New Orders of Australia include:
Companions: Roger Byard (Uni Adelaide), J M Coetzee (Uni Adelaide), Ian Hoegh-Guidberg (Uni Queensland), Stuart Howden (ANU), Graeme Stephens (NASA), Jennifer Westacott (Western Sydney U).
Officers: Christine Bigby (La Trobe U), Kate Curtis (Uni Sydney), Richard Kingsford (Uni NSW), Leonard Lindoy (Uni Sydney), Corbett Lyon (Uni Melbourne), Skye McDonald (Uni NSW), Jodie McVernon (Peter Doherty Institute-Uni Melbourne), Jason Middleton (UNSW), Gita Mishra (NHMRC-Uni Queensland), Richard Prince (Uni WA).
Australian Academy of Science appoints Margaret Nowak (Uni Tasmania) Treasurer and Margaret Sheil (QUT) secretary for science policy.
Neuroscientist Kim Cornish joins Victoria U next week. She moves from Monash U.
Philip Freier becomes chancellor of Federation U, replacing Terry Moran. Dr Frier steps-up from Deputy Chancellor.
Mark Hoffman (recently at Uni Newcastle) becomes interim DVC A at Uni Wollongong, to year-end.
Margot McNeill moves from NSW TAFE to become chief executive of Canberra Institute of TAFE.
The Queensland Government announces the 2025 Queensland Greats, including, Jeff Dunn (Uni Southern Queensland), Mark Kendall (WearOptimo, ANU).
Anne Simmons (former Provost at Uni NSW) joins Southern Cross U’s council. So does Jill Freyne, (former CSIRO Deputy Chief Scientist, now Healthcare lead at Amazon Web Services).
Tech Council of Australia appoints Michelle Simmons to its board. Yes the UNSW and Silicon Quantum Computing company Michelle Simmons.