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La Trobe University researchers will advance their groundbreaking work into injury prevention in women’s football after securing $3 million in funding. THE HERknee Centre of Research Excellence was awarded the multi-million-dollar grant by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). HERknee CRE brings together researchers from around the world to tackle knee injury and … Continued
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Today Monash University, together with La Trobe University and Deakin University will host a conference: Three Years of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan: Addressing the Human Rights, Humanitarian and Political Crises. The purpose of today’s conference is to shed light on the multiple crises that have emerged in Afghanistan since the Taliban regained control three years … Continued
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Australia’s independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that deliver high-quality training to international students face an existential threat due to the Australian Government’s failure to provide clear and consistent guidance concerning the international education sector’s future. The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) is warning that business closures and job losses are the direct result. … Continued
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30 August 2024 The eight winners of the national 2024 HESTA Excellence Awards were announced in Melbourne last night. They were selected from almost 400 nominations, a record number of entries. The HESTA Excellence Awards honour leading teams and individuals from around Australia working in the Disability, Allied Health, Aged Care, and … Continued
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Charles Darwin University (CDU) will soon begin educating the next generation of Territory doctors with the CDU Menzies Medical Program to commence in 2025. The CDU School of Medicine will accept 20 students into the program next year. In May, the University was allocated $24.5 million by the Federal Government to establish and operate the program from 2026 but … Continued
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Jean Hailes for Women’s Health will next week celebrate its annual Women’s Health Week under the theme “Your Voice. Your Choice.” The nationwide initiative, Australia’s largest event dedicated to women’s health, will feature almost 1950 events in every state and territory with over 400 events open to public. Last year, over 300,000 people participated in … Continued
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The Victorian Women’s Health Services Network (WHSN) welcomes the Expert Panel’s comprehensive review on ending gender-based violence. We commend the panel’s emphasis on prevention and its recognition of the systemic nature of this critical issue. The recommendations aim to expedite progress, and we believe this progress must be built on the solid foundations of … Continued
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These school holidays bring the kids to explore the past with dinosaurs taking over Tulmur Place, First Nations history at the Ipswich Art Gallery and knights and mummification workshops at Ipswich Libraries! Dinosaur Discovery will be running in Tulmur Place all holidays with dinosaurs that come alive with sound and movement. There will also be … Continued
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In 1970, there were 1 million older Australians over the age of 65, comprising just over 8% of the population. That has now jumped to more than 4.2 million people, making up 16% of the total Australian population. As our population continues to age, it becomes increasingly relevant to talk about how to age well … Continued
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A new international student cap is a welcome reduction but 270,000 per annum is still too high, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), particularly in light of the government’s expressed intention of keeping net overseas migration (NOM) to 260,000 p.a. SPA national president Peter Strachan says excessive numbers of overseas students have contributed to unacceptably high levels of NOM which now makes up four-fifths of Australia’s population growth. “Record levels of population growth (2.5% p.a.) have had a detrimental effect on Australia, not just from a housing perspective, but environmentally as well,” says Mr Strachan. “The Australian government has allowed net migration of one million in 2022-24 and will go very close to 1.5 million, for the whole 2022-25 electoral cycle. “Labor has perverted the purpose of education, not just by making universities and colleges dependent on the fees paid by international students, but … Continued
