AARNET announces new board appointments. Ian O’Connor (former VC of Griffith U and ex chair of the Higher Education Standards Panel) become chair. Alec Cameron (VC RMIT) and Anthony Molinia (Uni Newcastle) join the board.

Patricia Davidson (Uni Wollongong VC) is elected an honorary fellow by the Royal College of Nursing.

Alison Kitson will continue as ED of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders U for five more years. She is also named a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor.

Peter McDonald (Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research) receives the 2022 laureate award from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

The state government announces the 2022 Queensland Greats, honoured for their “social, scientific, health, environmental and cultural contributions.” They include, Stuart Pegg – burns specialist, Uni Queensland emeritus professor. Else Shepherd – engineer, QUT. Gracelyn Smallwood – First Nations health and human rights advocate, James Cook U.  Peter Timms – koala conservation, Uni Sunshine Coast.