Australian National University says its engagement of a consulting firm operated by Chancellor Julie Bishop’s former political staffer is all above board, after the University’s awarding of contracts to the long-time advisor came under scrutiny.
School support officer and The Muslim Vote founder Wesam Charkawi, who was ordered to work from home after defending two nurses, one of whom was since charged over an anti-Semitic video, has been “cleared … to return” to his position.
Three winners were chosen from the categories of research, teaching and community service by a judging panel of eminent Australians, with another three winners chosen by the public.
Donald Trump’s first-term White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has given hope on tariff exemptions, noting that the US Defence Department needs to buy raw materials from Australia.
Sam Mostyn says a lack of civics education among adults and young people is ‘terribly depressing’ and could become a problem when it comes to basics civic principles such as compulsory voting.
Undergraduate offers for teacher education courses in NSW are up 36 per cent on last year, much larger than the national average.
Each month, about 1000 asylum seekers who are unsuccessful at the Administrative Review Tribunal fail to leave the country, analysis shows, as a former immigration department official warns “we don’t want to become like America on this”.
James Packer says footage of two Sydney nurses threatening to kill Israeli patients is ‘beyond imagination’.
Ten Australian institutions make the Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings for 2025, as the importance of a university’s brand increases.
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