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Vice Chancellor’s Report to Council Monday 5 August 2013

Key Issues & Highlights This report provides a detailed overview of activities and issues since my last report to Council. Highlights include:

1. On 19 July 2013, the Governor-General officially opened the new Griffith Health Centre on the Gold Coast campus. For more detail see page 2 of my report.

2. Four Griffith staff were appointed as Members in the General Division of the Order of

Australia (AM) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. For more detail see page 2 my report.

3. For the second year in a row, Griffith was the only University to receive two Fellowships in the Office for Learning and Teaching National Teaching Fellowship round. For more detail see page 3 of my report.

4. Griffith was ranked in the world top 200 in eight subjects in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2013, while the Times Higher Education ranked Griffith 86th in the world’s top 100 universities under 50 years of age. For more detail see page 3 of my report.

5. During Reconciliation Week in May, the new GUMURRII Student Support Unit was

opened on the Gold Coast campus. For more detail see page 4 of my report.

6. Professor Mark Finnane, School of Humanities, has been awarded one of 17 ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships. For more detail see page 5 of my report.

7. Griffith University has been awarded a 2013-14 Indigenous Justice Program grant with funding of $2,278,182 over 3 years. For more detail see page 5 of my report.

8. Griffith’s top researchers were recognised with Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards at a special ceremony on 20 June 2013. For more detail see pages 5-6 of my report.

9. Griffith researchers were awarded five ARC Linkage Project grants for 2013 totalling

$1,480,918. For more detail see pages 7-8 of my report.

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Highlights since the last Council meeting in May 2013 New Griffith Health Centre opened on Gold Coast Campus On 19 July, the Governor General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC DUniv, officially opened the new $150 million Griffith Health Centre at the Gold Coast campus. The Centre is the largest investment in a single building in Griffith University’s history. It will not only support the education and research activities of the growing numbers of Griffith Health staff and students, but will expand the University’s capacity to broaden its interaction with health partners across the wider Gold Coast region and beyond. The Griffith Health Centre includes a 600-seat auditorium, a 250-seat lecture theatre, and a range of other teaching and general access computing spaces, as well as a restaurant and shops. The new building also hosts a number of the University’s clinics including a 96-chair dentistry clinic, and facilities for psychology and dietetics, exercise therapy and social work. Having the new Gold Coast University Hospital adjacent to Griffith’s Gold Coast campus also gives access to exceptional clinical training opportunities and exposure to a far wider range of clinical services than ever before - an ideal environment for training the next generations of health professionals. The Griffith Health Centre opening was a great success and received strong coverage in the press. The event included a live video stream of the official proceedings from 1.50pm, as well as a three-hour on-site outdoor broadcast from ABC Gold Coast on the morning of the opening.

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC DUniv unveiling the Guests at Griffith Health Centre opening stand for the plaque at the Griffith Health Centre opening National Anthem 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours The following Griffith staff were appointed as Members in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List:

• Professor Cordia Chu AM, Director of the Centre for Environment and Population Health, was recognised for her significant service to reproductive and public health programs.

• Professor Yew-Chaye Loo AM, Director - Internationalisation and Professional Liaison of the Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Group, was recognised for his significant service to civil and structural engineering.

• Ms Elizabeth Morgan AM, Queensland Conservatorium, was recognised for her significant service to music education, particularly of the violin.

• Mrs Anna Sweeny, Queensland Conservatorium, was recognised for her significant service to opera as a teacher of movement and stagecraft.

In addition, Ms Margaret O'Donnell AO, Chair of the Griffith Law School Visiting Committee, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of her distinguished service to public administration in Queensland, particularly in the arts sector, to the community through leadership roles in cultural, public health and social welfare organisations, and to legal education.

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2013 National Teaching Fellowships National Teaching Fellowships are awarded to leaders from universities across Australia who are exemplars of, and strong advocates for, excellence in higher education learning and teaching. Griffith was awarded two of six National Teaching Fellowships in the 2013 round. Professor Jeff Giddings from the Griffith Law School received a National Teaching Fellowship for "Reciprocal Professional Development: Enhancing Law Student Supervision in Practice-based Contexts". Professor Gidding’s Fellowship will focus on professional development for law students, and how to enhance student supervision in practice-based contexts. Associate Professor Mark Brimble from the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics received a National Teaching Fellowship for "Facilitating and promoting work-integrated learning in an emerging profession: The case of financial planning". Associate Professor Brimble’s Fellowship will focus on the emerging profession of financial planning, and the development and promotion of work-integrated learning in this area. The OLT National Teaching Fellowships are valued at around $90,000 and are designed to enable Fellows to develop their personal skills and profile and to be ongoing advocates for excellence in learning and teaching. For the second year in a row, Griffith was the only university to receive two Fellowships. International Rankings QS World University Subject Rankings 2013 The discipline of Law and Legal Studies has become the first ever subject at Griffith University to be ranked in the global top 50 on any of the major university rankings. Law and Legal Studies at Griffith achieved a world rank of equal 43rd on the QS World University Subject Rankings 2013 which were released in May. This places Law at Griffith in sixth position within Australia behind only Melbourne, Sydney, UNSW, Monash and ANU. Griffith was ranked at equal 43rd with the prestigious Tsinghua University in China, just two places adrift of Peking University and three behind the University of British Columbia. Griffith was also the top ranked university in Queensland in this discipline. Griffith was ranked in the world top 200 in a further seven subjects, as follows:

• Politics and International Studies - Top 51-100 • Education - Top 51-100 • Environmental Sciences - Top 101-150 • Agriculture and Forestry - Top 101-150 • Communication and Media Studies - Top 101-150 • Sociology - Top 101-150 • Psychology - Top 151-200

Times Higher Education Top 100 Universities under 50 years of age In the international rankings released by Times HE in June, Griffith was ranked 86th in the world’s top 100 universities under 50 years of age.

