Past Viewpoints |
31/08/13 Ian Chubb: The Wonder of Why
30/08/13 Barry Jones: The 2013 Election and the Death of Rationality
14/03/12 Ian Dobson: A Short History of the Australian PhD
19/05/11 Peter Pockley: Divergent Views on the Post of Chief Scientist
02/01/11 29-Years and Counting
20/01/10 Chief Scientist's First Blog for 2010
01/09/09 Peter Hall Reports on the Clay-Mahler Lecture Tour
11/11/08 Adrian Gibbs Academic Mensuration - Wrong Criteria
03/05/08 Barry Brook: Make a Stand for Good Science
16/03/08 The Dissection of Peer Review or Should We Just Leave It to the Computer
09/07/07 Dennis Phillips: Higher Education's 'Corporatisation' Lehar Rumbles On
11/09/06 Productivity Commission's Research Study on Public Support for Science---
17/07/06 Harry Robinson: Role Models or Figures of Feel-Good?
06/07/06 Peter Hall: The Econometrics of Science, Research and Innovation
24/06/06 Harry Robinson: Will the Future Bring a Better Country?
23/05/06 The Roles of the Australian Academy of Science
16/02/06 Bureaucratic Politicisation & Government Self Interest - an Unholy Mix
31/12/05 CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet Stirs Unwelcome and Unnecessary Controversy
21/11/05 Gavin Brown -- Nurturing the Humanities
27/10/05 Peter Vanderaa Discusses Equity and the Higher Education Report 2004-05
06/07/05 Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe: Private vs Public Good Research - The Unequal Contest
30/06/05 Harry Robinson: Spin. Scruples and the Costello Future Fund
21/05/05 Gideon Polya: Funding Extensions to Private Tertiary Institutions
18/03/05 Max Whitten Writes an: Open Letter to the Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP
01/03/05 Peter Hall: Workforce Planning and Australian Science?
11/01/05 Harry Robinson: Who to Woo -- Pollies or Public?
31/05/04 Attractiveness of US vs. Australian Universities for Foreign Doctoral Students
30/04/04 Michael Lardelli: Is a Peak in Oil Production a National Emergency
30/03/04 Guy Nolch: Smoke-screen on CSIRO Science
26/02/04 Uses and Abuses of Mathematics in Biology
23/12/03 Geoff Davies: Beware of Techno-hype!
12/11/03 Reckless Squandering of Talent Hurts the Knowledge Economy
17/10/03 Gavin Brown Reflects on the Frog Prince
11/09/03 From a Stance of Avoidance to Regional Policeman
14/08/03 A Challenge to Scientists and 'SciComs'
22/07/03 Musings on Governmental Instant Gratification
11/06/03 The Secret Life of the Gross Domestic Product
16/05/03 Private School Funds Surpass Universities' in '03/'04 Budget
14/01/03 The High Price of Insider Shop Talk
09/12/02 From Dozy Cat to Celtic Tiger in 20 Years
19/11/02 Grey Power and the Enabling Sciences
24/10/02 Science and the Nation's Mindset
24/09/02 From FASTS Policy Document 2002: Higher Education and Basic Research
01/08/02 The Solution's Out There Somewhere But Does Anyone Really Want to Find It?
12/07/02 Back to Methuselah Meets Parliament
02/07/02 A "Dialogue" With Peter Karmel
24/06/02 Science Venture Capital with a Difference
15/06/02 For Whom the Bell Doesn't Toll
22/04/02 Don't Overdo Your Excuses
28/03/02
Returns on Investment in Science and Technology - Peter French