Tag: Ryan Winn

A mass exodus of science and technology workers is underway

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
This time last year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke about five ‘seismic changes’ reshaping the world in his federal Budget speech. Shifts from globalisation to fragmentation, hydrocarbons to renewables, IT...

‘Sends the wrong signal’: Research sector blasts AEA axing

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Science and research groups have hit out at the federal government’s shock decision to scrap Australia’s Economic Accelerator, saying the abrupt end to the program will hurt commercialisation efforts....

Australia must reset its relationship with science: Deputy PM

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s “cultural relationship with science” needs to change, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said this week, igniting new optimism that the upcoming budget will lay new foundational footings for...

Business investment boost critical to research translation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Encouraging greater business investment in R&D to activate the Australian innovation system is key to driving better commercial translation outcomes for local research, according to Science and Technology Australia...

$233m MYEFO boost won’t save CSIRO researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An almost quarter of a billion-dollar injection into the CSIRO won’t save up to 350 research jobs the agency is planning to cut, with the new funding instead going...

Parliament, scientists demand CSIRO cuts explanation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science minister Tim Ayres and the CSIRO will be asked to explain hundreds of redundancies at the science agency when Parliament returns next week, as the research sector rallies...

Sharath Sriram named WA’s new chief scientist

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Accomplished nanotech researcher and RMIT University commercialisation leader Sharath Sriram has been named Western Australia’s new chief scientist — its first new top science advisor in more than a...