The Australian | Higher Education

News, views and information from the pages of The Australian

• RMIT's eco-friendly campus unveiled
  RMIT's new $56m Design Hub in Melbourne will incorporate an eco-friendly design, with an outer skin capable of generating solar power.


• Roberts work stolen from uni
  STAFF and security at ANU failed to notice for up to two months that a painting by Tom Roberts had been stolen.


• Students can learn it like Beckham
  STUDENTS who can write the letters of the alphabet automatically can concentrate on what they are writing rather than how.


• Bradley warns of 'brave' changes
  DENISE Bradley has put the Government on notice that her review is considering sweeping and brave changes to the sector.


• Bonus did not cause baby flux
  A NEW, more accurate way to forecast birthrates is expected to lead to better planning in health, education and labour markets.


• Industry keen on market-oriented VET
  MOVES to overhaul the TAFE sector nationally in line with contentious market-oriented reforms proposed in Victoria has gathered pace.


• Quality reforms 'may harm research'
  RESEARCHERS have expressed serious concerns over the federal Government's proposed research performance exercise.


• Students, staff back CQU
  ACADEMIC and general staff and students at Central Queensland University have rallied behind the embattled university, despite CQU's announcement of a contentious $5million marketing blitz.


• Unlock creativity in hard sciences
  NORMAN Jackson spent eight years searching for minerals in the deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia as a geologist before he became a professor of higher education at the University of Surrey in Britain.


• Gen Y on an age-old work path
  GENERATION Y university students have aspirations that are much the same as undergraduates in other age groups, according to a new study by Graduate Careers Australia.

The Australian | The Nation

News, views and information from the pages of The Australian

• Swan to keep watch on Chinese raiders
  THE Rudd Government will scrutinise Chinese investments in Australian mining companies, particularly if a controlling stake is sought.


• My career's not over, insists Neal
  EMBATTLED federal Labor MP Belinda Neal says she has a good chance of contesting the 2010 federal election despite reports the party would not choose her to stand again.


• Canberra 'neglect' mother granted bail
  A CANBERRA mother accused of neglecting her four children by leaving them alone in a filthy house has been granted bail.


• Harbour crash survivor talks to police
  THE alleged skipper of the runabout boat that crashed on Sydney Harbour in May killing six people has spoken to police.


• Convicted lawyer set to be struck off
  CONVICTED Perth lawyer Josephine Pepe looks set to be struck off for attempting to pervert the course of justice.


• Melbourne GP survives in the twilight
  THE Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne will be a twilight race for the next seven years, the Victorian government has announced.


• Swedish socialite tearful at hearing
  SWEDISH-born Charlotte Lindstrom has been comforted by a consular official as she faces the prospect of an increased jail sentence for soliciting a hitman to murder two witnesses.


• Prestige car sales surge to beat tax
  LUXURY buyers raced into car dealerships last month to beat the federal Government's tax rise on vehicles worth more than $57,000.


• Virgin opens Brisbane to LA route
  VIRGIN Blue will run three direct flights a week between Brisbane and Los Angeles in what tourism authorities claim will be a significant boost to the industry.


• Media role in anti-pedophile mob query
  PROMINENT civil liberties lawyer Terry O'Gorman is calling for revised laws to stop "media-inspired vigilantism" after a convicted pedophile was driven from a house in Queensland's southwest.

The Australian | Media

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• DMG founder Thompson resigns as exec
  DMG Radio Australia founder Paul Thompson has announced he will resign his executive role 12 years after starting the business.


• We don't do dying here: defiant Jones
  ALAN Jones announced yesterday that he has prostate cancer, but the Sydney broadcaster vowed that he'd be back.


• YouTube ordered to hand over user data
  A JUDGE has ordered Google to give Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to video-sharing website YouTube.


• Ten gives stock a bounce
  TEN Network Holdings, in a bid to shore up confidence in the wake of a shock earnings downgrade last month, will buy back up to 10 per cent of its issued shares -- potentially worth more than $130 million -- over the next year.


• ABC loses race for Olympics coverage
  ABC radio will be unable to provide full Olympics coverage across its national network for the first time after failing to agree to a deal on Sydney broadcast rights with John Singleton's 2GB.


• Ailing jock gives station a shock
  MACQUARIE Radio Network and its No1 "asset", 2GB's breakfast broadcaster Alan Jones, were keen not to frighten the horses at a press conference at the company's headquarters yesterday to announce he had prostate cancer.


• Radio's Alan Jones has prostate cancer
  SYDNEY'S highest-rating radio personality, Alan Jones, has announced he is suffering prostate cancer and will undergo surgery.


• Ten calls buyback as shares bleed 50pc
  TEN Network plans an on-market buyback of its stock to stem the loss in its value, which has plunged 50 per cent in the past year.


• Seven hopes we'll grow to love TiVo
  THE Seven Network has imported at least 20,000 TiVo digital video recorders as it seeks to take on the rival pay-television product Foxtel iQ.


• Fairfax merit-pay bid falters
  FAIRFAX Media management's push for a new enterprise bargaining agreement is set to hit a brick wall today.

The Australian | Opinion

News, views and information from the pages of The Australian

• Selling climate plan pain
  AN emission trading scheme could be a defining issue for Kevin Rudd, as the GST was for John Howard.


• From Russia to US with love
  A NEW era of co-operation between Moscow and Washington is possible and vital in dealing with Iran.


• Stemming growing disarray
  A FOREIGN policy white paper would help the Government to articulate priorities and bring order to its chaotic agenda.


• Beyond factional fighting
  NSW Liberals have united to focus on defeating Labor.