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GUMURRII Student Support Unit Opening The University celebrated the official opening of the new centre for the GUMURRII Student Support Unit at the Gold Coast campus on 30 May 2013, during Reconciliation Week. I was privileged to join Chancellor Leneen Forde AC in opening this unique facility whose architectural design acknowledges and incorporates cultural aspects of the traditional custodians of the land. The work of the GUMURRII SSU is pivotal to increasing access, participation, retention and success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at Griffith. The launch of the new facility provided an ideal opportunity to recognise the achievements and success of our GUMURRII staff and students.

(L to R) State MP for Coomera, Mr Michael Crandon, Chancellor Leneen Forde AC, Director GUMURRII SSU Ms Bronwyn Dillon, Vice Chancellor & President Prof Ian O'Connor and State MP for Gaven Mr Alex Douglas

The New Griffith 2013-16 Campaign The University launched The New Griffith 2013-16 campaign in late May, to showcase momentum, change and excitement at Griffith. The campaign flags a significant moment in the University’s evolution, while remaining true to Griffith’s progressive origins. Most visibly, it celebrates the opening from July 2013 until 2016 of major new buildings and infrastructure – the Griffith Health Centre, the Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, the Gold Coast Learning Commons, the new Griffith Business School on the Gold Coast – and eventually, two new light rail stations on campus. It also allows for The New Griffith to go beyond buildings. It showcases new spaces – particularly our extensive campus upgrades at Nathan and the Coast; new study programs across all academic groups; new online programs – Griffith will be directly offering six new online programs in 2014 - and new services to assist student success. The New Griffith campaign was launched internally in late May, with a soft external launch in early June. It will be marketed extensively from mid-July as our recruitment activity intensifies in the lead up to Open Day on 11 August. Apart from external promotion, traffic to The New Griffith site is being driven by the University home page and the Griffith University Facebook page, which is now recording “likes” from 26,144 followers from countries including Australia, India, Pakistan, the USA, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan and is translated into more than 20 languages including Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese.

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External Environment Ministerial Changes Senator Kim Carr has been appointed as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and Minister for Higher Education. Senator Carr has indicated a desire to work with Universities Australia to see what might be achieved in relation to the Government's funding announcements over the past 8 months. Senator Carr is well known to, and has been a strong advocate of, the higher education sector. It is also pleasing to see that innovation, industry, science, research and higher education have been brought together in the one portfolio. Senator Carr has indicated that any funding changes need to be budget neutral within his portfolio. I will brief Council on emerging policy and funding issues at the meeting. Research ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship Professor Mark Finnane has been awarded an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship, one of 17 announced by the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr. The Australian Laureates are awarded to Australia's most outstanding researchers of international repute who will play a significant, sustained leadership role in building Australia's internationally competitive research capacity.

Professor Finnane is a chief investigator with Griffith's ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security and a Professor of History in the School of Humanities. The fellowship will fund a five year project titled "The Prosecution Project", an investigation to advance understanding of the successes, failures and limitations of criminal jurisdiction in Australia from the mid-1800s to the 1960s. The project will cover all Australian states and provide enduring, foundational knowledge of Australian prosecution and the criminal trial in their historical and international contexts.

2013-2014 Indigenous Justice Program Griffith University has been awarded a 2013-14 Indigenous Justice Program grant for the project, Evidence-Informed Youth Sexual Violence Prevention Project, with funding of $2,278,182 over 3 years. The project team is led by Professor Stephen Smallbone and Ms Susan Rayment-McHugh and includes Griffith researchers Dr Troy Allard, Professor Ross Homel, Ms Dimity Smith and Professor Anna Stewart, Lucy Faithful Foundation researcher Donald Findlater, and University College London researchers Professor Nick Tilley and Professor Richard Wortley. The project also involves agencies from local, state, and federal government. There were 243 applications submitted for this program with only 30 approved for funding or a success rate of just over 12%.

The project aims to implement and evaluate a suite of interventions designed to reduce the incidence and prevalence of youth-perpetrated sexual violence and abuse (YSVA) at two sites in north Queensland. Beyond its local effects, the project aims to generate new knowledge about YSVA and its causes, contribute to the evidence base on 'what works to prevent crime’, and facilitate the transfer of this knowledge and expertise to other sites in Australia and internationally.

Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award Winners Three exceptional researchers were awarded Griffith's top research honours at a ceremony held on 20 June at the Gold Coast campus.

