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De-Sal Dilemma 07 July 2010

There has been a frenzied rush to construct desalination plants in Australia. Not only have the business cases been questioned, and in some cases severely criticised, new doubts have been raised about the science underpinning components of the environmental studies.

CSIRO gags on the truth? 3 July 2010

An article in the Age newspaper again raises doubts about the openness and transparency of Australia's leading scientific agency, the CSIRO.

Statistical Ecotoxicology 06 April 2010

A commentary on the role of statistical science in ecotoxicology.

Challenges for the Statistics Profession 06 April 2010

The American Statistician has made available free of charge articles appearing in the Special Section: Opportunities and Challenges for the Discipline published in the February 2010 edition of the Journal.

Statistician hits the wrong note April 3 2010

A letter published in the February 2010 edition of RSS News (a publication of the Royal Statistical Society) by John Flynn provides another example of how not to help promote the cause of statistics and statisticians.

Numeracy in decline? - let me count the ways. 17 March 2010

A report (click here to download a copy) just released by the Group of Eight (Go8) Australian universities concludes that we're going backwards with respect to numeracy.

De-sal de-lay March 09, 2010

The Queensland government has announced that it is looking at delaying construction of its proposed desalination plant as storage levels peak at 94%.

Statistics and Biosecurity March 04, 2010

An article written by Prof. David Fox on the role of statistics in biosecurity surveillance and monitoring has just been published in the latest edition of Issues.

The statistics of climate change February 15, 2010

So who do you believe when it comes to climate change?

The Future of Statistics and Statisticians 13 February 2010

Ever had a need to consult a statistician? Many who have complain that the experience was not entirely pleasant and/or constructive. So what's wrong?

NOECs, LOECs, ECx - Opinion November 23, 2009

The latest edition of the Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology has two opinion pieces on the role of NOECs (and other statistical measures) used in ecotoxicology.

New Workshop - Bayesian Ecotoxicology 04 November 2009

We are pleased to announce a new 1-day workshop on Bayesian methods for ecotoxicology.

New Journal Article on Bayesian Ecotoxicology! 20 October 2009

A new paper titled "A Bayesian approach for determining the no effect concentration and hazardous concentration in ecotoxicology" has just been published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

New reports Added! 9 September 2009

Visit our Download page (click the tab above) and check out the new reports added.

Wonthaggi De-salination Plant - And the winner is... July 31, 2009

The Victorian Government today announced the winning bid to build and operate Australia's largest desalination plant at Wonthaggi.

New Report on Biosurveillance July 16, 2009

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis at the University of Melbourne has released the final report for Project 0605 (Statistical Methods for Biosecurity).

MODSIM 2009 July 16, 2009

The 18th. IMACS/MODSIM conference is being held this week in Cairns, Australia.

Statistical Issues in Ecotoxicology July 02, 2009

It is becoming increasingly common practice in ecotoxicology to use ECx data rather than NOECs. In a recent 'Learned Discourse', David Fox argues that this is unsound and fraught with difficulties.

Environmetrics Australia People

David Fox shown here shaking hands with the University of Wyoming President Terry Roark
receives his award and personal check from Edwards Deming for "distinguished
performance in his PhD studies". Photo taken on the occasion of David's graduation
at the 99th. Commencment Ceremony at the University of Wyoming, May 14 1989.

• David Fox - recipient of CSIRO's prestigious Chairman's Gold Medal Award (1996) - pdf
• David Fox - talks to Melbourne Water about Eastern Treatment Plant upgrades and long-term future of the Boags Rocks outfall - The Source (A Magazine by Melbourne Water), Issue 16, October 2001 - pdf
• David Fox - joins Melbourne University, 2002 - UniNews, 11(23), November 2002 - pdf