment boost needed in Federal Budget
Australia’s leading scientists have urged the Australian Government to commit to a bold and ambitious structural reform agenda for science, including a target to boost investment in research and development (R&D) and an independent review of the ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ system.
Developments in ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ to watch out for in 2023
Environmental reform, new national science and research priorities and stronger scientific engagement in the Asia-Pacific are among the big-ticket items on the agenda for ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ in 2023.
Maths problem: review finds shortage of teachers and researchers
There are significant challenges facing teaching and research in the mathematical sciences in Australia, according to a nation-wide review of the discipline.
Illegal drug regulation in Australia: ‘It’s almost unethical not to revisit this’
How Australia should regulate illegal drugs is a debate that continues—with more than 150,000 people arrested each year.
Australia’s leading scientists welcome government response to Samuel review
The ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ welcomes the release of the Australian Government response to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Samuel review).