The committee to advise on the legislation to establish the Australian Tertiary Education Commission is, Tony Cook (DoE) chair * Tom Calma (former Uni Canberra chancellor) * Jenny Dodd (TAFE Directors Australia) * Stephen Duckett (Uni Melbourne) * Verity Firth (UNSW) * Barney Glover (former Western Sydney U VC now (Jobs and Skills Australia commissioner) * Julia Horne (Uni Sydney) * Natalie James (Department of Employment)
* David Lloyd (Uni SA VC) * Ben Rimmer (Department of Education)
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DFAT official Gary Cowan becomes CEO of the National Foundation for Australia-China relations. Alice Pung (RMIT adjunct) joins its board.
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Adrienne Nieuwenhuis is the new chief commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency, replacing the long-serving Peter Coaldrake.
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The Royal Society (as in the original) announces its 2024 fellows, including;
* Barry Dickson (Queensland Brain Institute) * Richard Hartley (ANU) * David Komander, (Walter and Eliza Hall IMR and Uni Melbourne) * Douglas MacFarlane (Monash U) and * Ivan Marusic (Uni Melbourne).
