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Will Cassell is a Tuckwell Scholar but believes the generous scholarships go to mainly privileged students who don’t need assistance.

My scholarship taught me a valuable lesson – about my privilege

Most people who receive the generous Tuckwell Scholarship don’t need it because they’re well-off. Really, it should go to underprivileged students.

  • Will Cassell

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Woodside’s Pluto gas plant near Karratha.

ANU report puts a number on climate impact of Woodside’s $19b Scarborough gas project

It’s the first time researchers have quantified the impacts of individual projects on climate change. But Woodside has argued it is not possible to pin rising temperatures on one operation.

  • Holly Thompson and Michael Philipps
High house prices have changed the game, making it much harder for today’s borrowers.

Face the facts, an Australian icon is under threat

Australia and New Zealand have a shared history of tussling over things, but never has the Hills Hoist been called into question - until now.

  • Richard Glover
Pay packets for executives in the university sector, some of whom earn more than $1 million a year, are under the microscope.

Million-dollar university chiefs face pay caps after scathing report

The bipartisan committee’s advice about executive pay and transparency measures come after several high-profile controversies at Australian universities.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop declared she was emotional at the day’s events. It was hard to see on her face.

The death stare is back, but there’s one sign Julie Bishop is feeling the heat

“I feel very emotional,” Bishop said, as she stared down a room of reporters on Thursday. She did not look it.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Genevieve Bell and Julie Bishop.

Bishop stares down critics as embattled ANU vice chancellor resigns

The university’s chancellor, Julie Bishop, announced the move in a short statement posted to the institution’s website on Thursday.

  • Christopher Harris, Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Newling
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They want to silence the ANU’s music school. This is tone-deaf vandalism

To shut down the teaching of music at one of our top universities is to cut a vital thread from our cultural fabric; to declare that the shared act of creating and learning music no longer matters.

  • Richard Tognetti
ANU’s Julie Bishop and Genevieve Bell with their controversial shoes

Bullying claims, expensive shoes and a $186,000 trip: Inside the scandal enveloping Julie Bishop and ANU

With the university in financial crisis, staff and students are in open revolt, rebelling against the leadership team of Julie Bishop and vice chancellor Genevieve Bell.

  • Jordan Baker
ANU chancellor Julie Bishop and vice chancellor Professor Genevieve Bell in 2022.

ANU spent big on crisis PR before Julie Bishop bullying allegations

The university hired a reputation management firm after announcing a controversial restructure that has left staff fuming.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Dr Liz Allen gave evidence about how she was treated as a member of ANU’s governing council.

Julie Bishop berated, laughed at and blocked academic leaving room, Senate inquiry hears

The inquiry into university governance has heard of how members of ANU’s governing body were falsely accused of leaking to the media.

  • Christopher Harris