Deep inside a layer of concrete and a few centimetres of steel sits a lab it is hoped will be key to keeping Australia safe from vaccine-busting coronavirus variants.
The stories shared over the last few days by distraught academics have been utterly awful.
It may be too late,when flights resume,for the most vulnerable Australian citizens and residents stranded amid India’s pandemic crisis.
We’ve all had moments when a “gut feeling” – whether good or bad – affects our judgment. And while often dismissed as spiritual mumbo jumbo,this sixth sense may be scientifically provable.
Some universities in NSW and Victoria saw declines of more than 30 per cent in their pipeline of new overseas student intakes for semester one,while the University of Queensland grew its overseas intake.
Experts are concerned that the hospitalisation of a Melbourne man with blood clots after he was given the AstraZeneca vaccine may dent public confidence in the jab.
University campuses are returning to normal with students hanging out on the lawns,going for drinks at the uni bar and joining clubs and sporting teams.
Australian Jessi Miley-Dyer,recently named second-in-charge at the World Surf League,says surfing is at the forefront of sporting equality.
Charging solar owners to export electricity isn’t about fairness,it’s about keeping the power in the hands of the few.
New figures show how badly disengaged university students felt from their lessons during a year of remote learning,amid months of crowded online tutorials,staff cuts and uncertainty about the future.
Former ABC managing director Mark Scott will have to navigate the “thinly disguised prejudice between academics and non-academic staff” when he becomes vice-chancellor.