P006853 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2022-01-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006853b.htm corporateBody Chief Scientist of Australia AACR2 1989 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Advisory or Regulatory Body The Chief Scientist of Australia is an advisory office under the Department for Industry, Science and Technology (the name of which varies from time to time), reporting to the Minister. Responsibilities include the provision of high-level independent advice to the Commonwealth Government on science, technology and innovation. The incumbent is an advocate for Australian science internationally and within in Australia, and has a substantial role in communicating science to the general public. The Chief Scientist holds the position of Executive Officer of the National Science and Technology Council (and prior to 2018, of the Council's predecessors). At the discretion of the Government, and often in an ex officio capacity, the Chief Scientist participates in a number of Commonwealth Government advisory committees and panels. These have included the Defence Science and Technology Organisation Advisory Board, the Rural Research and Development Council, and as Chair of the Australian Climate Change Science Framework Coordination Group. Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (1997 - )

Australia's Chief Scientist was Executive Officer of the Council 1997 - 2013

 Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1974 - )

Australia's Chief Scientist may participate as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board

 Finkel, Alan Simon (1953 - )

Chief Scientist 2016 - 2020.

 Chubb, Ian William (1943 - )

Chief Scientist 2011 - 2016

 Sackett, Penny D. (1956 - )

Chief Scientist 2008 - 2011

 Peacock, William James (Jim) (1937 - 2025)

Chief Scientist 2006 - 2008

 Batterham, Robin John (1941 - )

Chief Scientist 1999 - 2005

 Stocker, John Wilcox (1945 - )

Chief Scientist 1996 - 1999

 Pitman, Michael George (1933 - 2000)

Chief Scientist 1992 - 1996

 Slatyer, Ralph Owen (1929 - 2012)

Chief Scientist 1989 - 1992

 Foley, Catherine Patricia (Cathy) (1957 - )

Chief Scientist 2021 - 2024

 Haymet, Anthony D.J. (Tony) (1956 - )

Chief Scientist 2025 -

 Management of Research Integrity in Australia (c. 1950 - 2025) 'Chief Scientist of Australia', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Chief Scientist of Australia Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Cancer research misconduct sparks calls for reform Mannix, Liam Cancer research misconduct sparks calls for reform online 2025 The Sydney Morning Herald