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The RSA participated in and helped organise the inaugural Forum of Australian Academies and Australasian Royal Societies which was held in Canberra at the Shine Dome at the Australian Academy of Science on 28 September 2026.

The event was prompted by the impending visit to Australia earlier this year of the President and CEO of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. The RSA saw this as an opportunity to […]

The Royal Societies of Australia (RSA) will be holding a two-day international conference on Food Security/Food Resilience entitled Facing the future – food security and resilient food systems – a new framework at Melbourne Connect in Swanston Street Melbourne on 8 and 9 October 2026. Register now.

At the conference, experts from academia, government, industry, peak bodies and not-for-profits […]

The Royal Societies of Australia is very pleased to welcome the Royal Society of New South Wales back to Membership of the RSA. The Council of the RSA unanimously approved its Membership at its meeting on 15 May 2026. At that meeting the President and Vice-president of RSNSW were appointed to the RSA Council. This is another milestone in bringing the voices […]

Stephen Craig Hill AM FRSN
A long-standing member of Council of the Royal Societies of Australia (RSA) and a former Councilor of the Royal Society of NSW (RSNSW), Emeritus Professor Stephen Craig Hill AM FRSN has died suddenly at the age of 82. Stephen joined the latter Society in 2015 and shortly thereafter was elected a Councillor of the RSA representing […]

The Royal Societies of Australia held the Annual Meeting of Australia’s Royal Societies for 2025 on Thursday and Friday 20 and 21 November 2025 at the Royal Society of Victoria (RSV), Melbourne. The RSV very kindly hosted the meeting in their heritage building opposite Carlton Gardens in the CBD. Representatives of all six Australian Royal Societies attended.

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Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (centre right) receives Mr John Hardie AM (President of the Royal Societies of Australia) (right), Prof Caroline McMillan AO (Vice-President) (left) and Mr Bruce Ramage (Secretary) (centre left) at Admiralty House, Sydney. In the afternoon of 3 November 2025, the President, […]

Her Excellency the Hon Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, has very kindly accepted the RSA’s invitation to become its Patron. The good news was conveyed to the RSA by the Governor-General’s Official Secretary, Mr Gerard Martin PSM, on 2 April 2025. Her Excellency’s patronage follows the very supportive patronage of General the Hon David […]