Contact Details

The School of Chemistry
UNSW
Sydney, 2052

Contact: Edwina Hine
Phone: (02) 9663 4960
Fax: (02) 9385 6141
Email: racinsw@chem.unsw.edu.au
Website: http://www.chem.unsw.edu.au/RACI/

The New South Wales Branch supports the RACI Corporate Mission to advance and promote the science, practice, role, and status of chemistry and the interests of the profession of chemistry and its members.

Branch objectives have been based on the premises that the RACI has basically three areas of obligation:

Professional

• To develop the "learned society" function within the Branch.
• To increase interactions with industry, other professional societies, and Government.

Members

• To actively encourage qualified chemists to join The RACI.
• To demonstrate the benefits of membership.
• To constantly upgrade the level of services provided to members.

Community

• To promote public awareness of the contribution made by chemistry to the well-being of the community and the role of chemistry in everyday life.
• To promote the development of well-informed community attitudes to chemists and chemistry through the educational system in schools.