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Inspiring Australia Update: Redmap Australia launches 13 December 2012

Redmap started as a citizen fishers and divers science driven project in 2009 to map the distribution of fish species, and to track any changes, in the waters around Tasmania. Started by the University...

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ASC branch events 2012

The ASC branches were again very active in 2012, holding 42 events across Australia. Members were able to attend all events for free or at substantial discounts. The pdf (link below) has information...

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Inspiring Australia update: stirring up interest in engineering

Australia needs engineers but where will they come from? Inspiring Australia is looking for answers by funding programs which aim to attract the interest of Australian students. Here is an update about...

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Inspiring Australia update: Nominations Open for 2013 Prime Minister’s Prizes...

The 2012 awards event for the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science was outstanding. A number of ASC members are involved with the Prizes and it would be good to hear their views on what the program...

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Inspiring Australia update: Poo Power! is ready to light the world

The range of projects funded by Inspiring Australia’s Unlocking Australia’s Potential program is breathtaking, with a spread across animal, vegetable and mineral topics. Here’s news about one project...

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Update from the National President

From Rod Lamberts, ASC National President … The commencement of 2013 has been filled with a flurry of activity for me, most of which involves getting my head around the nuances of the presidential...

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Inspiring Australia update: Science communication summit, 6-7 June 2013 at UNSW

Want to add your two cents to science communication? Inspiring Australia has announced a two day meeting where everyone’s contributions can add up to a big deposit for Australia’s science communication...

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From the President this month …

As 2013 starts to accelerate, I’m noticing that these are increasingly interesting times to be involved in the wide world of science communication. Doubly so if you’re a member of the ASC. In 2012 the...

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Apply for new position: General Manager of the Australian Science Communicators

 CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST You are invited to express your interest in appointment to the newly-created part-time position of General Manager of the Australian Science Communicators (ASC)....

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A new climate in Canberra

Thanks to Brigid Mullane for this opinion piece for Scope. Since Tony Abbott announced his new cabinet in September, much has been made of the absence of the word ‘science’ in any minister’s title. Ian...

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The ASC and Inspiring Australia: working with the national strategy for...

The Australian Science Communicators continues to be an active partner in the Inspiring Australia strategy. We are a member of the Science Sector Group, which provides national leadership and coherent...

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Inspiring Australia Update: Tasmania’s Sarah Bayne On Selling Science In Our...

Distant land with whole-hearted engagement – meet Tasmania’s Inspiring Australia officer, Sarah Bayne. There’s a lot of science in Tasmania, and Sarah Bayne tries to cover it all People come to science...

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Inspiring Australia Update: Crowdsourcing Citizens For International Astronomy

Gemma and her home-made comet starred in Astrofest tweets from former WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley (@ChiefSci_WA) There’s a lot of space and a lot of things in space out there – which means...

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Inspiring Australia update: Country kids communicating with art and science

Digital photography and solar prints of leaves and other found objects are just some of the ways community participation is being encouraged through storytelling technology. Creative photography at the...

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Inspiring Australia update: Millions of science fans can’t be wrong

Hit Australian science news service ScienceAlert approaches six million fans. It started in 2005 as a humble website, but the Canberra-based ScienceAlert is now a social media superstar, having reached...

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President’s Update

Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s Update. Save the date! 11 March 2016 I’m very pleased to announce that the next ASC conference will be in Brisbane in March 2016. We have tried to tie in our...

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President’s update

Thanks to Joan Leach for the update. The Conference is just about now! I spent a very productive hour this week listening to the new Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, AO, give his maiden speech at the...

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Sharing amazing science stories at FameLab 2016

Thank you to Sarah Lau for the post. I recently had the honour of MCing the WA semi-final of FameLab 2016 at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle. FameLab sees early career researchers share their...

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ASC Constitution, 2015 Special General Meeting and 2015 AGM

The ASC Constitution was reviewed and adopted at a Special General Meeting in Canberra on 18 November 2015. The Constitution is available here. The minutes from the Special General Meeting are...

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New global science of learning website launches

International publishing group Nature Research has launched a global online community dedicated to improving knowledge on the science of learning, in partnership with The University of Queensland. The...

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