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Indigenous faculty members say the leadership of Australia’s oldest university could have been ‘much braver’

Prof Richard Kingsford and his waterbirds aerial survey team’s work over 40 years has influenced Murray-Darling Basin conservation and helped create three new national parks

Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the public understanding of science.

When the COVID pandemic hit, epidemiologist Professor Emeritus Mary-Louise McLaws AO became the go-to expert for many journalists across the media spectrum. With new research being released daily, access to calm, reliable and knowledgeable experts like Mary-Louise – or “ML” as she was known to her friends – became paramount…