UPDATE from original news item posted on 17/3: In line with recent government regulation regarding the current COVID-19 outbreak, AAL staff from the Melbourne and Sydney offices are working from home, and have been since 16 March 2020. It has proved to be a successful arrangement, and AAL would...Read More
AAL was delighted to attend the 2nd ESO-Australia joint conference (ESOz-2020), held this year in Perth over five days from the 17th to the 21st of February, 2020. The conference brought together 120 researchers from Australia and around the world to discuss a variety of topics, ranging from instruments and...Read More
AAL was delighted attend the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Retreat, held this morning at the Hawthorn Arts Centre, located near Swinburne University. Here, ADACS and related technical experts met to discuss how to best to serve and support the Data and Computing needs of Australian astronomers....Read More
AAL was delighted to run a half-day workshop to introduce financial modelling experts from the ANZ bank to scientific and technical staff from the Centre for Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS).Read More
AAL is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths as AAL Board Chair. Naomi has served on the AAL Board since 2016, and replaces Professor Rachel Webster as Chair. AAL would like to thank Rachel for her hard work and dedication during her three-year tenure as...Read More
AAL would like to congratulate Professor Lisa Kewley of ANU, winner of the 2020 James Craig Watson Medal. Awarded by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, Professor Kewley was recognised for her pioneering contributions to the study of galaxy formation and evolution. Amongst her other accomplishments,...Read More
AAL is very pleased to announce the launch of its Science Advisory and Project Oversight Committees. In order to make informed decisions about the best way to invest in astronomy infrastructure, the AAL Board relies upon strategic and technical advice from its advisory committees. AAL has adopted a...Read More
AAL is celebrating the signing of agreements to build the southern component of the world's largest Gamma-Ray Observatory near the Paranal site of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will comprise the Chile site and a second array in La Palma, in...Read More
