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ABRS Report

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ABLO Report

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Articles

• The significance of the Society and the Newsletter .................... 4

• Bramble thickets .................... 5

• Bioinformatics: Management and publication of institutional descriptive datasets at the Western Australian Herbarium .................... 6

• The "Tempting Fate" ASBS Picnic .................... 11

• The Gold Veitch Memorial Medal is awarded to Rodger Elliot .................... 12

• Landcare Research .................... 12

• My land rates at work .................... 13

Eureka Prize

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Obituary

• Herbert Knowles Charles Mair .................... 15

Reviews

• Would a panicle by any other name smell as sweet? .................... 15

• Flora of Australia Vol. 17B .................... 16

Forthcoming Meetings

• Dampier 300 .................... 18

News from FASTS

• FASTS response to Green Paper on Higher Education Research Funding .................... 18

• "Australian needs, Australian research" .................... 21