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What are Australia's greatest challenges that science could help to address? What opportunities should we seize? What strengths should we maintain and/or build?
The world needs to move to science-based decision-making; this is a cultural necessity. The parallel global issues of anthropogenic global warming, the collapse of nature and pollution and waste require leadership at the global level.
Does Australia have the capability and capacity needed to address these challenges, opportunities and strengths? If not, how could we build this?
Australia undoubtedly has the capacity to contribute at the highest level and should do so, however, this will require a substantial redirection of resources. We need to integrate our research capacity with community engagement and promotion of science at levels.
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30 March 2023
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Consultation Hub
Australia’s science and research priorities: conversation starter
Industry House,
10 Binara Street,
Canberra ACT 2600
via website: https://consult.industry.gov.au/sciencepriorities1/survey
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re: Support for science teachers
I wish to endorse the position presented by the managers for the Inspiring Australia
Network in relation to support for science teachers and community science
engagement.
In particular there is signi cant need for improvement in sta ng numbers; many more
sta are required to facilitate adequate science education in schools. A signi cant
improvement in conditions and facilities for science teaching sta is required in
parallel together with a general elevation of the value of science teaching in our
culture.
Further, a more robust and strategic commitment to resourcing the Inspiring Australia
community science engagement program is needed to ful l Australia's commitment
to UNESCO's recommendation on Open Science. This program has high impact
despite its low resource base, and is essential to achieving the social license required
to sustain Australia's funding and policy commitments to the research sector.
Yours sincerely,
Rob. Gell AM
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