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Our Impact 2030 strategic plan charts the path for how we will actively contribute to addressing three key global challenges of the age – climate change, geopolitical security and thriving communities – through excellent research and education for the benefit of national and global communities.
With four Australian campuses, as well as campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia, major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy, our global network enriches our education and research, and nurtures enduring, diverse global relationships.
We harness the research and expertise of our global network of talent and campuses to produce tangible, real-world solutions and applications at the Monash Technology Precinct, where our ethos of change catalyses collaboration between researchers, infrastructure and industry, and drives innovation through commercial opportunities that deliver positive impact to human lives.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world’s best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2024, Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2023 and US News and World Report (USNWR) Best Global Universities Rankings 2022-23.
Le premier ministre australien Scott Morrison se rend dans une zone dévastée par les feux dans l'État de Victoria, le 3 janvier 2020.
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Du courage et de la préparation, voici ce qui aura manqué au premier ministre Scott Morrison pour répondre au défi des incendies hors norme qui ravagent l’Australie depuis des mois.
Lithium-ion batteries are already supporting renewable power generation, but a future without fossil fuels will need even better battery technology.
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A new technology for rechargeable batteries overcomes many of the problems with the ones we use today.
Morrison has been too timorous to take the tough decisions needed to prepare for the bushfire season, including confronting rancorous dissenters in his own ranks.
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A crisis of this scale requires a willingness to listen to the best sources of advice and generate bipartisan consensus. But Morrison has struggled to put the national interest above party politics.
Bushfires are not the only weather and climate events set to ravage Australia in coming months.
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The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia has not yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding. And northern Australia’s cyclone season is just gearing up.
Menorahs have now become ubiquitous features around the world during Hanukkah, from Berlin to New York to Melbourne.
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Giving small gifts to children has become common around the world, though nowhere has Hanukkah reached the level of commercialisation that it has in the US.
Hari Ibu memberikan kesempatan untuk secara terbuka mengakui kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh janda dan perempuan lain yang terpinggirkan di komunitas mereka.
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Stereotip janda melekat ke kehidupan perempuan Indonesia yang terpinggirkan di komunitasnya, memaksa mereka untuk menjalani kehidupan sulit.
Hari Ibu presents an opportunity to explicitly acknowledge the difficulties faced by janda and other women marginalised in their community.
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Janda stereotypes pervade the lives of the Indonesian women who are marginalised in their community, forcing them to live precarious lives.
Front row: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C), Chilean Environment Minister and COP25 President Carolina Schmidt (3-L), UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres (2-R), Argentine President Mauricio Macri (L), Spanish Minister for Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera (2-L) and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinosa (R) pose with other world leaders for a photo during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain.
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As NSW reviews its consent laws, it should look to lessons from other states. While affirmative consent is regarded as the best model, its wording in Victoria offers limited protection in court.
When politicians use selected modelling results to justify their decisions on contentious projects like Melbourne’s North East Link, the credibility of transport models suffers by association.
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Transport modelling has been tarnished by its use to justify the predetermined projects politicians favour. But, if used more transparently, it’s a valuable tool for planning our future cities.
Neurostimulation is rife with potential and pitfalls.
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From dementia to depression to drug addiction, artificial brain stimulation has been hailed as a landmark medical technology for the future. But safeguards are needed if we want the benefits without the risks.
About a quarter of Australians have experienced a form of major discrimination in the past two years.
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Antibiotic resistant superbugs kill 32 plane-loads of people a week. We can all help fight back
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Antibiotic resistant infections already kill about 700,000 people globally every year. While scientists are racing to find new ways to fight superbugs, there's one thing you can do, too.
Nearly half of Australians aged 18-24 view climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia in new national survey.
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The annual Scanlon Foundation survey found nearly half those aged 18-24 viewed climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia, compared to 12% of those aged 35-44 and 8% of those aged over 75.
MARTIN is helping the Reserve Bank see beyond its headquarters in Martin Place. And it’s open source, giving outsiders an insight into its thinking.
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MARTIN stands for “Macroeconomic Relationships for Targeting Inflation”. The bank’s new computer model says there’s much it can do to boost the economy after its cash rate hits zero.
Genetic testing costs around A$700 per embryo.
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Women aged over 35 are sometimes offered genetic testing of their IVF embryos to rule out abnormalities. But it’s expensive and doesn’t increase their chance of a baby. In fact, it could reduce it.
The government’s proposed integrity commission has come under fire.
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Respiratory Allergy Stream member, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University