Strategic advice

The $50 million Building Women's Careers Program, as part of the Future Made in Australia initiative, demonstrates a commitment to structural and cultural change in segments of the workforce that have historically been male dominated.

The New Roadmap for Australia’s Economic Engagement with India is an opportunity for Australia to strengthen relations with India and diversify our trade and to support our respective economic security interests. ATSE would support a strategic, long-term approach to building trade and investment networks.

ATSE's submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Action Plan outlines the importance of the transport sector the Australia’s zero emissions target, with transport expected to be the largest source of emissions by 2030.

ATSE's contribution to the implementation of elements of the Australian Universities Accord (the Accord).

SMRs could potentially form part of Australia’s future low-carbon energy mix, utilising existing transmission infrastructure and contributing to baseload power, or providing dispatchable power in a high-renewables grid. As an emerging technology, in 2024 the cost and operational performance of this technology has not yet been demonstrated.

The proposed National Urban Policy supports UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities), and links with a range of other SDGs, including Goal 3 (good health and wellbeing), Goal 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), and Goal 13 (climate action). 

ATSE welcomes the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group’s initiative to develop a Roadmap for First Nations Digital Inclusion. This submission draws on the input of ATSE Fellows and participants in our STEM Careers programs – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - to put forward the following evidence-based recommendations for developing the roadmap.

ATSE offers recommendations to the Victorian Government for the sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). Key points include prioritising holistic governance, ensuring property rights governance is consistent and climate-proofed while addressing cultural rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and using transparent, data-driven models to assess environmental, economic, social, and cultural impacts.

ATSE’s submission acknowledges the improvements made to the defence trade controls legislation amendments in response to concerns raised by ATSE on unintended consequences for research.