Australian Academy of Science

Australian Academy of Science The Academy has produced a comprehensive, evidence-based effort to
assess Australia’s science capability against future needs. restorescience.com.au/mp

The 2023 Academy Symposium: International scientific collaborations in a contested world was a critical national dialogue. To learn more, visit our Symposium Resource Hub: bit.ly/SymposiumHub

29/08/2026

The AI race has already started. Is Australia ready?

Toby Walsh gives us three predictions for what comes next and why low R&D investment could leave Australia playing catch-up.

Head over to restorescience.com.au
🔗 link in bio.

Or comment “AI” and we’ll send you the link.

27/08/2026

Breakthroughs have come from people who chose to build their lives here.

These scientists who have made Australia home are helping to build capability, create jobs and turn discovery into solutions for Australia.

To attract the world’s best minds and keep Australia’s top talent, we need to restore science.

Back Australia’s ability. Send a message to your MP at restorescience.com.au.

Link in bio 🔗 or comment “restore” and we’ll send you the link.

The Shine Dome was packed as Emma Beckett and Adam Liaw sparked a bigger conversation about food 🍲In an age of endless n...
26/08/2026

The Shine Dome was packed as Emma Beckett and Adam Liaw sparked a bigger conversation about food 🍲

In an age of endless nutrition claims, food trends and misinformation, scientific literacy gives us something increasingly valuable: the ability to question what we are being told before we accept it as fact.

That is what our Public Speaker Series is about ✨ bringing Australians into the home of Australian science and connecting scientific thinking with the choices, debates and questions shaping everyday life.

Thank you to Lish Fejer - Digital Storyteller+ Fejer for guiding the conversation, and to Digital Science for supporting the series.

24/08/2026

Tomorrow, Canberra gets a taste of something different. 🍽️

Adam Liaw and Emma Beckett are coming to the Shine Dome to unpack the science, culture and stories behind what we eat.

Hosted by Lish Fejer - Digital Storyteller+, expect plenty of food for thought at the Australian Academy of Science.

Join us for one night only 🍴

📍 The Shine Dome, Canberra
📅 Tuesday 25 August
⏱️ 5:30–7:00 pm AEST
🎟️ Get your ticket in bio or see comments section below 👇

📺Can’t make it to Canberra register to watch online.

For one night only, Adam Liaw and Dr Emma Beckett - Food & Nutrition Scientist are coming to Canberra to unpack the scie...
23/08/2026

For one night only, Adam Liaw and Dr Emma Beckett - Food & Nutrition Scientist are coming to Canberra to unpack the science behind what we eat and the culture that shapes how and why we eat. 🍽️

From taste and cravings to biology, psychology and what we call “good food” expect plenty of food for thought for this public speaking event.

📍 The Shine Dome, Canberra
📅 Tuesday 25 August
⏱️ 5:30–7:00 pm AEST
🎟️ Get your ticket: https://aas.eventsair.com/public-speaker-series-2026/event-2/Site/Register

23/08/2026

You can’t restore science without restoring trust in it.

You might have sat in one of his lectures or know of his research. Here, Professor Ivan Marusic is in conversation with the next generation of scientists, tackling the difficult question: what happens when people stop believing the evidence?

With 1 in 3 STEM professionals considering leaving the sector, we can’t afford a future where science is both undervalued and mistrusted.

Restoring science means having conversations now, so the next generation inherits a stronger system than the one we leave behind.

Get involved and send a message to your MP today.

Link in bio or head over to restorescience.com.au

Kinda chic to restore science. 🧑‍🩰Help us strengthen our case that Australians care about science, by sending a message ...
22/08/2026

Kinda chic to restore science. 🧑‍🩰

Help us strengthen our case that Australians care about science, by sending a message to your MP.

Every message opens conversations with Parliamentarians and gets us closer to a science system that’s fit-for-purpose.

Link in bio 🔗 or head over to restorescience.com.au

21/08/2026

For one night only, Adam Liaw Liaw and Emma Beckett are coming to Canberra to unpack the science behind what we eat and the culture that shapes how and why we eat. 🍽️

📍 The Shine Dome, Canberra
📅 Tuesday 25 August
⏱️ 5:30–7:00 pm AEST
🎟️ Get your ticket: 👇
https://aas.eventsair.com/public-speaker-series-2026/event-2/Site/Register

📺Can’t make it to Canberra? Register to watch online.

25 years ago, there were no smart phones. No social media. ChatGPT was decades away. But Australian researchers were alr...
20/08/2026

25 years ago, there were no smart phones. No social media. ChatGPT was decades away.

But Australian researchers were already working on ideas that would help shape what came next.

Australian Research Council (ARC)-backed research helped lay foundations for Wi-Fi, solar technology, and quantum computing.

That’s the thing about research: you don’t always know where an idea will lead.
As Minister for Education Jason Clare MP said at the ARC’s 25th anniversary, Australia can’t just import the discoveries of the future.

We have to create them.
Happy 25th anniversary, ARC 🎂 25 years of backing Australian ideas, even before we knew how important they would become. Here’s to many more great Australian discoveries.

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Australian Research Council
Jason Clare MP
Julian Hill MP

18/08/2026

On 1 July, Senator David Pocock put Australia’s falling investment in R&D and our slide towards the bottom of the OECD on the parliamentary record. A month later, during National Science Week , he is raising it again.

This is because the consequences of falling R&D investment go well beyond the lab.

Other nations are making investment in science, the foundation of their economic resilience and national security. Australia needs to do the same.

The medicines we rely on. The energy that powers our homes. The tools we need when disaster strikes. Our ability to adapt to a changing climate. These all depend on science.

Head over to bio for the link to restore science.

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