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Abbreviations
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ADF Australian Defence Force
AIMS Australian Institute of Marine Science
ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
AP Australia Post
ARC Australian Research Council
B of M Bureau of Meteorology
CGT Capital Gains Tax
CoAG Council of Australian Governments
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DDSO Digital Data Service Obligation
DISR Department of Industry Science and Resources
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DSTO Defence Science and Technology Organisation
EC European Community
EPAC Economic Policy Advisory Council
ETM Elaborately Transformed Manufacture
FASTS Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IIF Innovation Investment Fund
IP Intellectual Property
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
IT Information Technology
IT&C Information Technology and Telecommunications
Kbps Kilo bits per second
Mbps Megabits per second
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PMSEIC Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council
R&D Research and Development
TAFE Technical and Further Education
UK United Kingdom
US United States
VET Vocational Education and Training
List of Submissions
Submissions were received from the following individuals and organisations:
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Group of Eight Universities
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Australian Academy of Science
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS)
Australian College of Education
National Tertiary Education Union
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Emeritus Professor Peter Karmel, AC, CBE, FAHA (ANU)
Professor Emeritus Sir Gustav Nossal, AC, FAA, FRS (Melbourne)
Professor Peter Doherty AC, FAA, FRS, Nobel Laureate (Tennessee)
Dr Don Lamberton (ANU)
Dr Joe Baker, OBE (Qld and ACT)
Emeritus Professor David Yencken, AO (Melbourne)
Colin Steele, Librarian (ANU)
Jan Fullerton, Director General, National Library of Australia
Emeritus Professor Hugh Stretton (Adelaide)
Dr Peter Ellyard, Preferred Futures Pty Ltd
Adrian Farrell, Principal of Woodlawn Marketing Services
Glossary
bioinformatics
a new field of research involving the use of computers to process, store and manipulate biological data, in particular, genomic and proteomic data
cadastre
a National Inventory or Knowledge Bank. The cadastre would provide a national picture of Australia’s physical and human resources, both nationally and regionally and link the research bases of the Commonwealth and States, including the Census and the National Land and Water Resources Audit
dematerialisation
the decline in energy, hardware and materials as a share of world trade, for example, the use of e-mail rather than conventional letter delivery by post
digital divide
the gap between those who have access to the benefits of information technology, such as access to the Internet, education, and new employment opportunities, and those who do not. For some citizens the technology brings the promise of inclusion, opportunity and wealth; for others, greater isolation and increased poverty
functional genomics
identifies the mechanism by which proteins control cell functioning in all forms of life
genome
the full complement of genetic information that an individual organism inherits from its parents, especially the set of chromosomes and the genes they carry
genomic profiling
decoding the genetic basis of pathology, thus enabling medical researchers to move beyond the description of diseases to more effective mechanisms for diagnosis and treatment
knowledge nation
a nation of highly educated and skilled people that uses its knowledge resources in a coordinated way to create new industries, revitalise existing industries and tackle large scale problems like disease, social inequality and environmental damage
nanotechnology
technology that relates to the manufacture of microscopic objects
new economy
an often misunderstood term for the economy of the knowledge age. Sometimes misleadingly contrasted to the ‘old economy’, it includes both emerging industries (like ICT, biotechnology and environmental management) and existing industries which are in the process of being transformed by the application of knowledge (like mining and manufacturing)
photonics
the use of particles of light to communicate, store and process information, including optical fibre networks
proteomics
a new science in which scientists seek to identify and understand the function of all the proteins in the human body
supercomputer
a computer designed to perform calculations as fast as current technology allows and used to solve extremely complex problems. Supercomputers are designed to work on a single problem at a time, devoting all their resources to the solution of the problem
third age
the post-retirement stage of life
