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ARC Advisory Council

The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, announced the establishment of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Advisory Council in January 2008.

The Council provides advice to the Chief Executive Officer of the ARC on:

• strategic issues relating to the mission of the ARC, including strategic planning;
• policy matters relating to innovation, research and research training; and
• matters relating to the evaluation of the quality and outcomes of research and research training in an international context.

The Council will be chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of the ARC and have six other members who will be appointed, for periods of up to three years, on the basis of their distinguished research records or achievements in business research and development.

The current members of the Council are;
Professor Margaret Sheil - Chair Chief Executive Officer Australian Research Council Biography
Professor Terry Hughes Centre Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Biography
Dr Elizabeth Jazwinska Business Development Manager Johnson & Johnson Research Pty Ltd Biography
Professor Stuart Macintyre Ernest Scott Professor of History The University of Melbourne Biography
Professor John Ralston Director Ian Wark Research Institute University of South Australia Biography
Professor Margaret Seares AO Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor The University of Western Australia Biography
Professor Arun Sharma Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Commercialisation) Queensland University of Technology Biography

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