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The 2013 Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award winners were:

Award Winner Award Category Research Centre/Group

Professor Mark von Itzstein Research Leadership

Institute for Glycomics

Professor Adrian Wilkinson Mid-Career or Senior Researcher

Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources

Dr Wendy Steele Early Career Researcher

Urban Research Program

The awards aim to recognise researchers in all stages of their careers and provide funding of up to $15,000 to support their research.

The following two Research Groups or Teams were Highly Commended:

• Assessment, Literacy and Equity team led by Professor Joy Cumming; and • Enhancing treatment outcomes for childhood anxiety disorders: A multidisciplinary

approach to innovative interventions team led by Associate Professor Allison Waters

(L to R) Vice Chancellor, Prof Ian O'Connor and the winners of the Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Awards, Dr Wendy Steele, Prof Mark von Itzstein and Prof Adrian Wilkinson

Queensland 2013 Health and Medical Research Awards Three Griffith Health Institute researchers were among the winners announced at the Queensland Health and Medical Research Awards 2013. Professor Alfred Lam received the prestigious Clinical Researcher Award and Dr Bridget Maher was a finalist for the Postgraduate Student Award for her research into migraine treatments. Dr Carlos Aya Bonilla received the prize for Best Poster Award which explained how he indentified a novel anti-cancer gene in the origin and development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma sub-types.

The Queensland Health and Medical Research Awards 2013 are an initiative of The Australian Society for Medical Research and recognise excellence in all areas of health-related research performed in Queensland.

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International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Griffith’s reputation in nursing research has been boosted following the announcement that Professor Claire Rickard will be inaugurated into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Operated by Sigma Theta Tau International, the awards recognise members who are nurse researchers and who have achieved significant and sustained broad national and/or international recognition for their work and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves. Professor Rickard from the University’s Health Practice Innovation program has led research into acute and critical care which has significantly influenced hospital practices and had her research into intravenous catheter (IV drip) replacement published in The Lancet last year. This year’s International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductees come from seven countries and their research projects will be shared through the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library online so that researchers can benefit from their discoveries and insights into patient outcomes and health care policies. Professor Rickard travelled to Prague, Czech Republic in July for the induction. ARC Linkage Projects 2013 Griffith researchers received 5 ARC Linkage Project awards totalling $1.48 million (for funding commencing in July 2013). Griffith’s success rate for this round is 29% compared to the national average of 39%. The University received the second largest number of projects and total funding (behind Newcastle) in our university benchmark group - Innovative Research Universities. Griffith had two applications in the top 10% of unsuccessful applications and another three in the top 25%. The successful researchers from Griffith are listed in the table below

Researchers Project Title Partner Organisations

Professor Ross Homel, Professor Neil Dempster, Professor Clare Tilbury and Dr Matthew Manning

Creating the conditions for collective impact: Transforming the child serving system in disadvantaged communities

Aust Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mission Australia, the Benevolent Society, the Smith Family

Professor Jane Hughes, Dr Mark Kennard and Dr Nick Bond

Have we already lost the Australian Lungfish?

SEQWater, Dept of Environment and Resource Management, Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck and Dr Dianne Shanley

Empowering and protecting children by enhancing knowledge, skills and well-being: A randomised trial of Learn to BE SAFE with Emmy

ACT for Kids

Dr Tim Pietsch, Dr Justine Kemp and Professor Jon Olley

Kiacatoo Man: biology, archaeology and environment at the Last Glacial Maximum

Barrick Gold Corporation Ltd

Associate Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele and Dr Cheryl Leo

Advancing Prevention Science: Application of Social Marketing to Change the Drinking Culture of Young Australians

Queensland Catholic Education Commission

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In addition, Griffith researchers were successful through other institutions: Associate Professor Michele Burford and Dr Philip Orr are part of a project team, “Adaptive ecotyping of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii to predict its invasive capacity” administered through the University of New South Wales. Associate Professor Neil Sipe and Dr Karen Vella are part of a team at Queensland University of Technology on the project “The impact of governance on regional natural resource planning”. Associate Professor Geoffrey Woolcock is with a team led by the University of Melbourne for research titled “The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes”. 2013 Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) of 2012 Income and Publication Returns The Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) comprises research income and research publications data submitted by universities each year to the Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE). Data collected from HERDC is used, along with data from the Higher Education Student Collection, for determining Research Block Grant allocations to universities.

Income highlights

Griffith's research income for 2012 is $65,858,640, a decrease of 11.36% over the 2011 figure. While Griffith had an increase of $554K for Australian Competitive Grants income (Category 1), there were decreases of $8M for Other Public Sector Research Funding, $601K in Industry and Other Funding for Research (Category 3) and a drop in Cooperative Research Centre Funding (Category 4) of $616K.

