Oct
29
2025
Lawrence Kusz was inspired to investigate ways to expose malice on social media when his niece, who has Down Syndrome, was savagely attacked by cyber-bullies. “It was 2021, and I was lecturing at the University of Queensland at the time, and I saw first-hand how limited the existing tools were,” he says. “I wanted to …read more
Oct
27
2025
Boarding is an “all in” experience at the Anglican Church Grammar School, says headmaster, Dr Alan Campbell. Better known as Churchie, the day and boarding school for boys in Brisbane doesn’t offer weekly boarding or flexible arrangements of that type, Campbell adds, because the school’s policy is to remain with the “traditional model of a …read more
Oct
25
2025
Most of the 180 boys who board at Marist College Ashgrove come from farming families in rural districts, says principal Michael Newman, and only a dozen or so of the school’s boarders are from city-based families in Brisbane. These boys board on a weekly basis – they leave the Brisbane school on Friday and return …read more
Oct
22
2025
The huge job of decommissioning and plugging seven subsea oil wells 50 kilometres off the coast of Victoria entailed months of offshore work and years of careful planning. The big seas and strong winds of the Basker, Manta and Gummy (BMG) fields, with wells located at ocean depths of between 200 and 270 metres, made …read more
Oct
16
2025
Women comprise about 20.9 per cent of full-time Australian defence force personnel and there is no expectation that gender parity will ever be reached. Head of Military Personnel Rear Admiral Tish Van Stralen says while there are important targets for increasing women’s representation, with a goal of at least 25 per cent women in the …read more
Oct
16
2025
As Australia grapples with increasing geo-political uncertainty and rising transnational crime, the Australian Signals Directorate is “probably one of the busiest arms of government”, says Director-General Abigail Bradshaw. Sifting through a never-ceasing storm of foreign electronic communications to gather intelligence, ASD computer experts monitor electronic communications important to Australia and its allies and track down …read more
Oct
16
2025
From finding the most efficient routes for routine drone patrols to automatically switching off electricity currents when power-lines are down, Endeavour Energy is using artificial intelligence to improve customer service and drive efficiency throughout its operation, say company executives.
Sep
25
2025
Bond University’s business school has a substantial numbers advantage. The school employs more lecturers and adjunct lecturers per student than any other university business school in Australia. The ratio works out to about 11 or 12 students for each faculty member, says the school’s executive dean, Professor Robin Gauld. Roughly 50 full-time-equivalent faculty teach about …read more
Sep
25
2025
Lisa Murphy began her medical career in London, in general medicine, moving into emergency medicine and then anaesthesia and intensive care. Many years later, on the other side of the world in Melbourne, she decided to switch careers and take the big step into the corporate world, with the idea of working in not-for-profit health …read more
Sep
24
2025
Australia is on the cusp of the next big renewable energy leap: using the electric car to double as a home battery, according to experts in the field. Australia has already embraced solar energy with immense enthusiasm – one in three Australian houses now has solar panels – and with the recent government subsidy there …read more