Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)
chief scientific advisor to the Australian government
The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) is part of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Its primary responsibilities are to enable growth and productivity for globally competitive industries. To help realise this vision, the department has four key objectives: supporting science and commercialisation, growing business investment and improving business capability, streamlining regulation and building a high performance organisation.
Chief Scientist
The chief scientist is responsible for advising the Government of Australia on scientific and technological issues.
The chief scientist chairs the Research Quality Framework Development Advisory Group, the National Research Priorities Standing Committee and is a member of other key government committees:
Coordination Committee on Science and Technology
Prime Minister's Science Prizes Committee
Cooperative Research Centres Committee
Publicly Funded Research Agencies Committee
Commonwealth, State and Territory Advisory Council on Innovation
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Committee
Chief scientists
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National Science and Technology Council
The National Science and Technology Council is responsible for providing advice to the Government on important science and technology issues facing Australia.
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, and the minister for industry, science and technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, announced the new council on 28 November 2018.
The council is chaired by the prime minister, with the minister for industry, science and technology as deputy chair. Australia's chief scientist, Tony Haymet, is the executive officer.
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