Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)
The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) is part of the Department of Industry and Science. Its primary responsibilities are to support the Chief Scientist and the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC).
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Chief Scientist
The Chief Scientist is responsible for advising the Government of Australia on scientific and technological issues.
The Chief Scientist chairs the Research Quality Framework Development Advisory Group,[1] the National Research Priorities Standing Committee[2] and is a member of other key Government committees:[3]
- Coordination Committee on Science and Technology
- Prime Minister's Science Prizes Committee
- Cooperative Research Centres Committee
- Publicly Funded Research Agencies Committee
- Commonwealth, State and Territory Advisory Council on Innovation
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Committee [4]
Chief Scientists
- 1989–1992: Ralph Slatyer[5]
- 1992–1996 : Michael Pitman[6][7]
- 1996–1999: John Stocker, part-time[8][9]
- 1999–2005 : Robin Batterham, part-time[8][10][11]
- 2006–2008: Jim Peacock, part-time[12]
- 2008–2011: Penny Sackett, full-time.[13]
- 2011–present: Ian Chubb
Alan Finkel has been appointed as the next Chief Scientist, and will assume the role when Professor Chubb's term ends in December 2015.
Commonwealth Science Council
The Office of the Chief Scientist provides secretariat services to a science council chaired by the Prime Minister of Australia, with the Chief Scientist holding the position of executive officer on the council.
The current incarnation of the council is the Commonwealth Science Council, announced by Tony Abbott on 14 October 2014.[14] The council held its first meeting on 27 November 2014.[15]
History of Australian science councils
- Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council (1989–1997)
- Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (1997–2013)
- Commonwealth Science Council (2014–present)
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Bishop/2006/03/B001280306.asp
- ↑ http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/national_research_priorities/national_research_priorities_standing_committee.htm
- ↑ http://www.chiefscientist.dest.gov.au/Ongoing_activities_role.htm
- ↑ http://ncris.innovation.gov.au/DEVELOPMENT/Pages/Committee.aspx
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