Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)

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The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) is part of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Its primary responsibilities are to enable growth and productivity for globally competitive industries. To help realise this vision, the department has four key objectives: supporting science and commercialisation, growing business investment and improving business capability, streamlining regulation and building a high performance organisation.

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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]

Chief scientists

No.PortraitChief ScientistHeld OfficeNotesRef.
1
 Ralph Slatyer 1989–1992ecologist, Order of Australia
[5]
2
 Michael Pitman 1992–1996botanist
3
 John Stocker 1996–1999part-time, immunologist
4
 BatterhamIChemE2005.jpg Robin Batterham 1999–2005part-time, chemical engineer
5
 Jim Peacock 2006–2008part-time, molecular biologist
6
 Penny Sackett 2008–2011full-time, astronomer
7
 Ian Chubb.jpg Ian Chubb 2011–2016neuroscientist
8
 Alan Finkel (2017).jpg Alan Finkel 2016–2020neuroscientist
9
 Cathy Foley 2021–presentsolid-state physicist

National Science and Technology Council

The National Science and Technology Council is responsible for providing advice to the prime minister and other ministers on important science and technology issues facing Australia.

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, and the minister for industry, science and technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, announced the new council on 28 November 2018. [17]

The council is chaired by the prime minister, with the minister for industry, science and technology as deputy chair. Australia's chief scientist, Cathy Foley, is the executive office.

History of Australian science councils

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  14. ↑ "Statement: A message from Professor Chubb". Office of the Chief Scientist. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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