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	<title>Australian Science Communicators &#187; Branch Notices</title>
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		<title>SA Event: Teach for Australia &#8211; Innovative pathways for outstanding science graduates</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/27/teachforaustraliaevent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you by The Tall Poppy Campaign and Teach for Australia:
Event: Teach for Australia &#8211; Innovative pathways for outstanding science graduates
Monday 20 February, 2012
Royal Society Room at the SA Museum, North Terrace
12:30pm &#8211; 1:30pm (Lunch Included)
Speakers: Adam Buxton, Teach for Australia
Tessa Mudge, Alumni and Associate at Teach for Australia
Places are strictly limited and priority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grant Round Open for Inspiring Australia &#8211; Unlocking Australia&#8217;s Potential</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/27/iagrants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government’s Unlocking Australia’s Potential grants are about inspiring people with science.
$5 million is available across three categories for projects delivered over the next three years.
Projects will represent a national mix of activities involving a variety of audiences, geographic locations and scientific topics. The grants round aims to inspire a program that focuses on priorities such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Past President and Life Member Profile: Alison Leigh</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/27/alisonleigh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/27/alisonleigh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Alison Leigh:
I didn’t grow up dreaming that one day I would be …. the Editorial Director of the World Congress of Science Producers. No such thing existed. Now it does and like the best things in life &#8211; it evolved.
I emigrated to Sydney from the UK in 1988 – bicentennial year; fully expecting my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Guardian finds the conversation~woo hoo~and more re; scientists v journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/18/the-guardian-finds-the-conversationwoo-hooand-more-re-scientists-v-journalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/18/the-guardian-finds-the-conversationwoo-hooand-more-re-scientists-v-journalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was an interesting read. I didn&#8217;t, however, agree with the comment that articles on the Conversation are boring.  Anyway the thrust of this post is there appears to be an ongoing online debate about how science should be communicated by journalists and vice versa.  In many of these articles there are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8216;big pharma&#8217; really evil</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/13/is-big-pharma-really-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2012/01/13/is-big-pharma-really-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to two investigative journalists, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche withheld vital data about the effectiveness of its swine flu drug Tamiflu from scientists.
Read the full story here:
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/12/pharma-company-hid-vital-data-on-tamiflu-scientists-claim/
]]></description>
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		<title>ASC corporate members – meeting with Scitech</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-corporate-members-%e2%80%93-meeting-with-scitech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-corporate-members-%e2%80%93-meeting-with-scitech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest is growing for organisations to become corporate members of the ASC. While I was in Perth for the 2011 ASC AGM I took the opportunity to meet with the management of one of our most recent new corporate members, Scitech.
Scitech is Perth’s and WA’s state-wide active and progressive science centre. Alan Brien, the director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC AGM outcomes</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-agm-outcomes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/30/asc-agm-outcomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first ASC AGM held in Perth was well attended and lively with discussion of many matters. Most of those present offered comments and questions which revealed the insight and enthusiasm of ASC WA members.
In brief, the main reports of this meeting held on 30 November were:
From the President:

Progress toward planning the 2012 national conference
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media reaches elusive demographic</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/19/social-media-reaches-elusive-demographic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/19/social-media-reaches-elusive-demographic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article in terms of using social media to reach a demographic and how to reach that elusive age group.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/258803/20111130/facebook-apps-bring-millions-new-young-readers.htm
]]></description>
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		<title>ASC national conference travel grants</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/15/asc-national-conference-travel-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/15/asc-national-conference-travel-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to four travel grants of $200-400 each are available to ASC members from WA for attending the Australian Science Communicators conference in Sydney in February 2012.
The ASC conference will be held 27-29 February 2012 in Sydney at the Sydney Masonic Centre, a centrally located conference venue. We look forward to ASC members from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shafer says embargoes stifle journalism</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/08/shafer-says-embargoes-stifle-journalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/12/08/shafer-says-embargoes-stifle-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Shafer: Looking forward to taking a mallet to embargoes, not only the arts embargoes but the science, think tank, government, and academic embargoes. To hell with all of them.
See live chat here
]]></description>
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