• China, this is the world
  WE should all wish the People's Republic of China success as host of the 2008 Olympics, for which it has made heroic efforts to prepare itself.


• A classic cop-out
  THE limitations of Kevin Rudd's co-operative federalism flashed up in neon lights yesterday.


• China, this is the world
  WE should all wish the People's Republic of China success as host of the 2008 Olympics, for which it has made heroic efforts.


• Selling climate plan pain
  AN emission trading scheme could be a defining issue for Kevin Rudd, as the GST was for John Howard.


• Nuclear-armed Iran changes world
  A STRIKE on the rogue state is still possible, depending on whose advice the US President is following: Cheney's or Rice's.


• Nuclear-armed Iran changes world
  A STRIKE on the rogue state is still possible, depending on whose advice the US President is following: Cheney's or Rice's.

The Australian | Science

News, views and information from the pages of The Australian

• COAG shies away from Murray action
  THE nation's leaders have baulked at taking immediate action to boost water flows into the Murray-Darling, despite dire warnings.


• Cot death risk linked to serotonin
  THE key to cot death may be a brain-signalling chemical that is better known for regulating mood, research has suggested.


• Watermelon gives Viagra stiff competition
  MOTHER nature may have an answer for those men who fail to rise to the occasion in the bedroom, with scientists discovering that a slice of watermelon has effects similar to the impotence drug Viagra.


• Half a billion for Murray
  KEVIN Rudd and the premiers will today sign off on a $500million relief package for the lower reaches of the Murray River in South Australia, now in the grip of a deepening ecological crisis.


• Solar system is an egg
  MILLIONS of textbooks depicting our solar system as spherical have got it wrong, according to studies of data sent back from deep space by NASA's venerable probe Voyager 2.


• Aussie diamonds a clue to life birth
  ANCIENT diamonds from the rugged rocks of Western Australia are about to trigger a modern scientific explosion.


• Inaction leaves Murray high and dry
  THE government plans to save the lower reaches of the Murray are too little, too late and too slow, according to an agriculture expert.


• 9/11 sniffer dog set to be cloned
  A DOG that sniffed out survivors from under the rubble of New York's World Trade Centre after the 2001 attacks is set to be cloned.


• Epic battle in the war over nature
  IN 1976, Bob Brown was a Launceston doctor and had never heard of the Franklin, then an obscure river hidden in Tasmania's wilderness.


• Teenage girl in race mauled by bear
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A 14-year-old girl riding in a 24-hour mountain bike race was attacked by a bear in the middle of the night and severely injured, but was able to make a brief emergency phone call that resulted in her rescue.

The Australian | Business

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• Local stocks rally to close above 5000
  THE Australian stock market bounced back strongly today and snapped a five-day losing streak as it raced back above 5000 points.


• St George hikes rates by 20 points
  ST GEORGE Bank raised its home loan interest rates today, despite the Reserve Bank keeping official rates on hold for four months.


• Swan to keep watch on Chinese raiders
  THE Rudd Government will scrutinise Chinese investments in Australian mining companies, particularly if a controlling stake is sought.


• Origin to reject BG's hostile bid
  ORIGIN Energy, Australia's second largest power retailer, will recommend shareholders reject BG Group's $13.7 billion takeover bid.


• IAG may sell UK assets: report
  INSURANCE Australia Group may consider a sale or management buyout of its underperforming British operations, a UK website said.


• Depression threat 'hyperbole': Paulson
  US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has dismissed comparisons of today's economic woes with the Great Depression as "hyperbole".


• Refco's Bennett gets 16 years jail
  COMMODITIES broking king Phillip Bennett has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for fleecing investors of more than $US2.4 billion.


• Murchison to continue Midwest push
  MURCHISON Metals said it was continuing with its $1.53 billion merger of iron ore rival Midwest, despite its recent share drop.


• American Airlines to cut 7000 jobs
  FACING a hefty financial loss in 2008 and the loss of its spot as the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic, American Airlines is initiating long-range plans aimed at shoring up financial stability and keeping a competitive edge.


• Wall Street mixed as Nasdaq dips
  THE Dow Jones index moved into a bear market this week, though it finished the week with a bounce.

The Australian | Sport

News, views and information from the pages of The Australian

• Manly too good for Titans
  MANLY has solidified its position at the top of the ladder with a second half surge, downing a gallant Gold Coast 34-14 at Skilled Park


• Cats flatten Crows
  IRRESISTIBLE Geelong flattened Adelaide by 68 points at in a manner that suggests back-to-back AFL flags may only be months away.


• Venus says final will be full on
  VENUS and Serena Williams, who boast six Wimbledon titles between them, will clash for the third time in an All England Club final.


• Court rules Saints pay Thomas $200,000
  FORMER St Kilda coach Grant Thomas has won a major victory over his former club ordered to pay him more than $200,000 in leave and severance pay.


• Schuettler wins right to meet Nadal
  RAINER SCHUETTLER grabbed the last Wimbledon men's semi-final spot overnight.


• Kewell moves to Galatasaray
  SOCCEROOS star Harry Kewell has signed a three-year contract with Galatasaray, the Turkish club said today.


• Clarke to lead Australia in one-dayer
  MICHAEL CLARKE will captain Australia for the first time in a one-day international tonight.


• Australian GP to be raced in twilight
  THE Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne will be a twilight race for the next seven years.


• World record-holder fails in pet event
  IN the biggest upset of the US Olympic trials, former world record-holder Brendan Hansen failed to qualify for his pet event, the 200m breaststroke today.


• Nate Myles accepts six-match ban
  QUEENSLAND and Sydney Roosters forward Nate Myles today accepted a six match suspension.