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The '''Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC)''' ostensibly aims to provide a link between the scientific community and the Australian news media and is based on the model of the UK [[Science Media Centre]].  The organisation was launched by then South Australian Premier [[Mike Rann]] and [[Susan Greenfield]] on 2 August, 2005.<ref>Australian SMC (2013), [http://www.smc.org.au/about-us/our-origins/ Our History], accessed 18 September 2013</ref>
  
 
==Origins==
 
==Origins==
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On the launch of the [[Australian SMC]] its CEO [[Susannah Elliott]] noted that: ‘A National Consultation process directed by Becky Morelle, co-founder of the SMC in the UK, was used to guide the establishment of the Centre.’<ref>Susannah Elliott [http://lists.asc.asn.au/pipermail/asc-list/2005-November/001948.html ASC-list - Australian Science Media Centre], Mon Nov 28 18:45:19 EST 2005, accessed 13 August 2013.</ref>
 
On the launch of the [[Australian SMC]] its CEO [[Susannah Elliott]] noted that: ‘A National Consultation process directed by Becky Morelle, co-founder of the SMC in the UK, was used to guide the establishment of the Centre.’<ref>Susannah Elliott [http://lists.asc.asn.au/pipermail/asc-list/2005-November/001948.html ASC-list - Australian Science Media Centre], Mon Nov 28 18:45:19 EST 2005, accessed 13 August 2013.</ref>
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==Activities==
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===Nuclear===
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In July 2013 the SMC published an online 'Background Briefing: Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s energy needs?' on its website ahead of a national conference held by the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] (AATSE) in Sydney.
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The conference, titled 'Nuclear Energy for Australia?' included presentations by Australian SMC Patron [[Professor Alan Finkel]], Professor [[Ken Baldwin]], Director of the [[Energy Change Institute]] at the [[Australian National University]], and Emeritus Professor [[Ian Lowe]] from Griffith University, who also sits on the SMC Advisory Panel. <ref> [http://www.smc.org.au/2013/07/background-briefing-is-nuclear-the-answer-to-australias-energy-needs/ BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s energy needs?], ONLINE BRIEFING – Wednesday 24 July at 10:00 AEST, acc 26 August 2013 </ref> <ref> [https://aussmc.webex.com/ec0606l/eventcenter/recording/recordAction.do?theAction=poprecord&AT=pb&isurlact=true&renewticket=0&recordID=9478837&apiname=lsr.php&rKey=05e0a93e7b63d78b&needFilter=false&format=short&&SP=EC&rID=9478837&siteurl=aussmc&actappname=ec0606l&actname=%2Feventcenter%2Fframe%2Fg.do&rnd=4287977192&entactname=%2FnbrRecordingURL.do&entappname=url0108l Full presentation], Science Media Centre, Recording date:Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:32 am Australia Central Standard Time (Adelaide), Panelist Information: [nil] Duration:  54 minutes </ref>
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The SMC briefing discusses the following issues:
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*Does Australia need to resume the nuclear debate?
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*Cost of current renewable and low emission technologies – where does nuclear fit in?
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*What are the Australian public’s current attitudes to and concerns about nuclear power?
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==People==
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===Staff===
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Staff team in 2013<ref>Australian Science Media Centre (2013), [http://www.smc.org.au/about-us/our-people/staff/ Staff], accessed 18 September 2013</ref>:
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*[[Susannah Eliott]], CEO
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*[[Lyndal Byford]], Media Manager (part-time)
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*[[Nigel Kerby]], Project Manager
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*[[Joseph Milton]], Senior Media Officer
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*[[Marilyn Arnold]], Office Manager (part time)
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*[[Lucy Simmonds]], Communications Officer
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*[[Annika Dean]], Media Officer
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*[[Karen Noble]], Executive Assistant to the CEO
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*[[Annie Hastwell]], Journalist (Part time)
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===Australian Patron===
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*Professor [[Alan Finkel]], currently Patron of the Australian SMC. Is President of the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]]
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===Board Members===
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The Board is chaired by Peter Yates AM and meets four times a year. Deputy chairs are Robyn Williams from the ABC andDr Graham Mitchell, Chief Scientist of Victoria. Other board members include:<ref name="Board">Australian SMC [http://www.smc.org.au/about-us/our-people/board-members/ Board members], accessed 26 August 2013.</ref>
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*[[Peter Yates]] AM, Chair Chairman, RiAus and Chairman, Business and Economics Board, Faculty of Business and Economics, The [[University of Melbourne]]
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*[[Jim Carroll]] Executive Producer, World News Australia, [[SBS]]
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*[[John Croll]] Chief Executive Officer, [[iSentia]]
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*Professor [[Merlin Crossley]] Dean of Science, The [[University of New South Wales]] (UNSW)
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*Professor [[David Day]] Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), [[Flinders University]]
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*[[Michael Ellies]] Business and media consultant
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*[[Brad Hatch]] Director of Communications, [[Fairfax Media]]
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*[[Oona Nielssen]] General Manager: Communication, [[CSIRO]]