HERDC Research Income for 2012

Income category 2011 2012 $ Difference 2011-2012

% Difference 2011-2012

Cat 1 – Australian Competitive Grants

$26,861,750.62 $27,416,448.36 $554,697.74 2.07%

Cat 2 – Other Public Sector $28,655,355.50 $20,626,788.77 -$8,028,566.73 -28.02%

Cat 3 – Industry & Other $16,467,815.98 $15,866,637.92 -$601,178.06 -3.65%

Cat 4 - CRC $2,313,781.70 $1,928,765.35 -$616,161.28 -16.64%

Total Income $74,298,703.80 $65,858,640 -$8,440,063.40 -11.36%

The 2012 result shows consolidation and a return to 2010 levels after high performance in 2011. The decline, with the exception of NHMRC, has been mainly in Commonwealth funded research amidst funding restrictions and increased competition. The greatest impact has been with the cessation of funding for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) in 2012. NCCARF research payments to partner institutions peaked in 2012; further reducing Griffith’s reportable income. The fluctuation in 2011 and 2012 income was also attributable to the change from cash-based to accrual-based accounting practice adopted for the 2011 Income Return. In the absence of this one-off change to the accounting treatment the University would have observed a sustained and gradually increasing trajectory from 2010 through to 2012.

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Publication highlights

The HERDC Publications Return is showing growth of 14.29% for the total number of research outputs, which equates to a 10.57% increase from 2011 to 2012 for weighted publication points.

From 2011 to 2012, Griffith experienced increases in the weighted publication categories for refereed journal articles of 11.37%, refereed conference papers of 24.02%, and in book chapters of 14.09%. Weighted books decreased by 10.91%

HERDC Publication points

Publications category 2011 2012 No. Difference 2011-2012

% Difference 2011-2012

Books 195.5 174.17 -21.33 -10.91%

Book chapters 239.31 273.02 33.71 14.09%

Refereed journal articles 1233.73 1374.01 140.28 11.37%

Refereed conference papers 176.58 218.99 42.41 24.02%

Total weighted publications 1845.12 2040.19 195.07 10.57%

New Discovery Identifies Meningococcal Colonisation Pathway Griffith University researchers have helped identify an important breakthrough in understanding the deadly meningococcal disease. Professor Michael Jennings, Deputy Director of Griffith’s Institute for Glycomics, was part of an international team that discovered the previously unknown pathway of how the bacterium colonises people. Professor Jennings worked with Glycomics colleague researcher Dr Freda Jen and scientists from Australia, United Kingdom and United States on this study. The findings were published in the highly regarded PLOS Pathogens journal as featured research “Dual Pili Post-translational Modifications Synergize to Mediate Meningococcal Adherence to Platelet Activating Factor Receptor on Human Airway Cells”. Griffith Research Featured in the New England Journal of Medicine New research into how chronic gastrointestinal illness sometimes develops after international travel was published in the May issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Griffith’s Professor Allen Ross and Professor Allan Cripps led the research team for the article titled: “Enteropathogens and Chronic Illness in Returning Travelers,” and partnered with authors from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and international researchers from the University of California and the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam. The review article covers the diagnosis of the major enteropathogens and provides recommendations for treatment. The NEJM is the one of the leading medical journals in the world with an impact factor of 56. Successful Grants Awarded The University has continued to secure Australian competitive grants through a number of major schemes. Those grants with a total dollar value exceeding $100,000 are: Professor Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh was awarded $620,267 by AusAID for his project ‘Illegal Mining on Bouganville: Impacts and Policy Responses’. Associate Professor Michele Burford has secured $508,682 from ACIAR for ‘Improving the sustainability of rice shrimp farming systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam’. Dr Samantha Capon, Dr Robert Rolls, Professor Stuart Bunn and Associate Professor Fran Sheldon from the Australian Rivers Institute have been successful in attracting a Cotton Research and Development Grant of $415,000 for their project ‘Regenerative capacity of floodplain vegetation in the northern Murray-Darling Basin; critical thresholds and potential regime shifts’. Professor Andrea Marshall has secured a joint appointment with Gold Coast Health Services District with funding of $348,595 over a five year period. Professor Richard Jackson has a joint appointment with Logan Hospital with $244,960 from Metro South Health Service District.

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Higher Degrees by Research

Innovative Research Universities Workshops Almost 350 researchers and research students attended the 'Highly Successful Researcher Program' at the Nathan and Gold Coast campuses in early July. Hosted annually by Innovative Research Universities Australia and organisation ThinkWell, participants were treated to a highly engaging series of half-day workshops and intensive masterclasses which covered topics such as 'Presenting your research with confidence', 'Turbocharge your academic writing' and 'Defeating self-sabotage'. For the first time this year, the half-day workshops were filmed and will be made available to all research students in the Learning@Griffith environment. 2013 Mid-Year Scholarship Round The mid-year scholarship round was finalised in June with 64 individual scholarship offers issued. A total of 383 applications were received for consideration in the mid-year scholarship round, an increase of 8.8% from the previous year. The quality of the applications received also increased by 4.4%, with 190 applicants deemed to be Category A. Griffith Enterprise

Overall Commercialisation Activity The following graph displays commercialisation ‘revenue’ from Consultancy and Commercial Research (commissioned income); Enterprises (gross revenues); and Technology Transfer (excluding potential royalties) to mid-June 2013. Total commercialisation revenue in 2013 to date is $6.1 million.

