Emeritus professor wins 2014 Japan Foundation award
Emeritus Professor Peter Drysdale has received the Japan Foundation Award for 2014 for his pioneering work in the study of economic policy in Japan and East Asia, the formation of APEC, and economic...
View ArticleTrade leak highlights tensions among Pacific nations
The latest leak over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) highlights ongoing tensions between the 12 nations trying to negotiate the trade pact, says Australian National University trade law expert Dr...
View ArticleVale Gough Whitlam
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who has died at 98, held long and enduring links with the Australian National University. Mr Whitlam and his wife Margaret lived at University House for six months...
View ArticleThe day the world changed
War came so fast a century ago, and so unexpectedly, and everything changed so completely when it came, that it still shocks one today. It still seems extraordinary how swiftly the people of 1914 lost...
View ArticleThe great ANU divestment debate
During the past couple of years, the debate about whether ANU should invest in companies related to the fossil fuels industry has intensified. A year ago, the University launched its socially...
View ArticleWoroni: An economist’s approach to poverty
Traditionally, poverty has been defined by an individual’s level of income. For instance, poverty is measured on a scale, with the most extreme form of poverty being measured as those who live on $1.25...
View ArticleANU graduate appointed top public servant
An ANU graduate has become Australia’s top public servant and key adviser to Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Michael Thawley AO has been appointed to the powerful position as Secretary of the Department of...
View ArticleANU experts respond to the IPCC report on climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest synthesis report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas levels are at their highest in 800,000 years, with recent...
View ArticleANU to lead new Indigenous research projects
The ANU will lead new research to improve the public discourse on Indigenous issues, and to safeguard the cultural language of the people of the Western Desert, under new Australian Research Council...
View ArticleProtecting native forests more valuable than logging
New research has found Mountain Ash forests provide more value to the community and the global climate when protected and not logged. Research scientists at the ANU, in partnership with information and...
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