The Medical Research Future Fund should prioritise areas where Australia has a comparative advantage.
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I was motivated to improve the outcome for women with ovarian cancer by my experience as a junior doctor in London in 1985. But 36 years on, the results aren’t what we’d hoped.
In Australia, the next government will need to meet the challenge of refreshing the social licence between science, government and the many and diverse communities that make up our nation.
It’s hard enough to get research funding in Australia, so what if your work falls outside one of the areas declared a “priority”?
One of the Australian government’s new research priorities is “environmental change”. But can be hard to know how to tackle such huge and interlinked issues as climate change and species extinctions.
By embracing science and technology, Australia’s agricultural industry could be more efficient, productive and sustainable.
Online infrastructure and business are becoming increasingly important, as is our need to focus research efforts on securing them from cyber-attack.
A research focus on transport can help improve existing infrastructure and guide future developments, and tailor them to Australia’s unique needs.
Australia spends around 10% of GDP on health, so it’s imperative that our research strategies also generate economic benefits.
The nine science and research priorities will help focus and coordinate our efforts, and aid government departments in supporting the future of Australian science.
Australia has a bright future in advanced manufacturing, but it will be a turbulent transition that we need to manage carefully.
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Managing Director, Triple Helix Consulting; Honorary Professor, ANU Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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Dean UNSW Scienece, UNSW
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Director, Infrastructure, Transport & Logistics, CSIRO
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
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Director, Security Business Team, CSIRO
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Dean Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, Chair of Primary Care Research,, The University of Melbourne
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Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
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Director Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, The University of Western Australia
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Computing and Information Systems, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Systems), and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital & Data), The University of Melbourne
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Institute Director, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University