Air Quality Australia: Future Research Directions

In May 2014, CSIRO, in consultation with the jurisdictions, organised a Symposium to consider future directions of research for air quality in Australia. The Symposium invited sixty nine representatives from the States and Territories, the Commonwealth, universities, CSIRO, ANSTO and the Bureau of Meteorology. The State, Territory and the Commonwealth environment agencies laid out their priorities relating to the management of air quality and science areas requiring research. The areas included human health and exposure, modelling tools, observations and field studies, emission inventories and a national air quality database. This paper presents a summary of the discussions and recommendations from the Symposium.