Griffith Enterprise has assisted staff with the preparation and submission of 43 tenders and proposals during 2013, which equates to 90 per cent of the total submissions (48 in number) for all of 2012. The University’s tender success rate currently sits well above the industry average, at 41 percent. Throughout the first half of 2013 Griffith Enterprise has also assisted with the negotiation, processing and execution of more than 130 contracts with external clients. Key Commercial Engagements Griffith partners for energy-efficient programs Through a Federal Government Community Energy Efficiency Program grant, Griffith’s School of Engineering’s Dr Sascha Stegen will supervise two projects with the Logan City Council that will subcontract Industry Affiliates Program students in the first semester of 2014. One student will design and construct an interactive energy-efficiency demonstration for the Council. Utilising old-fashioned pedal power, the display will invite participants to compare the level of exertion or energy required to power a bank of lights. Low efficiency lighting like incandescent bulbs will be compared to super efficient lighting including the most recent LED lights. The second student is set to build and construct an innovative solar barbeque for public use, which cooks food using a focused light source.

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MAPP builds international reputation Griffith University’s Associate Professor Tim Mavin continues to drive his new approaches to pilot training and assessment internationally, having recently visited New Zealand for a pilot simulation training study with the Air New Zealand Group. For two weeks at the start of June, Associate Professor Mavin and his close colleague Lansdowne Professor Wolff-Michael Roth from the University of Victoria in Canada, reviewed the training of 40 pilots from the group’s Mt Cook Airways and Nelson airlines. Griffith extends Mater care for mothers and babies Thanks to a three-and-a-half-year research partnership between Griffith University’s Department of Marketing and leading healthcare provider Mater Health Services, the hospital has developed and launched its own product line in an Australian-first. On 10 May, the Mater introduced a series of maternity and baby care products to market, developed by midwives and mothers, for mothers, through a series of market research projects driven by a Griffith team of social marketing experts led by Associate Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele. Griffith artwork commended by AIA Public artwork designed by Griffith University’s Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Dr Donna Marcus, has received a commendation at this year’s Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Queensland State awards held in Brisbane on 21 June. A State Commendation for Art & Architecture was awarded to Lend Lease Design who commissioned a large public sculpture of river and ocean buoys, called ‘True North’, as part of their $230 million redevelopment of Caneland Central shopping centre in Mackay, Queensland. As part of a nationally competitive process, Dr Marcus was invited to develop a concept for the sculpture and in January 2012 was commissioned by Lend Lease Design and the Mackay Regional Council to develop this concept, working closely with Lend Lease Design’s Principal Architect Darren Kindrachuk.

Showcasing Griffith Griffith Enterprise also showcased Griffith University at the following major conferences, tradeshows and events. SEED Vol. 2 hosts public preview Griffith’s next crop of music entrepreneurs publicly pre-launched their SEED Vol. 2 album on Saturday 29 June at the Brisbane Powerhouse, through four live performances from album artists Electrik Lemonade, Timber Bones, GOVS and Sneeky Picnic. More than 100 people turned up between 5-7pm to get a glimpse of the best of emerging local talent before they officially hit the airwaves in August with the program’s latest compilation of student artist tracks, produced through their Bachelor of Popular Music. The public pre-launch follows a pre-launch listening session for industry at the start of June - next on the agenda for all SEED artists is the official full album launch at QPAC on Friday 9 August. The pre-launch sessions enabled formation of a partnership with QPAC allowing Griffith artists to also receive exposure through a series of weekly public outdoor performances that attract a regular audience of up to 500 people each week. BIO 2013 and TechConnect World In late April, Griffith University showcased its promising life science innovations at the 2013 Bio International Convention in Chicago, USA. The convention is the world’s largest annual gathering of the biotechnology industry attracting more than 16,500 industry leaders from more than 65 countries and thousands of organisations, including the leading biotech companies, top 25 pharma companies, and more than 300 academic institutions.

The plastic-enclosed manufacturing system, Circuits in Plastic (CiP), engineered by Griffith’s Professor David Thiel and Mr Madhu Neeli took centre-stage at this year’s TechConnect World Innovation Showcase in Washington DC, after winning the conference’s Global Innovation Award. Each year more than a thousand technology institutions, multinational companies and universities apply to be part of the convention’s showcase that ultimately features only 250 industry-vetted emerging technologies, of which only 45 are awarded Global Innovation status.

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Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience The Griffith Experience The Griffith 2020 paper and the Strategic Plan 2013-2017 proposed that all Griffith undergraduate students will complete at least one of the following units of study: work-integrated learning, service learning, a research project/practicum, or an international study experience. In addition two recent task forces, on Sustainability and on Asian Studies, commit Griffith to increasing the number of students studying content in these areas. Griffith is also committed, through its Reconciliation Action Plan 2012- 2015, to enhancing the curriculum content relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and increasing the number of students who study a unit in this area. A working party recently produced the paper Successful and influential graduates: The Griffith experience which integrates these various initiatives within a single framework. This approach can be clearly communicated to current and future students as providing them with a competitive edge and a set of skills that set them apart from their counterparts at other universities. In addition to the embedding of learning experiences for developing the Griffith Graduate Attributes, Griffith aims to ensure that all its bachelor degree programs include the requirement for all students to have the opportunity to complete the equivalent of at least one 10 credit point course from each of the following two themes that contribute to the Griffith Experience: A/ An experiential unit of study from the following:

• Work-integrated learning • Service learning • A research project or practicum • An international, overseas study experience

AND

B/ A broadening unit of study from the following:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and knowledge • Asian studies or an Asian language • Sustainability

