Charles Darwin University
First Nations ranger groups working in protected areas such as national or marine parks identified illegal commercial fishing as a major concern for the Northern Territory’s green turtle populations, a study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and James Cook University (JCU) has found.
University of Technology Sydney
A new Australian Workplace Readiness Program led by UTS with industry, government, education providers, community organisations and employment services, is helping refugees and migrants with construction/trades experience prepare for work in the Australian construction industry.
Griffith University
There is an urgent need for better support for older teenagers entering care for the first time, new Griffith University research has found.
After a 15-year journey impacted by homelessness, bereavement, family violence, mental health challenges, remote living, and full-time work, First Nations woman Jasmine Brooks has graduated from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ).
UOW researcher leads new feasibility study, which highlights case for mandatory marketing restrictions
The first Indigenous-led Research Strategy for Kakadu National Park has been released, to protect the unique World Heritage-listed property in Australia’s far north.
A major new health clinic has opened at La Trobe University, expanding access to allied health services in Melbourne’s north while helping to address Australia’s continuing critical health workforce shortage.
Aunty Leone Smith has spent more than 40 years in the health sector, but her most enduring legacy may be the program she co-founded to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
A national research project has delivered a framework for how species and ecosystems of deep cultural importance to Indigenous Australians can be recognised in environmental policy and conservation.
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Curtin University-led research has unveiled a new teaching approach which could help incorporate Aboriginal languages into Australian classrooms to teach younger generations and potentially prevent these important cultural connections from being lost.
A new Murdoch University study has uncovered alarming levels of pesticide contamination in the food sources of endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos in the Wheatbelt — including concentrations well above regulatory limits found in seed spills near grain silos.
The University of Western Australia is leading pioneering research that will unlock critical minerals needed to shape a global energy transition.
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) that further deepens engagement with Indonesia on human flourishing.
Curtin University has launched a new scholarship to help more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students become doctors and grow Western Australia’s Aboriginal medical workforce.
Online marketplaces and buy, swap and sell groups have become popular ways to pass on unwanted items. Now, a new pilot program will help businesses reduce waste by connecting their excess materials with community organisations that can reuse them.
The Northern Study Hub in Broadmeadows has marked its first anniversary in operation, with more than 200 tertiary and TAFE students now registered to attend the site.
Cutting-edge digital tools used on major infrastructure and construction projects will soon be in the hands of WA students, with a new partnership between Curtin University and Octave Intelligence set to build a future-ready workforce for Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
By listening to the buzz of a mosquito’s wings, UOW academic Kiran Trivedi is redefining how communities track the diseases mosquitoes carry
Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing new insight into how meteorite strikes shaped the planet during its earliest history.
Australian children are developing high blood pressure at alarming rates, with experts saying the condition could be setting kids up for heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease later in life.
A major new international study led by Curtin University has found diabetes risk is about more than just body weight or obesity, revealing muscle health also likely plays a big role in whether people will develop the condition.
