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Aussie scientists’ call for long term policy

Australia must make a strategic decision to back its science and technology capabilities by nearly doubling total R&D investment, developing national strategies for emerging areas, and addressing an “alarming...

Indigenous boost through Women in STEM grants

7 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Eight organisations have shared in nearly $2 million in federal funding as part of the federal government’s Women in STEM and entrepreneurship program, including three initiatives encouraging young indigenous...

Women in STEM rates a ‘national emergency’

26 May 2021 | by Rosalyn Page

The low numbers of women in STEM occupations is “a national emergency”, according to the chairman of Industry Innovation and Science Australia Andrew Stevens, who is also a member...

Next STEM leaders on show at Innovation Games

19 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

An agriculture skills exchange platform pitch has won the Western National Innovation Games, which this year focused on removing barriers for women in STEM, capping off a week-long program...

Alarm as STEM support gets the cold shoulder

17 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

An association representing thousands of engineering, science and IT workers has slammed the government for its failure to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the budget. Professionals Australia,...

Aussie science wants a ‘legacy defining’ budget

10 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Climate change mitigation, STEM education, and research commercialisation and funding are atop the budget wishlists of Australia’s scientists, engineers and medical researchers. They say this year’s budget could be...

Chief Scientist on ‘glacial’ STEM diversity progress

10 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Achieving gender parity in senior STEM leadership positions in Australia will take more than 150 years at the current pace, according to Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley, who...

Coding skills, a vocational gift beyond STEM

2 September 2020 | by Simon Tyrrell

Australia will likely still fall short of meeting its near-term tech skills needs with its conservative approach to STEM and vocational education. Longer-term, this approach threatens to saddle graduates...

Women in STEM fall far short of equity

27 July 2020 | by Alan Finkel and Lisa Harvey-Smith

The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

Science and tech council meets again

2 September 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The government’s peak advisory body on tech and science has turned its attention to the development of an artificial intelligence ethics framework and lifelong learning of STEM skills. The...

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