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Aug 18, 2024 | 
campusreview.com.au | Joanna Panagopoulos
Home | News | Which Australian university won the Paris Games?
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Paul Garvey |James Kirby |Joanna Panagopoulos |Joe Kelly
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Sunday became the first Russians to win a medal at the Paris Olympics when they took silver in the women's tennis doubles. Playing as neutrals, they were beaten in three sets in the final by Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. Athletes from Russia and ally Belarus were banned from world sport following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
educationreview.com.au | Joanna Panagopoulos
Home | School Management | Newington’s anti-co-education alumni fail in election bid in School Management, Top Stories A campaign by an anti-co-education group of alumni to take over the Newington College ‘old boys’ executive, and prove its former students are mostly against the co-ed move, has failed. Please login below to view content or subscribe now. Username or Email: Password: Remember Me...
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sam Duncan |Greg Brown |Patrick Commins |Joanna Panagopoulos
Australia’s shift to clean energy is accelerating, and with the federal government’s May budget allocating significant funding to make the nation a renewable energy superpower, it brings into focus the job creation opportunities, skills needs and workforce challenges that lie ahead. Dr Chris Briggs, an expert in climate, energy and labour markets at the University of Technology, Sydney, says there’s a large-scale opportunity for job creation – “but a lot of uncertainty about how big it will be”.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sian Powell |Joanna Panagopoulos |Noah Yim |Joe Kelly
With government support and an abundance of the mineral resources vital for many renewable energy technologies, Australia has the potential to become a critical minerals powerhouse as the world shifts to net zero. Yet experts warn there are headwinds that require careful navigation. Certain critical minerals are essential for aspects of renewable energy generation, storage and transmission.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Adam Watson |Greg Brown |Patrick Commins |Joanna Panagopoulos
Australia’s build-out of renewables needs to accelerate. But we cannot decarbonise and speed-up the energy transition without gas. Without gas, we’re at risk of higher costs and major disruptions to energy security. And without gas, we’ll be keeping coal and diesel generators in our systems for a long, long time. In the same way, we must understand the science of climate change, we must also understand the science of energy.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Sam Duncan |Greg Brown |Patrick Commins |Joanna Panagopoulos
Australia’s approach to net zero emissions is often perceived as less ambitious compared to other advanced economies. However, direct comparisons are challenging, as each country operates within its own unique political, economic, social and environmental context.
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May 13, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Joanna Panagopoulos |Ellen Ransley |Samantha Maiden |James Dowling
The ACT Integrity Commission has opened an investigation into Hon Walter Sofronoff KC over his conduct as the chair of the inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann criminal trial. In April the Commission began examining allegations surrounding Mr Sofronoff’s conduct during his investigation into former ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold’s handling of the criminal trial of Bruce Lehrmann.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Lauren Ferri |Joanna Panagopoulos
A former high-flying real estate executive has told a court that he stole a taxi from Sydney’s CBD to get away from a group of men who were attempting to kill him. Brett Henson had a dispute with a taxi driver, Sayeed Ali Khan, over a broken door handle shortly before 9pm on November 4, 2022, telling a court stealing the taxi was the “only option” to save his life.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
theaustralian.com.au | Ben Wilmot |Liam Mendes |Joanna Panagopoulos |Eleanor Campbell
Panda diplomacy is back. Just as America’s zoos were down to their last family of the world’s favourite non-Peruvian bear, President Xi Jinping has softened in his determination to inflict black-and-white punishment on Washington for its hostility to Beijing. San Diego Zoo, which once hosted the most fertile of all China’s panda exports, is to receive two more this year after Mr Xi’s intervention.
