Australia's Chief Scientist

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[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Entries are open for the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes! 20 prizes will be awarded across the categories of Research & Innovation, Leadership, Science Engagement, and School Science. Nominations close 14 April. Find out more at https://t.co/raXJCsOTb1

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Nominations for the inaugural #PMPrizes for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems are open. There's much we can learn from Australia’s Indigenous knowledge systems. If you know someone working to preserve & share Indigenous knowledge systems, nominate them.

[Department of Industry, Science and Resources @IndustryGovAu]

We welcome Australia’s new Chief Scientist (@ScienceChiefAu) Professor Tony Haymet. Find out how he’d like to make the most of Australia’s #science and #research strengths 👇

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I look forward to meeting the science and research community and MPs tonight at the 25th Science Meets Parliament gathering. #SMP2025 is excellent opportunity to explain the benefit of work across the science and research sector. Congratulations to @ScienceAU

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I'd like to encourage you to nominate someone for the #PMPrizes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems. Australian Indigenous knowledge systems have much to offer science and the nation – a contribution recognised in this new prize. https://t.co/dKDspPjBQi

[Department of Industry, Science and Resources @IndustryGovAu]

Nominations are now open for the new Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems.

Learn more: https://t.co/398FIAIRFF

#PMPrizes

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

My comments on the high quality of CSIRO analysis last week got plenty of airtime. The CSIRO is consulting on its draft GenCost report and I encourage anyone with feedback to make a submission by Tuesday: https://t.co/vidTHIUXy6

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Australia’s Chief Scientist is the role of a lifetime. I’ll be emphasising the importance of measurements, data and facts as I work to elevate the contribution of science. Read more: https://t.co/yxHosE8RVW

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

The Australian Government has appointed Professor Tony Haymet as Australia's tenth Chief Scientist.

[Department of Industry, Science and Resources @IndustryGovAu]

Australia has appointed a new Chief Scientist – world-leading oceanographer, chemist and entrepreneur Prof Tony Haymet.

As @ScienceChiefAu he will advise #AusGov on #science, #research, #technology and #innovation.

Learn more: https://t.co/5EO4gx3W1X #AusScience

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending an afternoon tea at Government House, hosted in my honour by Her Excellency Ms Sam Mostyn, Governor-General of Australia. It was an event to mark the end of my four-year term as Australia's Chief Scientist.

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Thank you to the learned academies for a wonderful farewell today at the Shine Dome in Canberra. The academies are great advocates for the research community. They bring wise minds together from across disciplines to elevate science and research and bring evidence to government.

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I delivered my last major Canberra speech as Australia’s Chief Scientist yesterday at the National Innovation Policy Forum at the Press Club. My overall message reflected my inbuilt optimism about Australia’s future: https://t.co/0bNt0njs27

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I was delighted to return for a fourth year as Patron of the @Innov_Aus Awards for Excellence in Sydney last week. These awards are an important part of the innovation ecosystem. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners for their outstanding efforts.

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I had a fabulous time, thank you!

[Australian Plant Phenomics Network @AustPlantPhenom]

The @scienceANU APPN team were thrilled to help host
@ScienceChiefAu Dr Catherine Foley for a tour through APPN's plant growth facility, 3D phenotyping system & Synbio facilities. Thank you @ScienceChiefAu for your enthusiasm & encouragement. HOW AWESOME IS SCIENCE! #NCRISImpact

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Think about someone who inspires you and nominate them today.

[ScienceGovAu @ScienceGovAu]

Thinking about who you’d like to see recognised in the 2025 #PMPrizes?

‘Think about who inspires you and nominate them today!’ says @ScienceChiefAu Dr Foley 👉: https://t.co/9h847Cyr56

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I was pleased to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge recognised in a new prize for the #PMPrizes. This $250,000 prize recognises the depth of Indigenous knowledge and its importance to Australia’s success and its future.

[ScienceGovAu @ScienceGovAu]

In 2025 the #PMPrizes for Science will feature a new category to recognise achievements from Indigenous knowledge systems in solving the most pressing challenges facing our nation and humanity.

Learn more: https://t.co/v6xjbzXMhY

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Congratulations to the recipients of the #PMPrizes. Their work has contributed to humanity’s knowledge in important and exciting ways, from understanding the cosmos, to discovering new drugs to treat cancer. A reminder of just how much incredible science we do here in Australia.

[ScienceGovAu @ScienceGovAu]

That’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who tuned in to celebrate the best in Australian science tonight. 🎉

Congrats to all the recipients of the 2024 #PMPrizes. Learn more about their achievements 👉 https://t.co/Tvx2V1xiAW

[Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy]

A big congratulations to the winners of the @FallingWallsLab Australia Finale!
Missed the event? Watch the incredible 3-minute presentations by young minds tackling some huge challenges: https://t.co/yq57j0SweS
🥇Jacob Martin (@CurtinUni) - Green Graphite,
🥈Natasha de Alwis (@UniMelb) - Pregnancy Therapies and
🥉Pratyush Ravichander (@UQ_news) - RNA-based fungicides.

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

The speaker program for the GSG STEM Expo 2024 is now live and wow, what a line-up! The event will showcase the unique and diverse range of government science. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to engage with & learn from experts in a variety of fields https://t.co/7oLdkQJvfb

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I’m looking forward to hearing Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia's first female astronaut, speak to Adam Shirley just after 7am tomorrow on @abccanberra. You can also hear her next week at an event I’m leading to showcase STEM careers in government -> https://t.co/48wYwJ1AR5

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

Parliament has been awash with scientists this week for #ScienceMeetsParliament. I caught up with the ABC’s @SciNate to talk about the importance of science to the nation in a live cross from Parliament House, where he was also speaking to the #SuperstarsofSTEM.

[Australia's Chief Scientist @ScienceChiefAu]

I’m looking forward to being one of the panellists on ABC’s Q+A on Monday night, which includes being alongside a physicist as accomplished as @bgreene. The subject is future tech which gives me a chance to talk about some of the amazing capabilities just around the corner.