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- Climate change an ethical issue – Ross Garnaut
Uncertainties, competing interests and disparities in emissions between rich and poor countries beset the global policy debate. - Australia's emerging approach to urban transport and climate change, and a pressing need to modify related infrastructure priorities, are the focus of a new report by University of Melbourne urban transport and public policy expert, Professor Bill Russell.
- Times Higher Education Supplement's 2007 World University Rankings: University of Melbourne graduates are amongst the most employable in the world, according to a new ranking by the UK's Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).
- A major research centre for marine and climate education and research – the National Centre for Coasts and Climate (NCCC) – is proposed for Point Nepean on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. The Centre will be established under an agreement between the University of Melbourne, the Commonwealth Government and the Point Nepean Community Trust.
- New $1 million project awarded to the University of Melbourne to manage the risk of bushfire to Melbourne's water supply