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November

The University of Melbourne has been recognised as Australia’s leading university. It was also the top-ranked Australian university in the 2025 QS World University Rankings this year.

Australia’s top-ranked universities revealed

Find out which institutions performed best in key areas and the one that took out the overall top spot in the Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.

Roma Khodha.

Uni leading the way in the leap from study to work

Gaining a university degree is one thing. Turning it into a career is another challenge.

Dopamine creates the will to engage in effortful action in pursuit of a goal.

6 tips for beating dopamine distraction to get more done

Dopamine creates the will to engage in effortful action in pursuit of a goal. Here’s how to make it work for you, not against you.

About half a million Australians are taking weight-loss drugs every month, a new study shows.

Half a million Australians are taking GLP-1s, the weight loss drug touted by influencers

The number of people taking weight loss jabs marketed under the brand names Ozempic and Mounjaro has been calculated for the first time.

October

University of NSW students Kendra Harris and Ruchira Abeyratna.

To use or not to use AI, a Gen Z conundrum

Artificial intelligence is dividing youth between those who want to use the technology and those worried about its environmental footprint.

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September

University of Melbourne has been named Australia’s top performing institution in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.

This university toppled UNSW for Best Business School in 2025

Research, reputation and consistency are key to long-term success amid a turbulent patch for the higher education sector.

Telstra CEO Vicky Brady.

Telstra’s biggest policy fight isn’t over AI but is just as critical

Telcos are happy with the idea of having their spectrum licences simply renewed rather than being forced to bid for them again. Consumer groups disagree.

The view of Balmoral Beach where battle lines are being drawn over the government’s push for more housing.

Yes, building luxury high-rise in Mosman will help the housing crisis

The economics of this are open and shut. More housing units means lower prices. Trying to focus on “more affordable” units is simply misguided.

August

Police arrested Dezi Freeman outside the Myrtleford court in 2021.

Deadly ambush shows sovereign citizen movement is no longer a joke

As the hunt for alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman rolls on, experts say the anti-government movement is clogging the courts and posing an increasing risk to society.

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has been campaigning to reform NSW’s legal training system.

Cut legal training from three months to three weeks: NSW chief justice

The current mandatory training course for entry to the legal profession has been criticised for its prohibitive cost and poor quality of tuition.

Isabella Dobrescu with her husband Alberto Motta, they have created a learning game for students at UNSW called Playconomics.

The video game teaching students hard life lessons (and economics)

To pass their introductory classes, students at the University of New School Wales spend as much time playing a game as they do studying their textbooks.

July

ChatGPT agent

‘Try the future’: New ChatGPT AI agents promise to do your jobs

Drawing on three pre-existing OpenAI products, ChatGPT Agent lets users ask AI to take control of multi-step and fairly complex tasks.

June

The University of Melbourne has again been named Australia’s best university on a global ranking, but slipped six places from last year.

Just two Australian universities make the world top 20

A quarter of Australian universities are in the top 100 globally, but many have slipped in their rankings due to global and local forces.

UNSW leapfrogged Melbourne and Sydney, moving from a ranking of 99 last year to be named the 52nd-best university in 2025.

Australia’s top university on global ranking revealed

The University of NSW has leapfrogged Melbourne and Sydney to take top Australian university on a global ranking.

May

Jason Abbott and Caroline Ford will be among the team leading world-first research into endometriosis.

The personal motivation behind the Ainsworth family’s $50m donation

Endometriosis is a debilitating and painful disease that is little understood. A record research donation aims to improve the treatment options for women.

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University of NSW marketing school head Professor Maggie Chuoyan Dong: “It is ideal to have a transparent supply chain, but in reality, very few companies have that transparent supply chain.”

Third-party risks are no longer someone else’s fault

In this hyper-connected world it’s important to remember that ensuring the protection of data along the supply chain is essential.

Ted Lasso, set to return for a fourth season, is shot in England - so its US distributor, Apple TV+, could be slugged with a 100 per cent tariff on its production cost.

‘Ted Lasso taxed into oblivion’: Trump tariffs shock screen world

The sets of US studio films and TV shows have been thrown into turmoil by Donald Trump’s announcement of a 100 per cent tariff on movies shot outside the US

Students are getting free trials of AI services like ChatGPT and using it heavily.

ChatGPT: Gen Z’s lifestyle subsidy, or its biggest rival?

Uni students are getting free trials of AI services and using them heavily, but then discover AI is taking away their opportunities once they have graduated.

April

Former stockbroker Ross Dawson hosts a video course on LinkedIn for business leaders wanting to learn about GenAI.

Which AI course should I do?

When it comes to learning about generative AI, there are many options for upskilling. What’s the best course for business leaders and board directors?

Former US treasury secretary Janet Yellen.

Yellen and Hockey ride out Trump tariffs at Cafe Sydney

The former US treasury secretary was spotted lunching in Sydney as tariff news roiled global markets.

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