Opinion, Briefs, Reports, Speeches
2009Presentation: Bradley Smith, Evidence based policy and the Governance of Science (28 October). Slides of wide ranging presentation to EBP conference in Canberra. Argues Govts are a user, funder and producer of evidence for EBP and have an interest in ensuring robustness and plurality of evidence. download slides Opinion: John Rice and Bradley Smith, Onus Falls On Industry To Put A New Face On Science, Australian Financial Review (7 September) There is a real disconnect between the image of the research scientist and the working life of the 90% of scientifically and technologically trained graduates. Part of the problem is a poorly articulated sense of how the nature of the technical workforce has changed over the past 30 years in the face of globalisation and generalisation of ICT... download article Opinion: Ken Baldwin, Risky Business, Campus Review (6 July) Investment needs to encourage risk-aware not risk-averse research so as to provide the robustness and flexibility to meet future threats and opportunities. download opinion piece Opinion: Ken Baldwin, Risky Business, Campus Review (6 July) Briefing Note: Bradley Smith, Commonwealth Expenditure on Science and Innovation estimated to rise to 0.73% of GDP (15 May) Budget slides: FASTS Budget workshops (9 June). Slides from FASTS budget workshops conducted in May and June are available here
Briefing note: Commonwealth expenditure on science and innovation estimated to rise to 0.73% of GDP (15 May). FASTS analysis of Commonwealth budget estimates suggest science and innovation expenditure will lift from 0.57% to 0.73% of GDP in 2009/10: A function of real increases in spending and estimated contraction of GDP. Download data table and chart
Transcript: Strategic Leadership in Science: Forum with Professor Penny Sackett, Baroness Susan Greenfield, Dr Megan Clark, Professor Mary O'Kane and Dr Cathy Foley. Parliament House (18 March)
Opinion: Ken Baldwin, Risk and Research: Maintaining a diverse portfolio, OPN, (March) Opinion: Ken Baldwin, Research Pot Dangerously Low, The Australian, HES, (28 Jan)
2008 Speech: Ken Baldwin, Do we need new models of governance and self-organisation of science? Address to the Australian Institute of Physics Congress (December)
Opinion: Ken Baldwin, FASTS welcomes CRC review, Australian R&D Review (September)
Forum Outcomes Statement: FASTS forum on the rights and responsibilities of scientists (June) (This paper summarises key issues arising from the FASTS forum and subsequent discussions on rights and responsibilities (obligations) of scientists and the independence of science and research agencies.
Opinion: Ken Baldwin, FASTS initial response to Budget 2008, HES, The Australian, (13 May)
Letter: Bradley Smith, Support for 'Hubs and Spokes', HES, The Australian, (16 April) 2007Speech: Tom Spurling, Public Policy, Water and Membranes, IMSTEC '07, (6 November 2007)
Proceedings paper: ABRS/FASTS, Proceedings of the National Taxonomy Forum, FASTS, Canberrra (4-5 October 2007) (nb: this file is 6.5mb)
Opinion: Bradley Smith, Making Science Politically Visible, (Australasian Science, Oct 2007)
Opinion: Tom Spurling, Time to ask the other questions on R&D, (ATSE-Scope, Sept 2007)
Opinion: Mark Matthews, Using Science to Prepare us for the future, (R&D Review, Sept, 2007)
Review: Review of Science meets Parliament comprising report and on-line survey results (August 2007)
Discussion paper: Preparedness (1 August 2007)
Letter: Tom Spurling, The Collaborative Country (BRW, July 12 - 18, 2007)
Letter: Bradley Smith, Not so FASTS (HES, The Australian, 4 July, 2007)
Discussion Paper: Is this what you had in mind? Science and the changing profile of Australian R&D expenditure (18 June 2007) Part 1 and Part 2
Opinion: Tom Spurling, Presentation to Go8 Universities Research Quality Framework (RQF) Forum (8 June 2007)
Opinion: Tom Spurling, Voters want scientists to identify and reduce risks in an uncertain world, Canberra Times, 19 March 2007
2006 Opinion: Tom Spurling, The Energy Debate, Chemistry in Australia, October 2006
Opinion: Tom Spurling, Getting under the gaps: FASTS' comments on 'knowledge transfer' or 'engagement' funding, Higher Education Scholar, September 2006
Presentation: Tom Spurling report to PMSEIC on FASTS Science Education Meeting, September 2006
Briefing paper: ABS research classifications and the Research Quality Framework. Additional material: ABS-RFCD Table – Higher Education 6 digit; and ABS-SEO Table – Higher Education 6 digit, Aug 2006
Presentation: Bradley Smith, IRUA Science and Technology Education Forum, 29 June 2006
Opinion: Tom Spurling, R&D: Where a Little Buys A Lot, Australian Financial Review, 27 March 2006
Opinion: Tom Spurling, Let’s Rethink Public Investment In Research, Australasian Science, March 2006
Transcript: Australia's Energy Futures Forum, Science Meets Parliament, Panel includes The Hon. Minister Ian McFarlane and Martin Ferguson MP, 1 March 2006
2005
Letter: Mike Archer (UNSW), Bradley Smith (FASTS), Sue Serjeantson (AAS) Paul Carnemolla (ASTA) Joint letter on Intelligent Design 21 October 2005
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Nuclear debate must focus on Waste, The Canberra Times, 26 September 2005
Opinion: Snow Barlow, The Risk of Perverse Funding Outcomes, The Australian, 14 September 2005
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Third Stream Funding, The Australian, 20 July 2005
Transcript: Robyn Williams interviews Parliamentarians on “Science meets Parliament”, Science Show, ABC Radio National, 12 March 2005
Transcript: Hypothetical on avian flu pandemic in Australia, Science meets Parliament, Moderated by Dr Norman Swan, Panel includes The Hon. Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard MP, 9 March 2005
Opinion: Snow Barlow, A Deficit of Research, The Australian, 9 March 2005
2004
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Hype Hides True Worth of Everyday Research, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2004
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Parties Fail To Support Knowledge Economy, Australian Financial Review, 4 October 2004
Opinion: Ken Baldwin, Our Future Economic Growth Depends On Investment In Science, Canberra Times, 20 September 2004
Workshop Report: Beyond Brain Drain: Mobility, Competitiveness & Scientific Excellence, Fiona Wood (ed), Workshop Report, Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New England, 2004. Report distributed by FASTS
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Revolution in Publishing: A Symptom of Science Upheaval, The Australian, 28 July 2004)
Policy Statement: Real Priorities: the FASTS' 2004 Election Statement, 1 July 2004
Opinion: Snow Barlow, FASTS Comment on the Budget, The Australian, 12 May 2004
Opinion: Snow Barlow, Budget An Acid Test To Back Ability And Build Better Future, Canberra Times, 29 April 2004
Opinion: Snow Barlow, We cannot skimp on investment in R & D, Canberra Times, 4 March 2004
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