Government, Defence and Legal
State Government:
Scientists from every discipline are employed by state
- Food Authorities
- offices of Environment and Heritage
- offices of Water and of Food Safety
- Departments of Health
- Institutes of Sport
- Water Authorities
Federal Government:
- CSIRO employs 1,900 natural science graduates
- Department of Industry employs graduates from virtually every area of natural sciences, with an emphasis on candidates with good communication and team work skills
- Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research employs natural science
- Department of the Environment also employs natural science graduates
- Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) employs 2,500 scientists including material scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, electrical engineers, psychologists biomedical scientists who have a variety of science backgrounds and can exercise innovative thinking and have analytical and problem-solving skills
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Geosciences Australia
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
In addition to government positions, science graduates also work with legal firms in the areas such as:
- patents
- intellectual property
- some specialised areas, for examples, forensics
