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Monash supports Model UN in Melbourne
13 March 2013
More than 2000 university students from around the world will descend on Melbourne next week to discuss international politics, international relations and diplomacy at the first ever Harvard World Model United Nations to be held in Australia.
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WA’s water woes: a thirsty election issue
4 March 2013
Ten years have passed since the 2005 Western Australian election, when the state’s battle lines were drawn over Perth’s water future.
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Government didn’t walk away from the Greens, but Milne needed to ditch Labor
20 February 2013
Greens leader Christine Milne’s announcement yesterday that the alliance between the Greens and Labor was over had more symbolic than practical implications for Australian politics.
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The art of printmaking
5 February 2013
The significance of printmaking in the context of contemporary art and design will be explored at an exhibition in Melbourne this month.
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Migration increases competition for low-skilled jobs
4 February 2013
New research shows that since 2011, the number of jobs created in Australia was equalled by the number of new migrants who found employment, increasing competition in the jobs market.
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Monash signs partnership with leading mining companies
10 December 2012
Monash University has formalised its partnerships with MMG Limited and Newcrest Mining Limited today with the signing of philanthropic gifts to support the establishment of the Division of Mining and Resources Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering
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Generation next: where to for Australia’s young people?
15 November 2012
A new report shows that one in four young Australians are not fully engaged in employment or training despite government targets aiming to get more young people qualified or into a job
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Talk of a 'nuclear bonanza' is just an elaborate con job
5 November 2012
The push to mine Queensland’s uranium is a con job and the con goes further than the LNP’s decision to take a no-uranium position to the election, only to reverse it months later on the flimsiest of pretences.
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For productivity, engage a white collar contractor
3 October 2012
Independent contractors are a committed workforce that understands the value of time and avoid distractions, according to new research
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China trade mission vital to Victoria's future
17 September 2012
It is not merely farsighted but absolutely essential to Victoria's future that delegations such as the Super Trade Mission to China take place, and that they be government-led.
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Melbourne and mining history
10 September 2012
The current mining boom has revealed a range of controversies over who benefits from the extracted mineral wealth, an issue that has been played out in our history before.
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If Australia is egalitarian, its schools funding plan is wrong
10 September 2012
Wealthy elites and aspiration have stifled equal opportunity.
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Olympic Dam expansion on hold: good news or bad?
27 August 2012
A knee-jerk response to the news that BHP Billiton is looking to downsize the $30 billion investment in Olympic Dam is that it is bad news for South Australia.
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Engineering a new mining degree
10 August 2012
Innovation, sustainability and community engagement will be the focus of Monash University’s first mining engineering degree to be offered in 2013.
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'No' is never a policy
26 July 2012
With its relentless negativity, the Coalition could well be wasting its time in opposition.
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Scholarship pays tribute to Trade Commissioner
24 July 2012
A Monash University scholarship, to honour Jakarta bombing victim Trade Commissioner Craig Senger was announced this week, on the third anniversary of the attack.
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Plain speaking on the carbon tax and electricity prices
23 July 2012
This is the letter Prime Minister Julia Gillard should have sent to all Australians explaining – in plain English – how the carbon tax will affect the price of electricity.
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Professor Copolov re-appointed to ANSTO
5 July 2012
Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor David Copolov, OAM has been re-appointed to the board of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
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Australia must do much better at protecting children’s rights
25 June 2012
In early June the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child conducted a review of Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Barely two weeks later it has issued its report.
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Why the moralising left is losing the refugee debate
23 June 2012
World Refugee Week began last Saturday. Protesters chanted slogans and waved banners. Since then we have witnessed a plethora of commentators and politicians, usually of a progressive or liberal bent, fighting the good fight for refugee rights.
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