Training supplement for Newstart recipients A temporary training supplement of $41.60 a fortnight is available from the start of this financial year to Newstart and parenting payment recipients without a Year 12 or equivalent qualification who undertake training at the ...
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Griffith appoints sustainability expertnd where he was a professor of human security and sustainable enterprise and director of the transdisciplinary Applied Research Centre in Human Security. Iverson appointed to UOW The University of Wollongong has appointed Professor Don Iverson to ...
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Australia is the latest country to be targeted by an international initiative that plans to help indigenous children learn. Beverley Head reports.ware and educational applications, the laptops can be connected to the internet if telecommunications services are available in the ...
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By surveying its economic impact, James Cook University has turned around community understanding. By Ben Power.) – 1.76 for Townsville and 2.3 for Cairns. “To put it in relative terms, it’s probably one of the strongest impacts in multiplier terms ...
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NZ university-research institute merger abandoned Cost, risk and the economic recession have combined to sink a proposed merger (CR online, 23.03.09) between a New Zealand university and a government-owned research institute. Lincoln, NZ’s smallest university, announced earlier this year that ...
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Risky business
It’s necessary to fully understand the risks associated with potentially high-impact research, says Ken Baldwin. Last year, the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) and the Australian National University jointly held a forum on risk-aware research. Our starting ...
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Strictly speaking: Mashupr of the Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage (2007) --- Bookshelf: The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and the end of the liberal consensus Peter Sutton is a fearless and authoritative voice in Aboriginal politics. In this ...
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