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Breaks forbidden, food instead of pay: one-third of young Australian workers exploited by employers, study shows

Study notes young people more likely to accept unfair demands and less likely to report exploitative conditions

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Australian envoy’s antisemitism plan criticised as ‘Trumpian’ over concerns changes could be used to silence dissent

Recommendations to remove funding from institutions or charities that fail to act on antisemitism are ‘deeply dangerous’, critics say

The Guardian - AU

Why Dr Paris uses her bare arms in the fight against Australia’s mosquito-borne diseases

‘For most of the ones I feed, I just feel a little sensation,’ says the University of Melbourne medical entomologist

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‘Wake-up call’ for Australian universities as 70% suffer a fall in latest global ranking

Australia still had two universities, the University of Melbourne and University of NSW, in the top 20 of the QS World University Rankings

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The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding 65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art

In the late 1970s, when I was a fine arts student, the Melbourne University Gallery was just one room in a neo-gothic quadrangle. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the university commissioned Nonda Katzalidis to design a four-story concrete gallery on a narrow site fronting Swanston Street.

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65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art – a grand, disturbing and provocative exhibition

Melbourne’s Potter Museum has reopened with a bold celebration of thousands of years of Indigenous art that forcefully declares ‘this is not an ethnographic collection – it’s art’

The Guardian - AU

Mehreen Faruqi accuses University of Melbourne of ‘witch hunt’ for expelling students over pro-Palestine protest

Exclusive: Two further students suspended, with the four given 20 days to lodge an appeal, after vice-chancellor accused group of ‘improper conduct’

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Student protesters face expulsion from University of Melbourne over pro-Palestine office occupation

Exclusive: Pro-Palestine activists who were part of a group who occupied the office of an academic intend to appeal decisions

The Guardian - AU

Blood test developed that could speed up diagnosis of rare diseases in babies

Scientists say new approach means effects of many genetic mutations can be analysed at once and yield results in days

The Guardian - UK

Rare genetic diseases rapidly detected under new test

Researchers have developed a new blood test capable of rapidly diagnosing rare genetic diseases in babies and children.

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See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago

Fossil sites in Australia hold pollen and spores from the dinosaur age, when the island straddled the Antarctic Circle. Now, scientists have re-created the habitat of "polar dinosaurs," using these plant remains.

LiveScience

Huge swings to Labor from Chinese Australian voters in key seats show Liberals failed to rebuild trust, experts say

Community convincingly chooses Labor in Melbourne and Sydney seats, despite opposition efforts to engage after 2022 review

The Guardian - AU

Major survey finds most people use AI regularly at work – but almost half admit to doing so inappropriately

Have you ever used ChatGPT to draft a work email? Perhaps to summarise a report, research a topic or analyse data in a spreadsheet? If so, you certainly aren’t alone.

The Conversation

From AI ethics to inclusive leadership: how professional development gives businesses an edge

Businesses must learn how to navigate some big challenges if they are to remain competitive, ethical and innovative – and ready for whatever the future may bring

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UN report warns of a ‘frightening’ future: ‘Your five-year-old now faces a future with 7 times more heatwaves’

Scientists warn the impacts seen in 2024 will be impossible to reverse

The Guardian - AU

Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition has some academics worried. Here’s why

Warnings decision could have ‘chilling’ effect and limit scope of education on Middle East

The Guardian - AU

‘Teaching to an empty hall’: is the changing face of universities eroding standards of learning?

Voluntary attendance. Online classes. Student numbers swelling. Australian campuses look very different today – and many academics don’t like it

The Independent UK

Is there any hope for Paris Agreement targets after 2024 record temperatures?

Earth has likely entered a 20-year period where global temperatures will consistently average above 1.5C, researchers say

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The Guardian - AU

This firefighter survived the worst of black summer. His new exhibition hurls you right in

CJ Taylor was pushing back a fire front when a wind change almost killed him. A new exhibition aims to recreate a flashover – and disturb the public into action

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PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away

The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’

The Guardian - AU

A decade into Melbourne’s free trams experiment, has it been worth it?

Amid calls for 50 cent fares and ticketless public transport, critics say the free tram zone’s huge popularity has consequences

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Dog x-rays, art history and a ‘never say never’ attitude: the surprising toolbox of professional conservators

Restoration demands a marriage of scientific and technical expertise with knowledge of art and incredible patience

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Why UN climate change summits are ‘fundamentally flawed’

Cop29, the 29th annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, came to an end on Sunday, and in its wake have come doubts about the UN process for negotiating a solution to global heating.

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High-speed camera study reveals how insects can blind predators –by being too shiny

A study by the University of Melbourne used a high-speed camera to understand how shiny bugs can elude predators despite their visibility

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More than 300 Australian university executives make more money than state premiers, report reveals

Union says average vice-chancellor gets paid almost double the prime minister, with salaries seemingly ‘plucked from thin air’

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