Tag: Australian Academy of Science

National Reconstruction Fund chair weighs in on super stoush

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The head of the Albanese government’s $15 billion industry fund has questioned why Australia’s superannuation funds aren’t willing to lean into a national innovation drive and suggested mandatory contributions...

Scientists warn capability chasm threatens future generations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A “collapsing pipeline” of skilled workers and a policy quagmire threatens Australia’s ability to meet intergenerational challenges like the ageing population and technological disruption, according to one of the...

Scientists demand R&D levies on big business

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Large businesses would pay multi-million dollar levies every year to fund basic research in Australia under a radical proposal being put forward by scientists as a response to plummeting...

News Wrap: The Horizon Europe giant looms into view

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It...

Aussie scientists plot US ‘brain gain’ as a Trump dividend

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian scientists have hatched a plan to recruit and repatriate US-based counterparts fleeing President Trump’s multi-billion-dollar research purge with competitive relocation packages. The Australian Academy of Science on Thursday...