Some programs already fulfil the requirements outlined above. Others however will need to make changes to program rules and changes to the curriculum. A small working group, which includes the Deans (Learning and Teaching), will consider the implementation process. The Griffith Experience approach offers advantages for students and also provides a marketing opportunity for Schools and the University in terms of the competitive edge that it provides for our graduates. Griffith's first MOOCs In response to the changing nature of higher education, there has been a surge of offerings of free courseware by some of the top universities in the world. These include what are now called MOOCs (massive open online courses) that attract literally hundreds of thousands of online students. In order to build the scale of their operations, some reputable international universities have formed partnerships with major commercial partners to offer online programs. These partnerships offer significant benefits in terms of student recruitment, building national and international reputation, and development of online learning resources. Griffith is about to launch two MOOCs as part of its partnership with Open Universities Australia (OUA). These free, online subjects will be offered through OUA’s new Open2Study channel. We have carefully chosen two subjects as 'tasters' - which provide pathways to Griffith’s popular on-campus and online undergraduate programs. We have selected two MOOCs, one of which feeds into our OUA and on-campus Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of International Business programs, and the other into the Bachelor of Criminology. The areas of Criminology and Asian Business are topics in which Griffith has an extremely strong reputation and can further enhance our position in these areas.

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The subjects are: Introduction to Business in Asia Understanding the Origins of Crime Each subject lasts four weeks and students learn through watching videos, taking quizzes to test their knowledge, and joining their classmates in discussion boards. From this experience the University hopes to learn a lot more about how online learners learn, to build staff capabilities for online teaching, and to transfer this learning to enhance the quality of the on-campus learning experience. Congratulations to Dr Peter Woods (Department of International Business and Asian Studies) and Dr Aaron Sell (School of Criminology and Criminal Justice) for their work on this project. Griffith First to Secure Financial Planning Accreditation Griffith Business School’s Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics is the first in the country to secure accreditation for its financial planning program under rigorous new industry guidelines. Accreditation was awarded earlier in 2013 for the Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) and Master of Commerce. The new accreditation framework, launched by the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) late last year, defines the financial planning curriculum for degree qualifications, establishing uniform standards for content, modes of delivery and assessment regimes across university programs where inconsistencies previously undermined perceptions of the quality and nature of such qualifications. Students completing an accredited degree program have a clear pathway to professional membership with the peak body - Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). Griffith University has been a leader in financial planning education for a long time, and has built a team of academics dedicated to this discipline. Deloitte Innovation Practicum In Semester 1, 2013 nearly 40 students engaged with the Deloitte Innovation Practicum course, making 9 teams competing for the final prize. This cohort was Griffith's largest so far, and also the most diverse, with students from psychology, linguistics, music, information technology, pharmacy, law, humanities as well as business. Two students completing the course undertook it as an extra course within their postgraduate programs, which has begun to lay a platform for consideration of expanding the course for availability with postgraduate students. For the first time, due to increased enrolments, semi-final judging rounds were held, with three teams progressing to the grand final. The DVC (Academic), Professor Sue Spence, represented the University at the finals, alongside Dr Nick Barter (MBA Director) who undertook a role on the judging panels for the day. The ideas presented in the grand final included a smart hard-hat safety system that maintains data about conditions in mines; a fatigue management system for long-haul truck drivers; and a learner support system for improved engagement with education and training. The students of the winning team were Brent Fikowski (BCom), Min Jun Kim (MCom), Silvia Lokajaya (BCom) and Paulo Camargo (BCom), with the idea of the smart hard-hat. The Deloitte Innovation Practicum course will again be offered to students in Semester 2 and beyond, with students already applying for the course offerings in 2014, which indicates healthy growth in this initiative. Mid-year Graduations Three graduation ceremonies will be held on Wednesday 31 July at the Gold Coast. A further five graduation ceremonies will be held on Tuesday 6 August and Wednesday 7 August in Brisbane.

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At the 7.00pm ceremony on 31 July, an Honorary Doctorate will be awarded to Mr Jock McIlwain, a champion of education and cultural growth on the Gold Coast. Guest speakers at the July ceremonies will include Mr Peter Johnstone (CEO of the Clem Jones Group) and Ms Cathy Border (Queensland Political Editor, Network Ten). At the August ceremonies, Honorary Doctorates will be awarded to Mr Ric Smith (former Australian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and to the Republic of Indonesia) and Mr Don Morris (Chairman of the Tourism Think Tank and a leader in the area of tourism). Guest speakers will include Dr Sally Pitkin (Company Director and lawyer), Mr Michael Zavros (celebrated artist) and Dr Katherine Rock (Trainee Patent Attorney with Davies Collison Cave). GBS Student Leaders return from Laos Community Development Project From 22 June to 2 July a group of 13 Griffith Business School student leaders, together with Student Development Coordinator (Joanne Fairclough) and Program Service Officer (Amelia Jong), were in Laos as part of the 2013 Laos Community Development Project supported by Antipodeans Abroad. During the 10-day trip, the leaders and Griffith Business School staff members carried out a needs analysis at the building site of an artesian well in the Sop Jak district. Funds raised by the group will be channelled into this construction project which will service the local high school and medical centre on completion. The students also worked on a project with the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Laos Community Development Project contributed towards our students' community service hours as part of the Griffith Business School Student Leadership Program. It also provided students with a unique opportunity to engage in valuable community work which will have a long term and positive impact on the community. The Griffith Business School is committed to maintaining and developing opportunities for international student experiences for its student cohort.

