/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/22/former-pm-returns-to-geopolitics-at-annual-lecture Former Prime Minster of Australia the Honourable Julia Gillard AC will discuss with a panel of University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø experts how the rapidly changing geopolitical environment and rise of disinformation is impacting Australia at her annual public lecture. October 22 2025 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/22/former-pm-returns-to-geopolitics-at-annual-lecture /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/australian-cattle-helping-to-meet-indonesias-rising-dairy-demand University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers are assessing opportunities for Australia’s live export industry to respond to Indonesia’s plan to substantially increase its dairy cattle imports, under the Indonesian Government’s $45 billion Free Nutritious Meal Program. October 22 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/australian-cattle-helping-to-meet-indonesias-rising-dairy-demand /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/highlighting-the-youth-voice-in-wellbeing-solutions Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have taken a closer look at what is important to Australia's young people in a new report. October 21 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/highlighting-the-youth-voice-in-wellbeing-solutions /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-men-with-breast-cancer Each year, 200 men or people assigned male at birth are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. With breast cancer often being considered solely a woman’s disease and no screening program in place, many men receive their cancer news while investigating unrelated conditions or after noticing a lump behind their nipple. University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Medical School PhD candidate Dr Steve Kinsey-Trotman is researching how a breast cancer diagnosis impacts men’s quality of life. October 20 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-men-with-breast-cancer /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion One of Australia’s most devastating invasive predators took just 60 years to colonise the whole continent, according to new research from Curtin University and the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø that offers vital clues to preventing future extinctions of native animals from foxes. October 20 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain Australian MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø to advance research into spinal conditions such as lower back pain, scoliosis, and degenerative cervical myelopathy – the most common non-traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults. October 17 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/seafood-unfairly-singled-out-in-microplastics-debate Seafood has received disproportionate attention in media coverage about microplastics, despite evidence that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure, according to a new scientific review. October 17 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/seafood-unfairly-singled-out-in-microplastics-debate /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/13/research-ties-fossil-fuel-projects-to-warming-climate-disasters An emissions-impact calculation method used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been employed to assess the amount of warming a single Australian fossil fuel project will cause based on its projected CO2 emissions, and the follow-on impacts to human health and the environment. October 14 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/13/research-ties-fossil-fuel-projects-to-warming-climate-disasters /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/genetic-study-advances-understanding-of-healthy-ageing New research from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has explored the genomic links within the index used to measure healthy ageing — Intrinsic capacity (IC), paving the way for potential targeted interventions. October 10 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/genetic-study-advances-understanding-of-healthy-ageing /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/australia-on-board-global-analogue-space-mission A two-week simulated space mission – the only one of its kind in Australia to join concurrent missions around the world – will put a crew through their paces while performing space experiments at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø. October 10 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/australia-on-board-global-analogue-space-mission