On May 7, 2010, Professor Penny Sackett discussed the need to take action to combat climate change on ABC National News.

Professor Penny Sackett and Nobel Laureate Professor Elizabeth Blackburn present at the Women in Research: Achieving It All Forum held at Monash University, Melbourne.

Nominations for Australia’s premier science awards and fellowships are now open to the nation’s top scientists and science teachers.

The Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny D Sackett, has today called for nominations for the annual Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.

Professor Penny Sackett, Chief Scientist for Australia was interviewed by Ticky Fullerton on ABC’s Lateline programme, aired on March 18th 2010.

My Office is full steam ahead at the moment. Following the successful visit of Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, we have being preparing for the latest convening of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) meeting, which took place on Thursday 18 March 2010.

The Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) was today advised by an Expert Working Group that breakthroughs in the science of learning, including brain function, motivation and the practice of teaching, have the potential to transform how individual Australians acquire and retain knowledge throughout their lives.

16 February 2010 – Professor Sackett and Professor Blackburn discuss the future of Australian science with Win News

On February 1 2010, the Air Quality and Climate Change Journal published this interview with Professor Penny Sackett where she discusses her role as Chief Scientist for Australia, what got her first interested in science and the air quality around us.

Last week I had the tremendous pleasure of hosting a collection of events in honour of Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, Australia’s first female Nobel laureate, at several venues in Canberra, including: Questacon, the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Parliament House.