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• New Chief Executive of CSIRO (Media release 3 Sep 08) The new Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was announced today by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr and the Chairman of the CSIRO Board, Dr John Stocker AO.

• CSIRO takes holistic approach to water quality issue (Media release 3 Sep 08) CSIRO researchers are working with local Queensland communities to provide sustainable solutions aimed at protecting one of Australia’s greatest assets, the Great Barrier Reef.

• Reducing bottlenecks in emergency departments (Media release 2 Sep 08) The Australian e-Health Research Centre has shown that it is possible to accurately predict how many patients will present at hospital emergency departments, their expected medical needs and the number of hospital admissions.