The cost of living is the biggest issue across all demographics, except for Australians over 50, where access to healthcare is the biggest issue, this report shows. Key findings Cost of living is the biggest issue across all demographics, except for Australians over 50, where access to healthcare is the biggest issue However, there were...

The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) and the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) commissioned the Centre for International Economics (the CIE) to investigate and measure the importance of recent advances in the biological sciences to the Australian economy. This work followed an earlier similar report that presented results on the importance of recent advances...

This report aims to aid policy making and public discussion based on rigorous estimates of the current contribution of the core sciences. The Office of the Australian Chief Scientist commissioned the Australian Academy of Science to develop two complementary reports on the importance of recent advances in a selection of the sciences in the knowledge...

Under his five year reign as Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb saw funding for science research fall to a 30 year low. But under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, there's some good news for the sector. The Prime Minister says he is keen to see science power the 'ideas boom', which could help underpin Australian innovation...

The report examines five key reasons for investing in Australia – Growth, Innovation, Talent, Location and Business – and compares Australia’s credentials with other countries.