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From 2010 Onwards
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August 2020 - Audit of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Administration (0.08 MB)
May 2020 - Protect the research which protects the community! (0.08 MB)
April 2020 - Protect Health and Medical Research in Australia through the COVID-19 crisis (0.05 MB)
November 28, 2019 - Australian Health and Medical Research: The State of Play (0.11 MB)
October 19 2017 - Prime Minister’s Science Prize (0.08 MB)
October 13 2017 - NHMRC Grant Outcomes October 2017 (0.09 MB)
November 23 2016 - Recognising the outstanding contribution of Lebanese-Australians to the health sector (0.08 MB)
November 7 2016 - Deloitte Access Economics Report (0.12 MB)
December 8 2016 - PM’s Innovation Statement (0.07 MB)
November 11 2015 - NHMRC Outcomes 2015 (0.12 MB)
ASMR Analysis of NHMRC Trend Data 2015 (0.47 MB)
Aug 27 2015 - NHMRC Committees announced (0.10 MB)
Aug 13 2015 - MRFF Passes Senate (0.10 MB)
July 2015 - Senate Inquiry MRFF (0.10 MB)
May 2014 - Federal Budget 2014 (0.08 MB)
November 4 2013 - Indigenous Health Report and Recommendations (0.13 MB)
July 11 2012 - Australian health insurance: financial savings from health and medical research (0.06 MB)
October 31 2011 - Bending the Spending on Health (1.63 MB)
May 10 2011 - Federal Budget 2011 (0.03 MB)
January 2011 - Asia Pacific HMR Funding Union (0.11 MB)
From 2000 to 2009
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October 28 – 2009 Planning the HMR Workforce 2009 – 2019 (0.02 MB)
June 4 – 2008 Exceptional Returns The Value of Investing in Health R&D in Australia II (0.05 MB)
May 5 – 2008 ASMR Workforce Survey (0.03 MB)
February 2007 University of Sydney (0.02 MB)
November 2007 ASMR NSC – AWT Edwards Orator Prof Julie Campbell Bio. Information (0.02 MB)
November 2007 ASMR NSC – Firkin Orator Prof Mina J Bissell Bio. Information (0.01 MB)
November 13 – 2007 ASMR NSC – “A new Treatment for Kidney Disease” and “It’s all in the Scaffold!” (0.03 MB)
November 13 – 2007 ASMR NSC – “Can the cells on the side fix it?” (0.02 MB)
November 12 – 2007 ASMR NSC – Dr Mina Bissell, “Designer Microenvironments” (0.03 MB)
November 12 – 2007 ASMR NSC – “Bioelectric Body” and “Old Age Diseases in our Younger Generation” (0.02 MB)
November 10 – 2007 ASMR NSC – Prof Julie Campbell, Vascular Biologist (0.02 MB)
November 8 – 2007 ASMR NSC Media Alert (0.03 MB)
April 2007 ASMR Response to ALP Innovation Paper (0.02 MB)
May 30 – 2006 ASMR congratulates Vic Government (0.03 MB)
May 9 – 2006 The Critically-Needed Increase in Health and Medical Research Funding is An Investment in Australia’s Future (0.03 MB)
May 8 – 2006 Budget hopes: note to ASMR members (0.03 MB)
April 26 – 2006 Pending sale of Medibank Private (0.03 MB)
April 6 – 2006 Victorian Govt. Injects $230M into Health & Medical Research (0.03 MB)
January 25 – 2006 ASMR congratulates Professor Ian Frazer as the 2006 Australian of the Year (0.03 MB)
November 16 – 2005 Media Alert – 44th ASMR National Scientific Conference, Couran Cove Queensland, November 20-23. Hormones, Fertility and Cancer (0.04 MB)
September 12 – 2005 Accellerating Australia’s World Class Research – NHMRC Restructure, ASMR Media Release (0.04 MB)
Media Release Link to NHMRC media release on restructuring, September 11 2005
December 9 – 2004 - Report of Investment Review (0.04 MB)
Friday 1 Oct – 2004 - Open letter to John Howard and Mark Latham (0.02 MB)
May 11 – 2004 - Federal Budget 2004 (0.02 MB)
May 6 – 2004 - A long way to go for medical research! ASMR sounds a warning note (0.02 MB)
February 2004 - ASMR reiterates calls for $1 billion increase (0.03 MB)
October 2003 - Access Economics Report – Media Release (0.03 MB)
October 2003 - Access Economics Report – Media Alert (0.02 MB)
October 2003 - Exceptional Returns: The Value of Investing in Health R&D in Australia (0.87 MB)
October 2003 - Health R&D in Australia: The Hard Facts (0.03 MB)
October 2003 - Exceptional Returns: The Value of Investing in Health R&D in Australia (0.11 MB)
May 15 – 2002 - Commonwealth Budget 2002 (0.02 MB)
September 25 – 2001 - ASMR comment on the announcement of 15 Federation Fellowships (0.02 MB)
September 21- 2001 - ASMR supports Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in call to strengthen the enabling sciences (0.02 MB)
January 29 – 2001 - ASMR welcomes Innovation Action Plan outlined by the Prime Min (0.03 MB)
December 12 – 2000 - TheAustralian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) endorse the policy document launched today by the The Royal Australasian College of Physicians “From Hope to Science: Illicit Drugs Policy In Australia” (0.02 MB)
December 5 – 2000 - The ABC plays an essential role in the communication and analysis of scientific, technological and health-related issues and events. These issues include some of the most important facing Australia in the 21st century (0.02 MB)
From 1990 to 1999
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October 1 – 1999 - ASMR commends PM (0.02 MB)
May 30 – 1999 - Australians believe funding medical research is more important than the Olympics (0.02 MB)
May 11 – 1999 Federal Budget 1999 (0.02 MB)
March 15 – 1999 Intellectual property (0.02 MB)
March 3 – 1999 Tax breaks (0.02 MB)
Platform 1998 - ASMR has developed a Platform which should have bipartisan support (0.03 MB)
December 4 – 1998 Wills Strategic Review – a blueprint for the future of HM Research (0.03 MB)
November 18 – 1998 - Dr Wooldridge announces funding for NHMRC (0.02 MB)
October 9 – 1998 - ASMR applauds Government/Industry initiative (0.03 MB)
September 28 – 1998 - Lack of vision puts health and medical research on the sick list (0.03 MB)
September 15 – 1998 - Health & Medical research – not an issue? (0.02 MB)
September 9 – 1998 - Can Ausrtralia remain internationally competitive at current and proposed funding levels? (0.03 MB)
September 2 – 1998 - A healthy Australia needs bi-partisan support for increases in medical research funding (0.02 MB)
September 2 – 1998 - A healthy Australia needs bi-partisan support for increases in medical research funding (0.03 MB)
February 19 – 1997 ASMR welcomes resolution of NHMRC Committee Chair issue (0.02 MB)
February 1996 - Medical Research – strong public support, no policies (0.02 MB)
January 1996 - Voters expect major boost to medical research (0.02 MB)