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Monash community commended by Queen's honours
11 June 2012
Alumni, volunteers and supporters from across the Monash University community have been recognised in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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Celebrating 40 years of railway innovation
30 April 2012
Australia's premier applied research centre in railway technology has celebrated four decades of innovative solutions in mining and commuter rail systems.
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The pros and cons of Australian mining
25 April 2012
Australia’s mining boom has come under the spotlight at the annual Viewpoint Monash Economics Debate.
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Wayne Swan versus the mining magnates
12 March 2012
Last week Wayne Swan suggested that mining magnates have overstepped the mark in their attempt to influence policy. Was he right?
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The rise of diesel: but how cheap and clean is it?
29 February 2012
Like many countries, Australia is seeing a growth in the number of diesel vehicles on our roads. Since 2006 the number of registered diesel vehicles has increased by a remarkable 40 per cent.
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Why 2012 will be a crucial year for Australia
20 December 2011
2012 will be a critical time in our development as a nation with huge uncertainties in many areas both in Australia and globally.
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Qantas: flying in the face of commonsense or a wily strategy?
9 November 2011
At the recent Qantas annual meeting, shareholders endorsed the current management strategies and huge pay increases for chief executive Alan Joyce. This is odd as Qantas's share price has fallen under his watch.
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Enterprise bargaining - where to from here?
3 November 2011
Just a week after Qantas grounded its entire fleet, effectively forcing the Federal Government to intervene in ongoing wage negotiations, leading industrial relations academics and practitioners will converge to discuss the future of enterprise bargaining
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#Occupy movement: different aims, but united by the importance of civil protest
26 October 2011
The ‘Occupy’ movement has swept the world in the last five weeks, as seems appropriate in this year of demonstrations by people tired of a clapped-out status quo.
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More than meets the eyeBug
22 September 2011
The field of robotics, and the technology within it, is advancing quickly and tomorrow’s truth may soon resemble yesterday’s science fiction.
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Compensation for change
12 September 2011
Illnesses, not injuries, are the compensated conditions responsible for the highest number of days lost in workers compensation schemes, with musculo-skeletal disorders and psychological conditions leading the way.
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Encouraging sustainable behaviour in migrant communities
13 August 2011
Climate change is a pressing issue for societies and communities around the globe. The increase in severe weather events, and changes in rainfall and summer heat patterns are all too familiar to us in Australia, and if the climate scientists are correct,
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Rare Earths ain’t so rare, true story
21 July 2011
The problem with rare earth elements is not that they're running out, it's the environmental costs associated with extracting and utilising them.
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More than trees under threat in Tuscany
7 July 2011
Climate change is affecting historic Tuscan forests but Monash research is leading the way to a more sustainable future.
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'Super sand' offers hope for water scarcity
29 June 2011
A low-cost coating applied to sand could provide a source of wide-scale water purification to people in developing countries, saving millions of lives every year.
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Collaborative research supported with ARC Linkage grants
31 May 2011
Monash University has achieved its best ever performance in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage projects scheme.
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Up from the Underworld: Coalminers and Community in Wonthaggi 1909 - 1968
26 May 2011
The first book by Monash historian Andrew Reeves explores the history of the Wonthaggi coal mines and discovers that the town's workers influenced the coal mining industry more than any other community.
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The long term unemployed – economy not psychology
15 April 2011
Author and historian Professor Erik Eklund argues the issue of the long term unemployed goes beyond the individual to the heart of structural problems with the nation's economy.
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A short history of Australia’s love/hate relationship with uranium
30 March 2011
In the 1950s, Uranium was referred to as "the modern Midas metal". Professor Robin Gerster discusses how this perception has changed.
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Excellence recognised after tumultuous year
17 March 2011
Following a devastating, inspiring and dynamic year in news over 2010, the annual Quill Awards will recognise the best of the best in local journalism.
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