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Exiled foreign despot still holds Australian honour

A Bangladeshi leader who ordered the killing of 1400 protesters retains an honorary degree at a top Australian uni despite warnings of reputational damage.

AAP · Apr 11

Humanity is heading back to the Moon. Australia isn’t even funding telescopes

Australian science policy is in a confused place. The government is negotiating with the European Union to join the Horizon Europe program for funding and collaboration. Australian facilities are crucial to NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon.

The Conversation · Apr 8

Democracy under threat as social grievances widen gap

Young people and Australians under strain are less supportive of democracy as a royal commission into social cohesion offers an opportunity to address trust.

AAP · Mar 4

‘We can’t police our way out of fascism’: experts urge holistic approach to counter Australia’s neo-Nazis

Reactive lawmaking and off-the-cuff ideas won’t deal with the problem, counter-terrorism expert and researcher at ANU says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2025

ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments

Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, was not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2025

5 Charts That Show How Young Australians Are Getting Screwed

Despite having greater access to education and information, young Aussies are more precarious, indebted, insecure and anxious than ever before.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 27, 2025

Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites

Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary fossil sites – McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and 16 million years into the Miocene epoch, a time when many of today’s familiar plants and animals evolved.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

'Absolute shemozzle': embattled ANU head faces probe

Foreign minister-turned-chancellor of a top-tier university Julie Bishop has faced senators to discuss governance issues that have plagued the institution.

AAP · Oct 10, 2025

Adrian Mayer obituary

Other lives: Anthropologist at Soas University of London who carried out an influential study of the Indian caste system in the 1950s

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

Alleged mass murderer gifted degree sparks ANU changes

A former Bangladeshi leader being tried for crimes against humanity has sparked a review at the ANU over how honorary degrees are handed out and revoked.

AAP · Sep 23, 2025