Dear ASCers,

Arising from the ASC National Conference in February, I posted a note to the ASC List on 8 March drawing attention to commentaries in the Walkley Magazine by Robyn Williams and Wilson da Silva on the state of science journalism.

I concluded with: “My own not-so-sanguine assessment of the “national strategy” will appear in the public prints later on. (I happen to have been the sole reporter present for questioning Science Minister Kim Carr at his “media conference” after he launched the “strategy”, which was not a convincing demonstration to national politics of the importance of our field of work, as expressed ultimately by budget planners.)”

This piece has now appeared in the April issue of Australasian Science which has just been published.

Cheers all!