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Nominations open for STA Policy Committee and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
Science & Technology Australia is seeking candidates to join our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and our Policy Committee.
These are permanent committees of the STA Board. Terms are for two years.
Candidates wishing to apply to join the Committee should be a member of, or employed by, an STA member organisation.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from diverse faith, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and LGBTQIA+ identified STEM professionals.
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A bright future for Australian energy, technology and expertise
In the second of our series of opinion pieces from Science meets Parliament sponsors, Professor Paul Mulvaney, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, discusses how to extend Australia’s renewable energy generation capability, create jobs and deliver better results for businesses and energy consumers.
‘Our land abounds with nature’s gifts, of beauty rich and rare’. As we progress further into an exciting but uncertain 21
st century, those words ring more truly now than ever before.
Australia unquestionably remains the lucky country. In particular, we are blessed with an abundance of the most powerful resource available anywhere on the planet – sunlight.
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Statement on Facebook blocking science expertise
The nation’s peak bodies representing science and scientific expertise have expressed deep concern about Facebook blocking content today from a range of non-news science organisations.
On Thursday, Facebook blocked content from groups including Science & Technology Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Australian Science Media Centre, the Australian Science Teachers Association, Professionals Australia, The Royal Institution of Australia, and Research Australia.
These organisations share valued and peer-reviewed science insights and Australia’s deep scientific knowledge.
The changes also affected state health departments including those in South Australia and Queensland and some emergency services feeds.
Thursday 11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It exists to help to inspire more girls and women into science, technology,.