Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
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The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) represent the interests of about 68,000 Australian scientists and technologists, and promotes their views on a wide range of policy issues to Government, industry and the community.
The Federation was formed in late 1985, as a reaction to the 1984 Australian Federal Budget, which made substantial cuts to funding for science; its formation followed the statements of the then Minister for Science, (Barry Jones
), that the Australian S&T community did not provide him with sufficient support in his dealings with cabinet.
The Federation was formed in late 1985, as a reaction to the 1984 Australian Federal Budget, which made substantial cuts to funding for science; its formation followed the statements of the then Minister for Science, (Barry Jones
Barry Jones (Australian politician)
Barry Owen Jones AO, FAA, FASSA, FAHA, FTSE, FACE is a writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan, and remains against capital punishment...
), that the Australian S&T community did not provide him with sufficient support in his dealings with cabinet.
FASTS member societies
The members of FASTS are the societies which represent the professional interests of scientists and technologists in Australia.Agriculture and Food Sciences
Aquatic Sciences
- Australian Coral Reef Society
- Australian Marine Sciences Association
- Australian Society for Limnology
- Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany
Biological Sciences
- Australian Institute of Biology
- Australian Mammal Society
- Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Australian Society for Biophysics
- Australian Society for Microbiology
- Australian Society for Parasitology
- Genetics Society of Australasia
- Society for Reproductive Biology
Chemical Sciences
Geographical and Geological Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
- Australian Mathematical Society
- Australian Society for Operations Research
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- Statistical Society of Australia
Medical and Cognitive Sciences
- Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists
- Australian Birth Defects Society
- Australian Neuroscience Society
- Australian Physiological Society
- Australian Psychological Society
- Nutrition Society of Australia
- Psychology Foundation of Australia
Physical Sciences
- Astronomical Society of Australia
- Australasian Radiation Protection Society
- Australian Ceramic Society
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Australian Nuclear Association
- Australian Optical Society
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
- Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand
- Vacuum Society of Australia
Plant and Ecological Sciences
- Australian Entomological Society
- Australian Society of Plant Scientists
- Ecological Society of Australia
- Australasian Wildlife Management Society
Technological Sciences
- Australian Acoustical Society
- Australasian Society for Biomaterials
- Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
General Members
- Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia
- Australasian Research Management Society
- Australian Council of Deans of Science
- Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
- Computer Research and Education
- Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
- CRC Association
- CSIRO Staff Association
- National Youth Science Forum
- NTEU
- Rural R & D Chairs Committee
- Science Industry Australia
- Spatial Sciences Institute
- Women in Science Enquiry Network