Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the opposition, I rise to support the words of the Prime Minister in recognising University of Melbourne professor Richard Robson as one of three scientists awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Robson has earned his global recognition in receiving this Nobel prize. He has been a lecturer and researcher at the University of Melbourne since 1966. He produced the first metal-organic frameworks in the early 1990s and has continued to explore different forms of metal-organic frameworks ever since. Metal-organic frameworks are a new class of solids being developed into gas and energy storage devices, catalytic reactors and other potentially revolutionary products. Mr Speaker, you may still be celebrating the victory of the Brisbane Broncos from the weekend. In this great sporting nation of ours we so often celebrate the contribution of sports men and women, but in Australia we celebrate our scientists too, and today we celebrate Professor Richard Robson. In this era of TikTok and the three-second soundbite, the fact that Professor Robson has given over 60 years of service, honing his expertise in chemistry, is well worthy of our recognition in this place. Today that long career of curiosity, discovery and endeavour is rightly recognised on the world stage. Congratulations, Professor Robson.

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