Professor Emma Johnston AO is being remembered as a transformative science leader with a passion to improve education and create opportunities for all kinds of people to thrive in STEM. Professor Johnston was President of Science & Technology Australia (STA) from 2017-2019. She is credited with growing STA’s visibility, membership and capacity to influence. STA […]
Australia’s scientists and technologists welcome increased funding for CSIRO and ANSTO in the mid-year budget update, but investment in research and development is not keeping up with rising costs. The Australian Government has committed an additional $233 million for CSIRO and $40 million for ANSTO to produce affordable nuclear medicines. “This is a welcome shot […]
The National AI Plan released today provides a level of certainty for the economy and direction for the research and innovation sector that is critically needed, but Australia must now make substantial investment in infrastructure and the future workforce, according to Science & Technology Australia (STA). The Stanford AI Index shows from 2013-24, the US […]
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