Kim Carr and Janet Rice want the Senate’s Economic References Committee to consider the creation of an office of science and technology to advise members and senators

The senators are extending a recommendation of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee which called for a Parliamentary Office of Science, based on that in the UK, “to provide independent, impartial scientific advice, evidence and datato the parliament, and all members and senators,” (CMM February 18).

The Labor-Greens motion was bounced off the Senate agenda a couple of times this week and is now listed for Tuesday.

The role of the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is “impartial, balanced and peer-reviewed briefings that make research evidence accessible to the UK parliament.”