RSNSW Annual Dinner Working Group
Purpose The purpose of this working group is to plan and implement the Society’s Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation event. The key tasks associated with the organisation of the Annual […]
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RSNSW Finance, Risk and Governance Committee
Purpose The Finance, Risk and Governance Committee provides oversight of the Society’s finances, analyses and monitors financial and operational risks, reviews, from time to time, the effectiveness of the Society’s
Committees
RSNSW Sydney Program Committee
Purpose The Sydney Program Committee is responsible for designing, coordinating, and delivering the annual program of events held in Sydney. The program of events held in Sydney, which the Society
Society President interviewed on the ABC Science Show on ‘Ambitious Australia’ Report
Recently, the Society President, Emeritus Professor Christina Slade, was interviewed on the ABC Science Show by its presenter and Society Fellow, Robyn Williams, following the release in December 2025 of
RSNSW 1339th OGM: April 2026 Gallery
An audience of over 45 people who attended the Society’s 1339th Ordinary General Meeting at the State Library of NSW on 8 April 2026 enjoyed a enlightening and controversial presentation,
Council Elections 2026: announcement of results
At the Society’s 159th Annual General Meeting, held on 8 April 2026 in the Michael Crouch Room of the State Library of NSW, the results of the 2026 Council elections
Society Fellows acknowledged by Academy of Science 2026 Honorific Awards
Professor Philip Gale FRSN of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Groningen, and Professor Hala Zreiqat AM FRSN FAA FTSE FAHMS of the University of Sydney have
RSNSW Provocations and Inspirations: March 2026
Mr Alex Dronoff, Chair of the Hunter Hydrogen Taskforce and former Chief Executive Officer of Fichtner Australia, delivered the sixth in the Society’s lunchtime series of Provocations and Inspirations on
Vale Sir Anthony Mason — Eminent Jurist and Distinguished Fellow
The Society was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Distinguished Fellow Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE DistFRSN FASSA HonFAIB KC on 17 March 2026, just short of his 101st
Vale Emeritus Professor Stephen Hill AM FRSN FTSE
20 August 1943 – 7 March 2026 Remembering a modern polymath A former Councillor of the Royal Society of NSW and a member of the Council of the Royal Societies