Student leaders pictured above with students from Ban Son Koua Primary School, located approximately 550kms or 9 hours North-East of Luang Prabang

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ENACTUS (Volunteering@Griffith) The ENACTUS (Volunteering@Griffith) Student Club continued the Club’s collaboration with Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi National University and Hanoi Economics University to undertake volunteering projects during the July semester break. Students raised funds for microfinance loans which are distributed to rural women’s co-operatives and to provide school and sporting supplies to primary school children.

The ENACTUS (Volunteering@Griffith) Student Club supporting primary schools in China

Some members of the Griffith ENACTUS team also travelled to Sydney from 3-5 July to compete in the ENACTUS National Conference and Competition. The event provides an opportunity for ENACTUS teams from universities throughout Australia to demonstrate their community engagement projects and achievements. Griffith team members included: Lauren Griffin – Master of Physiotherapy, and President; Mike Bidwell – Bachelor of Laws/Science and President-elect; Elise Stephenson – Bachelor of Asian & International Studies/Communications; Dan Wilson – Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons); Brigid Buckley – Bachelor of Arts (Hons); Ben Rankin – Bachelor of Science (Advanced with Hons); and Caleb De Leon – Bachelor of Film & Screen Media Production. This year the members completed three major projects, partnering with over 25 community organisations, with 81 active students, almost 4000 hours committed, and over 100 000 people directly impacted. The projects included facilitating free Mental Health First Aid for Youth workshops to key non-profit community based organisations; collaborating with The Schoolbag, a non-profit organisation established by founding ENACTUS President Chris Eigeland to provide school supplies to Timor Leste; and Innovate Media, which provides digital and creative services to sustainably revitalise the social media, digital presence and branding of non-profit organisations. Griffith’s achievements were well received by the panel of judges (all industry leaders, CEOs or equivalent – including QANTAS, KPMG, HSBC, CSIRO, Woolworths, etc.).

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Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) A Griffith Honours College team travelled to Wellington New Zealand from 6-13 July to participate in the 19th Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) hosted by Victoria University.

Griffith Honours College team at the 2013 AMUNC in Wellington, NZ

Congratulations to the following individual students who were acknowledged as outstanding participants: Marcus Teston – Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice - Best Delegate UNICEF Committee; Yasmin Murry - Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Politics, Government and International Relations – Diplomacy Award GA6 Committee; and Grace Yeung – Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery – Diplomacy Award GA1 Committee To cap off a successful week, Brisbane's bid to host AMUNC in 2014 was successful. People: Staff and Members of Griffith Community Three Griffith Staff Named as Ambassadors for Peace Dr Anand Tularam (Griffith School of Environment), Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla (Director-Griffith Islamic Research Unit), and Dr Brian Adams (Director-Multi Faith Centre) have been named Ambassadors for Peace by the United Peace Federation. Launched in 2001, Ambassadors for Peace is the largest and most diverse network of peace leaders. The Ambassadors come from all walks of life representing many races, religions, nationalities, and cultures. This is a well-deserved recognition of the strong leadership shown by Anand, Mohamad and Brian in promoting reconciliation and building peace. EIANZ Fellowship Professor Darryl Low Choy, Professor of Environmental and Landscape Planning and Head of Discipline (Planning) in the Griffith School of Environment, has been appointed a Fellow of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ). Recognition as an EIANZ Fellow acknowledges environmental practitioners who have achieved leading status within the profession. Fellowship also acknowledges contribution to the profession, professional commitment, length of service and high ethical standards of practice. Australian Teacher Education Association National Awards Two Griffith University academics have received prestigious awards at the Australian Teacher Education Association national conference in Brisbane.

