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Star Entertainment has revealed the sale of its old casino site.

Star confirms sale of Treasury Casino site in scramble for cash

The troubled gaming company has ended months of speculation, pocketing a much-needed $60.7 million from selling its Brisbane property to Griffith University.

  • James Hall and Zoe Samios

December 2023

International students are choosing Australia because of employment prospects then struggling to get an appropriate job.

Foreign uni enrolments rise again amid visa crackdown

Universities say demand from overseas students is “going through the roof”, but a clampdown on non-genuine students will dampen temporary migrant numbers.

  • Julie Hare

August 2023

Unscripted: Griffith’s assessment plan to combat cheating

Griffith University’s oral assessment program aims to deter plagiarism and rote learning.

  • Sian Powell

Winning strategy: Rethinking the path to climate adaptation

Comment contributed by the joint winner of the Emerging Leadership category, Griffith University.

  • Johanna Nalau

Conduits for change, unis prove their worth

This year’s winners of the AFR Higher Education Awards have three things in common: creativity, impact and social good.

  • Julie Hare
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Winning strategy: A proven tool for faster student assessment

Comment provided by the winners of the Teaching and Learning Excellence category at Griffith University.

  • Danielle Logan-Fleming and Popi Sotiriadou

Emerging leaders tackle climate and data threats

A leader in developing strategies to keep communities safe in a changing climate is one of the joint winners.

  • Nina Hendy

Studying music goes well beyond the classroom

Music students benefit from greater vocational direction and are finding new career opportunities.

  • Nicki Bourlioufas

April 2023

Former violinist and Rhodes scholar Ben Rimmer has been lured back to Canberra.

Top bureaucrat makes Canberra encore to help solve education turmoil

Former Canberra bureaucrat Ben Rimmer has returned to lead the development of the government’s higher education and research reforms.

  • Tom Burton
Professor Sarah Todd, vice- president (global) Griffith University.

‘A mockery of the system’: Indian students dodge visa rules

The integrity of the student visa system is in question as universities and reputable colleges say poaching is rife.

  • Julie Hare

January 2023

Tara Horner

How Friday afternoon email etiquette cuts weekend workloads

The vice-chancellor of Griffith University is asking staff not to send internal emails on a Friday afternoon, to create a boundary between work and the weekend.

  • Tess Bennett
The NSW government is committed to a gambling card to limit gambling harm.

NSW Labor can’t stand in the way of social justice on pokies

It’s the conservative side of politics that is taking the lead on a pokie plague that has alarmed communities and voters.

  • Ross Fitzgerald

October 2022

QUT is one of only three universities that increased its estimate of how many students would enrol in 2022.

Unis suffer as older workers opt for jobs over study

The short-term outlook for demand for university study is very soft with mature age students, which normally account for half the intake, opting for work over a degree.

  • Julie Hare
Afterpay under investigation

AUSTRAC hardens frontlines against dirty money

Work behind the scenes is producing financial intelligence and helping law enforcement and business to stop criminals from benefiting from serious and organised crime.

  • Nicole Rose
New research suggests nose picking could increase the risk for Alzheimer’s and dementia.

‘Scary’ evidence nose picking could increase risk of dementia

Australian researchers have shown that bacteria can travel through the nose and into the brain of mice, where it creates markers that are a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Joanna Mather
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April 2022

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese campaigning in Cairns.

‘Unbelievable’ downgrade of Labor’s prospects in Qld

Labor may not win any extra seats in Queensland and could lose Lilley and Moreton, an academic says.

  • Tess Bennett

July 2021

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (right) bumps elbows with AOC president John Coates and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Go for Olympic host city gold - and go for broke too

The Olympic business model means that host cities invariably lose out. Brisbane will need a heroic effort to avoid that fate.

  • Graham Young

June 2021

A health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok.

ASEAN countries plead with China for more vaccines

Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia all fear a lack of vaccine supply will hinder efforts to ramp up inoculation programs.

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  • Emma Connors

November 2020

SA does not have a full understanding of how widespread it is and needs a circuit breaker, says Professor Turner.

Does SA really have a new strain of the virus?

There is debate in the medical and scientific community about whether South Australia's problem is due to a new strain or something else.

  • Jill Margo

October 2020

Some politicians have rejected country benchmarking based on the argument that the data, method of collection and timing of the analysis are not comparable across countries.

Australia has suffered no extra deaths from COVID-19

Compared to 19 other industrialised countries, Australia and New Zealand are standouts in having no excess deaths from COVID-19.

  • Jill Margo

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