http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/susannah-eliott/ Susannah has a PhD in cell and developmental biology from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and more than 17 years of practical experience in science communication with the relationship between science and the media as her primary focus. She is currently CEO of the Australian Science Media Centre, an independent not for profit organisation that works with the news media to inject more evidence-based science into public discourse. Prior to this she spent more than five years in Stockholm at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science as director of communications for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). In the 1990s Susannah managed the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney where she helped establish the successful Horizons of Science series of media roundtables and was involved in numerous other initiatives such as Science in the Pub and Science in the Bush. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-year-with-the-climate-commission/ As we have seen this week from the political and public reaction to the latest scientific report from the Climate Commission, science is not always popular. And if you’ve come to this article hoping to see yet more thrashing of experts, you might as well stop reading now. It’s human nature to question information that’s painful, but let’s not shoot the messenger. My role on the Climate Commission has come to an end after just over a year, so it’s a good time to reflect on my experiences working in one of the most difficult and controversial areas in the current political and economic landscape. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Susannah Eliott) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-year-with-the-climate-commission/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-year-with-the-climate-commission/#item8526 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:35:28 +0000 Susannah Eliott | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-time-we-had-an-actual-discussion-about-population/ Predictions for Australia’s population seem to be going up like bids at an auction. Three years ago the Australian Bureau of Statistics predicted 28 million by 2050 and more recently Kevin Rudd has mentioned a figure of 35 million. Media reports in the last few days have put the figure at more like 40 million by 2050. Any advance on 40 million? So where are these figures coming from? Many experts agree that the current focus on growing Australia’s population to 35 million or more by 2050 is not founded on sound science but on short term trends with a large dash of wishful thinking. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Susannah Eliott) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-time-we-had-an-actual-discussion-about-population/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-time-we-had-an-actual-discussion-about-population/#item2760 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:21:45 +0000 Susannah Eliott | Author bios | The Punch