Richmond. State-of-the-art research facilities

The Federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, has officially opened state-of-the-art research facilities at the University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, at Richmond. The unique research facilities, which are among the largest and most complex in the world, allow scientists to create future climatic conditions, including elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, higher temperatures and changed rainfall patterns. The institute’s research facilities were developed as a result of a $40 million grant from the Australian Government as part of its Education Investment Fund, together with funding from the University of Western Sydney.