Troy Innocent from Swinburne U is the City of Melbourne Knowledge Fellow for 2017.

RMIT social work lecturer Christine Craik is the new president of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Her research focuses on domestic violence.

Rebecca Zhang from the University of Sydney is winner of the inaugural Ernst and Young corporate finance woman of the year award.

Peter Newman from Curtin U is the founding editor-in-chief of the Biomed Central(from Springer Nature) journal, Sustainable Earth.

Jim Watterston will be the new dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Dr Watterston is now director general of the Queensland Department of Education and Training.

 

Whistleblowing expert,  A J Brown from Griffith U, has yet another prestigious appointment, being invited onto the board of Transparency International. Last month Professor Brown was appointed to a federal government expert committee on whistle-blower protection.

 

Prime Minister’s science prizes

Jenny Graves from LaTrobe U is winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

Eric Reynolds from the University of Melbourne and the Oral Health CRC is the PM’s Innovation Prize winner.

Jian Yang, University of Queensland is Frank Fenner Life Scientist of the Year for his work on genetic factors in complex diseases.

Dayong Jin (UTS) takes the Malcolm McIntosh Physical Scientist award for bringing “a physicist’s perspective to the challenge of biology.”

In a big win for the Illawarra Neil Bramsen (Mount Ousley Public School) is the PM’s prize winner for excellence in primary teaching. Brett McKay from Kirrawee High takes the prize for secondary teaching.