Andrew Condon becomes industry professor for veterans and their families at Australian Catholic University. Mr Condon served 27 years in the army.

 Economic Society of Australia’s 2021 awards go to, * Public policy fellow: Stephen King (Productivity Commission) * Honorary fellow: Russell Ross (Uni Sydney) *Young economist:  Stefanie Schurer (Uni Sydney) * David Throsby (Macquarie U): Distinguished fellow.

John Evans becomes Swinburne U’s inaugural PVC Indigenous Education. In April he will move from UTS, where he is professor of Indigenous health.

Janet Wallace becomes professor of oral health at Uni Sydney’s School of Dentistry.

CSIRO COO Judi Zielke becomes acting CEO of the Australian Research Council this morning. She replaces Sue Thomas who announced in December she would leave the ARC end January, five months before her first term expired.