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" The roie of the universities in producing an intellectual e/ite must not be lost in the You are a member of ASEG and that means desire to admit more students at a lower that you have representatives on the Australian level of competence, Geoscience Councii and the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies. [...] Review Geology & GeophYsics the effectiveness of its planning and programming, monitoring, evaluation and review processes lntrod uction the effectiveness of its organisation, The Minister for Flesources, Senator Peter structure and staffing; and Cook, has commissioned a comprehensive, the of its operating and independent review of the Bureau of Mineral effectiveness procedures. [...] To recommend where necessary chan- ges and measures to irnprove the perfor- mance of BMR in respect of its role and It will cover all aspects of the BMR's role, its in programs and in the of identified activities, or'ganisation and functions and areas paragraph (2) will given to the abovestaffing. [...] The review will be based on the widest possible consultAtion with the States, industry, the geoscience community and other relevant a To the potential for cost organisations in both the public and private evaluate recovery in BMR and recommend sectors. [...] The following fees will be effective Terms of Relerence from 1 January 1989: o To undertake a comprehensive review of Active & Associate $45.00 the role and functions of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Overseas $65 00 Geophysics (BMH) in the context of Australia's national needs in the area of Student $15.00 geoscientific and related activities.