Tag: STA

STEM diversity is critical for our future prosperity

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
Those of us working on the persistent challenge of getting more women and girls into STEM study and careers often remind people that “you can’t be what you can’t...

Net zero, Indigenous knowledge get science priorities boost

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has new national science and research priorities for the first time in nearly a decade after the Albanese government settled on net zero technologies, community health, indigenous knowledge...

Plating up our smarts will take more than just a plan

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
The tasty concept of paddock to plate has gained popularity in recent years – with people attracted to the idea of fewer middlemen, simplified supply chains, and faster and...

Australia’s ailing R&D system to go under the microscope

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A root and branch review of Australia’s research and development system will be commissioned by the Albanese government as part of its generational reforms to the higher education sector...

New STA chief moves from ACOLA

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Industry and research representative group Science and Technology Australia has found its new chief executive in Ryan Winn, the current head of the Australian College of Learned Academies. Announced...

Renewed calls for R&D boost: Science Meets Reality

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s industry development and economic well-being is being held back by a lack of strategy and bold, long-term funding, according to advocacy group Science and Technology Australia’s new president,...

Innovation future needs ‘clear-eyed’ plan: Outgoing STA chief

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s political leaders must make clearer, bolder commitments to funding innovation and the systems needed to exploit it as global competition for new industries reaches unprecedented levels, outgoing Science...

Ring fence basic research funding in ARC overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Government funding for blue sky research should be protected by a legislated ring-fence in order to reverse decades of decline and to “feed the very beginning” of the innovation...