Bleaching kills 90 per cent of corals in shallow zones of Great Barrier Reef
‘One of the highest coral mortality rates ever documented globally.’ Australian scientists have suggested diverse reasons for coral deaths on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Warning to unis: AI is ‘poisoning research’
‘Data poisoning’ from AI is just one of many risks to research integrity identified by Australia’s university regulator, as institutions scramble to control its use.
CCTV rollout, choice of staff: childcare centre group flags changes
Australia’s biggest private childcare chain G8 Education has apologised to parents for the ‘unimaginable pain’ over child abuse allegations.
Body cameras ‘over the top’: childcare unions
Forcing childcare workers to wear body cameras is ‘over the top’, unions have insisted, as governments seek to mandate surveillance to prevent abuse.
‘Kindy cops’ to police childcare
Commonwealth ‘kindy cops’ will carry out snap inspections of childcare centres, as the nation’s biggest childcare chain installs CCTV cameras across hundreds of daycare centres.
Are our children safest at home?
Top-quality childcare will cost parents and taxpayers more money, so perhaps it’s time to pay parents to care for their own babies and toddlers at home, through European-level paid parental leave.
Childcare owners want stricter checks
Childcare operators are demanding a national employment register and wider criminal checks for all daycare workers, 18 months after education ministers were officially warned of regulatory loopholes for pedophiles.
Celebrated music man joins Sydney Conservatorium
After a stellar career conducting the world’s leading orchestras, Benjamin Northey has been appointed to a plum post at the University of Sydney.
Unis ‘too reliant on overseas revenue’, auditors warn
A ‘concentration risk’ from Chinese students, along with eye-popping expenditure on redundancy payouts, have been exposed in state government audits of the nation’s universities.
New agency starts work to reform tertiary funding
As the new tertiary education commission unveils its to-do list, one university vice-chancellor says efforts to enrol more students from poor backgrounds aren’t working.
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