This year's Mahler Lecturer is Akshay Venkatesh, of Stanford University. He will be visiting various Australian universities throughout September and October 2013.

Council remains keen to explore ways in which Australia can host the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2022 or 2026.

It is with sadness and regret that I inform you of the passing of Emeritus Professor Maurice Brearley, who died on 29 May in Geelong with kidney failure.

In April 2013 Council approved the holding of a Special Postal Ballot of members to consider proposed changes to the AustMS Constitution.

Graeme Cohen's book on the history of Mathematics in Australia is

We are sadddened to report the passing on 30 March 2013 of Associate Professor Neil Cameron, who was Head of the (then) Department of Mathematics & Statistics prior to his retirement in December 1997.

The USA National Academy of Sciences has announced the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Professor Peter Hall is one of the 21 new foreign associates.

The Steering Committee for the Decadal Plan for the Mathematical Sciences has extended the deadline for written submissions on the themes identified by its subcommittees to 30 April 2013.

The 8th Annual AMSI Winter School will be hosted by the University of Queensland June 24 to July 5, 2013.

Included in the 20 new Fellows announced by the Australian Academy of Science today are two mathematicians, Ben Andrews and Andrew Hassell, both Fellows of the Society who were jointly awarded the AustMS Medal in 2003.

The November 2012 Gazette included a call for nominations for the 2013 Australian Mathematical Society Medal and the 2013 Gavin Brown Prize.

Call for abstracts: MPE Australia 2013
A MPE partner and Australian Academy of Science Elizabeth and Frederick White Conference
8–12 July 2013; Melbourne
Website: http://www.MoPE.org.au/events/2013

As Project Officer for the Decadal Plan for the Mathematical Sciences I will be sharing in a series of presentations about the plan, designed to inform the mathematical sciences community about the themes which have currently been identified and to encourage input into the development of the plan.

The International Year of Maths of Planet Earth has officially begun in Australia!

The first issue of the new ICIAM Newsletter is now available. Dated January 2013, it is posted on the ICIAM web site at http://www.iciam.org/news/.

On behalf of the Steering Committee for the Decadal Plan.

Submissions to the Decadal Plan for the Mathematical Sciences invited by 31 March 2013

The AustMS website is the home of the on-line professional development unit Effective Teaching, Effective Learning in the Quantitative Disciplines.