Annual Review

The annual review summarises Questacon's activities over the previous financial year.

Annual Review 2019

Our Robotic Future

STEM makes a significant contribution to our economy, and is key to our future as a prosperous nation. Many jobs in the years ahead will require these skills, which is why it is so important to encourage an interest in STEM subjects from an early age, and to enable those who influence our young people to inspire and support this interest.

The Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology.

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Questacon Annual Review 2019 - PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2019 - Word

Annual Review 2018

Creativity, Imagination and Enterprise at and beyond the frontiers

Hundreds pass through Questacon’s doors every day, travelling, just like me, to that astonishing place that science might one day help us to reach. And there they encounter our A-team of Future Envoys: the passionate, articulate and endlessly creative Questacon staff. For me, as for so many Australians, they are really the staff of our Embassy of the Future in Canberra.

Dr Alan Finkel AO , Australian's Chief Scientist.

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Questacon Annual Review 2018 - PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2018 - Word

Annual Review 2017

Creativity, Imagination and Enterprise

Questacon plays a key role instilling a passion for science and technology from an early age. By ensuring a strong education and lifelong interest in STEM, we are preparing our young people for the future. It deepens their understanding of the world around them, equipping them to tackle the challenges, excel in the workforce, innovate and create opportunities in their rapidly changing world.

Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash - Minister for Jobs and Innovation

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Questacon Annual Review 2017 - PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2017 - Word

Annual Review 2016

Focused on Australia's Future

Questacon is inspiring and building the creativity, knowledge and skills needed to build an innovative nation into the next century.

Leon Kempler, OAM - Questacon Advisory Council Chairman

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Questacon Annual Review 2016 PDF

Annual Review 2015

Hands-on Brains On

Australia cannot be just a quarry and service industries. It needs to be engaged in the excitement of science and innovation and have high skilled technology industries. Questacon encourages young minds to engage in problem solving and to enter the exciting world of science.

Mr Charles Goode, AC, Chairman—Flagstaff Partners, Chairman—The Ian Potter Foundation

Download the 2015 Annual Review in the following two formats.

Questacon Annual Review 2015 PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2015 Word

Annual Review 2013-14

Moving from Inspiration to Impact

For both youth and adults, visiting a science centre significantly correlated with increased science and technology knowledge and understanding.

International Science Centre Impact Study, 2014

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Questacon Annual Review 2013-14 PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2013-14 Word

Annual Review 2012-13

Inspiring Australia

Science needs our support, in order to support us. We need more people to be generating ideas that can be fed into a society ready to accept and analyse them. As the world becomes ever more complex, the community will be increasingly asked to decide between options. Our community will be better, our democracy more robust, our future more secure, if our citizens are able to make better informed decisions.

Professor Ian Chubb AC, Australia’s Chief Scientist

Download the 2012-13 Annual Review in the following two formats.

Questacon Annual Review 2012-13 PDF

Questacon Annual Review 2012-13 Word

Annual Review 2011-12

Unlocking Australia's Potential

Science underpins the future prosperity of our nation. We need to teach our children to think through problems, combining facts with critical thought to understand the world. With these skills, our children will be set to not only become Australia’s future leaders in science, but take leadership in any walk of life.

Professor Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Laureate for Physics

Download the 2011-12 Annual Review in the following two formats.

Questacon Annual Review 2011-12 PDF 16.3 MB

Questacon Annual Review 2011-12 Word 62.3 MB

Annual Review 2010-11

Working to Inspire Australia

So much of Australia’s future depends on inspiring young people across the country to respond to innovation and science and to think of careers in science and technology.

Marius Kloppers, CEO BHP Billiton

Download the 2010-11 Annual Review in the following two formats.

Questacon Annual Review 2010-11 PDF 4.1 MB

Questacon Annual Review 2010-11 Word 17.7 MB

Previous editions are available on request.