Melissa Banks leaves James Cook U to head international education at Austrade.
Matthew Dodd (ancient geology) Jason Eshraghian (AI in med tech) and Mark Wong (insect decline) have Forrest Research Foundation Fellowships for next year at UWA.
Ryan Lister (UWA) and Steven Tingay (Curtin U) are the Western Australia Scientists of the Year.
Christine McLoughlin became the University of Wollongong’s fourth chancellor (her appointment was announced in April). She replaced Gillian Broadbent who served for 11 years.