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*Professor [[Mary O’Kane]] NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer
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*[[Melvin Mansell]] State Editorial Director, SA, WA & NT, [[News Corp Australia]]
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*[[Fiona McLeod]] External Affairs Manager, [[Australia Pacific LNG]]
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*Dr [[Graham Mitchell (scientist)|Graham Mitchell]], Deputy Chair Chief Scientist, State Govt of Victoria
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*Professor [[Rob Morrison]] Freelance science communicator
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*TBA The [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Hon [[Jay Weatherill]] Premier, Govt of South Australia
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*Robyn Williams, Deputy Chair Presenter, [[Science Show]], [[ABC]]
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*Dr [[Paul Willis]] Director, [[RiAus]]
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===Science Advisory Panel===
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The Science Advisory Panel membership includes:<ref name="Advisers">Australian SMC [http://www.smc.org.au/about-us/our-people/science-advisory-panel/ Board members], accessed 26 August 2013.</ref>
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*Professor [[Snow Barlow]] Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture, School of Agricultural and Food Systems, [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Dr [[Alan Finkel]] AM President, [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] (ATSE) (and AusSMC patron)
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*Professor [[Lyn Beazley]] AO Chief Scientist of WA, Professor of Zoology, [[University of Western Australia]]
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*Emeritus Professor [[Max Brennan]] AO Former Chief Scientist for South Australia
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*Professor [[Adrienne Clarke]] AC Chancellor, [[La Trobe University]], Melbourne
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*Professor [[Alan Cooper]] Director, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, [[University of Adelaide]]
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*Professor [[Marcello Costa]] FAA Professor of Neurophysiology, School of Medicine, [[Flinders University]]
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*Professor [[Derek Denton]] AC Department of Physiology, [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Professor [[Peter Doherty]] AC Laureate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Professor [[Tim Flannery]] [[Macquarie University]]
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*Profesor [[Michael Holland]] President, [[Science and Technology Australia]]
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*Professor [[Bryan Gaensler]] Institute of Astronomy, [[University of Sydney]]
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*Dr [[Geoff Garrett]] AO Queensland Chief Scientist
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*Baroness Professor [[Susan A Greenfield]] CBE Professor of Pharmacology, [[University of Oxford]], UK (Also International Patron of the AusSMC)
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*Professor [[Richard Head]] Director, [[Sansom Institute for Health Research]]
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*Professor [[Robert Hill (scientist)|Robert Hill]] Head of Sciences, SA Museum and Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, [[University of Adelaide]]
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*Professor [[Marcia Langton]] AM Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, School of Anthropology, Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne
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*Emeritus Professor [[Ian Lowe]] AO School of Science, [[Griffith University]] and President, [[Australian Conservation Foundation]]
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*Professor [[Caroline McMillen]] Vice Chancellor, The [[University of Newcastle]]
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*Emeritus Professor Sir [[Gustav Nossal]] AC CBE Department of Pathology, [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Professor [[Linda Rosenman]] President, [[Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences]] (CHASS)
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*Professor [[Michelle Simmons]] Federation Fellow, School of Physics, [[University of New South Wales]]
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*Professor [[Fiona Stanley]] AC Director, [[Telethon Institute for Child Health Research]]
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*Professor [[Patricia Vickers-Rich]] Faculty of Science, School of Geosciences, [[Monash University]]
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*Professor [[Malcolm Walter]] Director, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, [[University of New South Wales]]
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*Professor [[Bob Williamson]] AO Senior Principal Research Fellow of the [[Murdoch Children’s Research Institute]] and Professor of Medical Genetics, [[University of Melbourne]]
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====Past SAP members====
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*Professor [[Ken Baldwin]] former President of [[FASTS]]
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*[[Stuart Cunningham]] former President of [[CHASS]]
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*Emeritus Professor [[Frank Fenner]] AC CMG MBE Visiting Fellow at John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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*Professor [[David Henry]] [[University of Newcastle]] (now based overseas)
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*Professor [[Peter Andrews]] AO Former Queensland Chief Scientist
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*Emeritus Professor [[Nancy Millis]] AC MBE Department of Microbiology, [[University of Melbourne]]
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*Professor [[Robin Batterham]] AO [[University of Melbourne]]
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
*Rebecca Morelle [http://www.aussmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/aussmc_consultation_report.pdf Consultation Report for the Australian Science Media Centre], June 2005.
 
