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ANU is set to host the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials. It will advise the Centre - a global collaboration between leading institutions - to ensure that First Nations knowledge is considered and respected in the global energy transition.
“It is exciting to be bringing together expertise from across a range of societal, Indigenous, environmental, scientific, social scientific, and technological perspectives,” Professor Peter Yu, ANU Vice-President (First Nations), said.
Billions of dollars have been spent on recovering water for the environment in Australia’s most important and extensive catchment, the Murry-Darling Basin.
According to a group of experts led by Dr Matthew Coloff from the Australian National University, three quarters of the indicators used in a major review of that spending were chosen to justify investment past investment, not to reflect the efficacy of those decisions.
“On the night of 3 December, [South Korean President] Yoon tried to take dictatorial control ... for this, he was impeached by the National Assembly.”
Explaining the fallout of an attempted coup that has set Seoul alight, ANU Korea Institute Director Professor Kyung Moon Hwang says it was more than meets the eye. It was a visit from a ghost that has haunted Korean and world politics all through history: the fear of a petty tyrant.
“The Commission discusses the benefits of early education for preschoolers, especially children aged four, with some benefits for younger children. However, the report doesn't clarify optimal hours for various age groups.
Currently, many preschools offer around 15 hours for four-year-olds, and fewer hours may be appropriate for younger children.
Yet it recommends expanded access without specifying these distinctions.”
When Professor Caitlin Byrt from ANU Research School of Biology of learnt about taxes, she decided to avoid the daily grind and become a hermit living in the wild. Now, she’s using the power of plants to create sustainable technology solutions for some of the world’s most complex and pervasive challenges.
Resources are organised for a powerful few to make profit, instead of “sustainably and ethically delivering resources for the common good,” she says.
The new Vanuatu government should use public pledge to assure the people that it will remain united, according to Anna Naupa, researcher at ANU School of Culture, History and Language.
Naupa, a ni-Vanuatu PhD candidate, also said it is essential to restore national integrity by allowing and even encouraging a vocal, stable opposition to form in the Parliament. This would provide healthy scrutiny of government business and maintain a democratic balance of power.
What lessons we take from the most recent by-elections? What do they tell us about long-term shifts in Australian politics? And which patterns should we watch for ahead of the federal election?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, election analyst Ben Raue joins Professor Mark Kenny and Dr Marija Taflaga to discuss the voting trends that could influence the 2025 election result.
How do perceptions of African countries influence Australia’s approach? What opportunities might we miss? And how is Xi Jinping's China shaping the dynamics of African geopolitics?
In this episode, Dr Babatunde Obamamoye, Matthew Neuhaus and Lisa Filipetto join David Andrews and Melissa Permezel to discuss opportunities and barriers to relations with African countries.
In this episode of Australia in the World, Darren hosts David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor at The Economist, who recently returned to London after six years living in China as Beijing as bureau chief. They discuss the new Trump administration's approach US-China rivalry. They analyse its world view and speculate about its consequences. According to David, its rise could force Australia into a new era of geopolitical loneliness.
Sarah Vallee
ANU School of Cybernetics
ANU Policy Brief is for time-poor policymakers needing quick access to evidence-based research. It features actionable and digestible briefs drawn from the University’s full range of expertise across the campus.
