I spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this week participating in the annual Science Meets Parliament event in Canberra - a joyous time when Australia's scientific elite dust off their suits (assuming they have one) and march into Parliament House to speak one-on-one with the nation's leadership about science.
In addition to enjoyable meetings with two labor MPs (Anthony Albanese and Daryl Melham), I scored a seat at the speaker's table at the dinner Tuesday (populated with folks like Minister Julie Bishop, Will Steffen, and current and former presidents of FASTS), attended question time in both the Senate and the House (catching a well-publisised blunder by Peter Garrett as it happened), and gave a short talk on climate change and risk.
I also cemented my opinons regarding transport in Canberra (it's rubbish, save yourself time and trouble and rent a car) as well as hotels (also rubbish, but you've got to sleep somewhere).
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