*Rebecca Morelle [http://www.aussmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/aussmc_consultation_report.pdf Consultation Report for the Australian Science Media Centre], June 2005.
 
*Susan Greenfield [http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/lib/pdf/Greenfield_FINAL_report.pdf Getting to the Future First], Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Adelaide SA 5001, January 2006.
 
*Susan Greenfield [http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/lib/pdf/Greenfield_FINAL_report.pdf Getting to the Future First], Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Adelaide SA 5001, January 2006.
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==Contact==
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:Address: Australian Science Media Centre, C/- The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
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:Website: http://www.smc.org.au
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:Tel: +61 8 7120 8666
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:E-mail: info [AT] smc.org.au
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:Twitter: [http://twitter.com/AusSMC @AusSMC]
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:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AusSMC
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 19 September 2013

The Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) ostensibly aims to provide a link between the scientific community and the Australian news media and is based on the model of the UK Science Media Centre. The organisation was launched by then South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Susan Greenfield on 2 August, 2005.[1]

Origins

In April 2005 Rebecca Morelle of the UK Science Media Centre alerted Australian science communicators that she was involved in setting up the Australian SMC:

As some of you may have already heard - and I think there has been some talk on this forum - that there is going to be an Australian version of the Science Media Centre, based in Adelaide. It is currently in the process of being set up. I am going to be coming over to Australia at the end of this month for a period of 6 weeks to lend a helping hand to this process, which I am obviously very excited about! One of the things I'll be working with Aus SMC on, will be to help carry out a similar process to one that the SMC Director (Fiona Fox) and I carried out in the UK before we opened - and that was to consult widely with the UK community (science correspondents, press officers, news journalists, scientists, politicians etc)[2]

Morelle appealed for help with the consultation:

during my 6 week visit (28th April to 10th June), I will be based in Adelaide but spending time in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne etc and I would like to consult people from the groups of key stakeholders of the centre: ie the science correspondents, press officers, news journalists, scientists, politicians, science communicators etc. So... it would be incredibly helpful if you could:
a. let me know if you are one of the above people that I should be meeting
b.Let me know of your top 10 people that I should be meeting.
c.If you could point me to any sites/documents on science and the media in Australia that would also be great![2]

On the launch of the Australian SMC its CEO Susannah Elliott noted that: ‘A National Consultation process directed by Becky Morelle, co-founder of the SMC in the UK, was used to guide the establishment of the Centre.’[3]

Activities

Nuclear

In July 2013 the SMC published an online 'Background Briefing: Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s energy needs?' on its website ahead of a national conference held by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (AATSE) in Sydney.

The conference, titled 'Nuclear Energy for Australia?' included presentations by Australian SMC Patron Professor Alan Finkel, Professor Ken Baldwin, Director of the Energy Change Institute at the Australian National University, and Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe from Griffith University, who also sits on the SMC Advisory Panel. [4] [5]

The SMC briefing discusses the following issues:

  • Does Australia need to resume the nuclear debate?
  • Cost of current renewable and low emission technologies – where does nuclear fit in?
  • What are the Australian public’s current attitudes to and concerns about nuclear power?

People

Staff

Staff team in 2013[6]:

Australian Patron

Board Members

The Board is chaired by Peter Yates AM and meets four times a year. Deputy chairs are Robyn Williams from the ABC andDr Graham Mitchell, Chief Scientist of Victoria. Other board members include:[7]

Science Advisory Panel

The Science Advisory Panel membership includes:[8]

Past SAP members

Resources

Contact

Address: Australian Science Media Centre, C/- The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
Website: http://www.smc.org.au
Tel: +61 8 7120 8666
E-mail: info [AT] smc.org.au
Twitter: @AusSMC
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AusSMC

Notes

  1. ↑ Australian SMC (2013), Our History, accessed 18 September 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Becky Morelle BMorelle at ri.ac.uk ASC-list - Australian Science Media Centre: hello from the UK Fri Apr 8 01:30:14 EST 2005
  3. ↑ Susannah Elliott ASC-list - Australian Science Media Centre, Mon Nov 28 18:45:19 EST 2005, accessed 13 August 2013.
  4. ↑ BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s energy needs?, ONLINE BRIEFING – Wednesday 24 July at 10:00 AEST, acc 26 August 2013
  5. ↑ Full presentation, Science Media Centre, Recording date:Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:32 am Australia Central Standard Time (Adelaide), Panelist Information: [nil] Duration: 54 minutes
  6. ↑ Australian Science Media Centre (2013), Staff, accessed 18 September 2013
  7. ↑ Australian SMC Board members, accessed 26 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Australian SMC Board members, accessed 26 August 2013.
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