Making good drama on the cheap
Adventurous programming on a shoestring budget is paying off for local theatre company Accidental Productions.
Fiction: making real life up as you go
With Berlin as a backdrop, an encounter with a mysterious woman sounds like the stuff of fiction – and indeed it is.
Science teachers must be supported: Report
Governments and the higher education sector must join forces to boost the qualifications of high school science teachers in South Australia, according to the authors of a Flinders University study that has revealed many teachers are not qualified to teach the subjects for which they are responsible.
An eye for the genetic causes of disease
Ground-breaking research in teasing out which genes are contributing to complex eye diseases has won Dr Kathryn Burdon a Young Tall Poppy Award for Science at the recent South Australian awards.
Simpler funding would be good for Indigenous health
Researchers at Flinders University say that Indigenous community health services can be significantly improved by governments adopting a simpler model of funding.
Research grant boosts environment gains
The potential to simultaneously produce environmentally friendly renewable fuels and high value products has been boosted by a $2.724 million Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism research grant to the Algal Fuels Consortium announced by the Federal Minister Hon. Martin Ferguson.
Improving global health no accident
Flinders University is playing a critical role in a review of a global study that aims to present the most reliable and credible estimates ever available of who dies, where and how.
China casts doubt on friendship
The Rudd Government’s claim that Australia is a ‘friend’ of China has been punctured by the apparent unwillingness of Chinese authorities to grant Australian officials regular consular access to the detained Australian citizen Stern Hu.
Pragmatic politics supports economic development
In the early 1980s Geoff Anderson was Chief of Staff to John Bannon and working with the Labor Premier to change Labor Party policy to embrace uranium mining as a key future driver of the State’s economy.