The Latest Breaking News from Australian National University

'Disbelief' as 55-year-old childcare centre at ANU faces closure

Parents concerned over closure of highly-rated childcare centre.

The Canberra Times · Jun 17, 2024

Four ANU childcare centres set to close to make way for new centres

The centres' heritage buildings had mould, lead paint issues.

The Canberra Times · Jun 13, 2024

The first Canberra-born governor-general puts the AC in the ACT

Sam Mostyn was born and raised in Canberra.

The Canberra Times · Jun 9, 2024

As global heating cuts Australia’s snowfall ski season may go downhill, report warns

‘The webcams do not lie,’ says Annalisa Koeman, whose family has been operating a mountain lodge for decades

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024

Scientists predict shorter ski seasons as snowfall becoming 'more volatile'

The season could be half its current length by 2050.

The Canberra Times · Jun 4, 2024

Research reveals big nosy monkey's real animal appeal

Australian researchers have made a world-first discovery about the proboscis monkey, fully explaining why the male's large nose is so popular with the ladies.

AAP · Jun 2, 2024

What brought on cold feet at the pro-Palestine protest camp?

Getting arrested for a cause used to be a badge of honour.

The Canberra Times · May 31, 2024

ANU warns protesters: don't disrupt exams - or else

ANU fears outside protesters may enter campus and chant outside exam halls

Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2024

Rattenbury expresses 'dismay' over ANU's call to bring in police

The Greens leader says the vice-chancellor should meet the protesters.

The Canberra Times · May 30, 2024

Afternoon Update: search for missing mother and newborn; more Australian woe at French Open; and winter’s warmest fashion trend

Divers and a blood detection dog are looking for a woman and her baby around the Cooks River in Sydney’s south-west

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024