Greg Hunt is appointed chair of Monash U’s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. Yes, that Greg Hunt the former federal health minister.

Elizabeth Lakey (Uni Melbourne) receives the U21 Fellowship for academic staff from Universitas 21, of which Uni Melbourne is a member

Sanjay Mazumdar is appointed ED of the Defence Traiblazer (Uni Adelaide, UNSW and partners), one of the previous government’s applied research projects. Dr Mazumdar joins from consultants KPMG.

Uni Wollongong announces emeritus professorships to, Paul Chandler (Early Start Research Institute), Andy Davis (Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences), Stephen Pyne (Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience), Wilfred Yeo (Medicine)