The Latest Breaking News from Monash University

Australian universities clash over proposed international student cap

Regional and smaller universities say they should be exempt from limits on overseas enrolments and elite capital city institutions should be targeted

The Guardian - AU · Jul 3, 2024

Oldest living culture: our new research shows an Indigenous ritual passed down for 500 generations

We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, “the oldest living cultures in the world”. But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry that goes back into the mists of time?

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world

Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally transmitted ritual on record.

LiveScience · Jul 1, 2024

Protesters defy new demands to remove university camps

Pro-Palestine protesters at a second university are considering occupying a building as students defy orders to pack up encampments.

AAP · May 15, 2024

Student protester suspended by ANU for expressing support for Hamas as police warn over encampments

Victoria police wrote to university vice-chancellors saying there was a ‘strong likelihood’ of violence if pro-Palestine encampments continued to grow

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2024

Monash University: police investigate alleged attack on pro-Palestine camp

Gaza solidarity encampment claims property destroyed, items stolen and students threatened and harassed

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2024

‘I’m as baffled as the next ovary-owner’: navigating the science of treating menopause

Conversations about menopause have matured but the question of when and how to treat perimenopausal symptoms remains confusing – even to a science journalist

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2024

Calls grow for poker machine reforms after gambler takes own life

Set a limit on losses for gamblers so they can't succumb to addiction - campaigners

The Canberra Times · Mar 18, 2024

Peter FitzSimons scores own goal in rush to judge Sam Kerr over alleged ‘racist epithets’

It was a confusing read as the SMH star columnist’s bold argument was overtaken by events. Plus: a quiet ABC farewell for Ita Buttrose

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2024

VIPs party lavishly while students sit on floor: union

Monash University spent $127,000 on a farewell party for an outgoing vice chancellor, while students are watching lectures from the floor, a union says.

AAP · Mar 5, 2024