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Dr Leonie Rowan was named ATEA/Pearson National Teacher Educator of the Year, while Dr Katherine Main received the Early Career Researcher Award. Both staff are from Griffith’s School of Education and Professional Studies, with Dr Main based at Logan campus and Dr Rowan at the Gold Coast campus. These national awards reflect the high standard of Griffith’s teacher education programs and the staff associated with them. 2013 State Architecture Awards Architectus, with public art curator Associate Professor Jay Younger from the Queensland College of Art, took out the Art and Architecture Prize at the 2013 State Architecture Awards held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 21 June. The prize was awarded for the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law public artworks. The QEIICOL artworks include: Yayoi Kusama’s Eyes are Singing Out, a 90m long sloping wall covered with a sea of eyes; Sally Gabori’s Dibirdibi Country, painted directly onto the wall behind the Judges in the ceremonial courtroom; and Gemma Smith’s Collision and Improvisation (Ceiling), painted directly onto the entry foyer ceiling. The underpinning curatorial rationale is focused on embracing difference in the public realm. Churchill Fellowships Two graduates from the Queensland Conservatorium have been awarded 2013 Churchill Fellowships. Mr Andrew Butt, a recent Master of Music graduate, has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship which will see him travelling to the United States in December to spend a week each in Seattle and Chicago followed by a month in New York expanding on the work undertaken in his Masters degree which focused on Investigating the jazz education journey from high school through to professional performance. Andrew completed his undergraduate studies at the Conservatorium in the 1980s and recently returned to complete his Masters degree, graduating in December 2012. Since 1997 he has been Head of Music at the Marist Brothers College Ashgrove. DMA candidate Ms Brieley Cutting has also been awarded a 2013 Churchill Fellowship. Brieley's work will focus on developing her skills as a pianist and artistic director by undertaking studies in the UK, Netherlands and USA. Brieley holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons) and a Master of Music from QCGU. It is a great outcome to have these prestigious Fellowships awarded to two Queensland Conservatorium research students in one year. Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition Success The Lyrebird Trio, consisting of three Queensland Conservatorium graduates – Ms Angela Turner, Mr Glenn Christensen, and Mr Simon Cobcroft - has won the trio stream of the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition. All three graduates are wonderful ambassadors for the University, with Ms Turner currently employed as a sessional staff member at the Conservatorium. Recordings of their performance are available on the ABC website. Appointments to the Queensland 20 (Q20) Group and the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Legacy Advisory Committee I am pleased to advise that I was appointed to the following bodies in June:

• Queensland 20 (Q20) group which has been established to maximise the benefits to Queensland of Australia’s presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) next year. Q20 comprises a selection of leaders form the State’s business, community and government sectors.

• 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Legacy Advisory Committee which has been established to act as an independent and informed voice advising the Gold Coast City Council on ways to achieve lasting benefits from the 2018 Games.

I am also pleased to advise that Griffith University Council member Mr Rob Borbidge AO has been appointed to Chair the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Legacy Advisory Committee.

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Griffith University supports SES Volunteer Workers Griffith University staff make significant contributions to their local communities, and many of these contributions are on a voluntary basis and occur outside normal working hours. A great example of this is Mr Ian Bacon, Project Manager – Planning, Design and Construction within Campus Life, who has been a member of the Eastern Group (Brisbane) State Emergency Service (SES) for over 10 years. The Eastern Group is one of the largest in Brisbane with 94 active members. Ian averages over 400 hours of volunteer time each year performing duties such as floodboat rescues and resupply during major floods, missing person and forensic searches in conjunction with the Queensland Police Service, temporary storm repairs after damaging storms and cyclones, chainsaw operations to clear trees and branches, and specialised air searches. Ian was in charge of one of the SES floodboats during the 2010/2011 Brisbane floods where he was responsible for rescuing a number of people. He was also involved in SES operations in Innisfail after Cyclone Lowry, and was one of the first non-local SES teams into Cardwell after Cyclone Yasi. Ian has also served on the Eastern Group SES Support Unit for nine years, initially as Treasurer and for the past three years as President. The Support Unit is the financial arm of the Eastern Group SES coordinating fund raising and subsequent equipment purchases to support SES activities. Griffith University supports our volunteer workers by providing up to five days leave to SES members when undertaking SES duties associated with major events. Ian Bacon in floodboat during 2011 Brisbane floods Ian Bacon thanked by Prof Marilyn McMeniman Vale Bonnie English Ian Bacon in floodboat during Brisbane floods Ian Bacon thanks Prof Marilyn McMeniman for Chairing the 2013 AGM of the SES Support Group Vale Associate Professor Bonnie English The University community was greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Associate Professor Bonnie English in June. Associate Professor English had a long and distinguished career with the QCA where she was first appointed to teach art theory in 1975. Her teaching and research were focused on 20th century visual arts history including the history of design, fashion/costume design history, and the interrelationship of fashion and art. Associate Professor English served periods as Deputy-Director Staffing and Deputy-Director Teaching & Learning at QCA from 1993-1994, and was Coordinator of the 1st Year Foundation Art Theory course for seven years. Associate Professor English was a staunch advocate for quality visual arts education and was forthright in her determination to maintain and improve the QCA’s reputation. Throughout her academic career, she was deeply respected for her professionalism, dedication and passion. As a teacher and researcher, she developed a national and international reputation in the area of fashion scholarship. In 1997, her CD-ROM Fashion and Art won a national ASCILITE award - Griffith's first multimedia flexible learning award. Associate Professor Bonnie English will be deeply missed by the University community.

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Professorial Appointments A number of new professorial appointments have been made since the May 2013 report to Council. See attached for further details. (Attachment 1) People: Student Achievements Griffith Students win National Award Seven multimedia and IT students - Jordan Gardiner, Matt Patterson, Jake Sieben, Jazz Ernest, Jessica Mills, Hayden Moulds and Bentley O'Kane-Chase – were successful in a national competition in June, receiving a $1,000 prize for the 'Spirit of GovHack' award. The competition took place over two days across Australia in Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The Griffith team accessed Gold Coast City Council data on topics such as crime and population to develop a web application that could help visitors to navigate their way through the safest locations on the Gold Coast. 2013 Queensland iAWARDS A team of Information and Communication Technology students from the Gold Coast campus has won an award for designing a Smartphone Driven Automated Vehicle at the 2013 Queensland iAwards in Brisbane.

The iAwards is Australia’s premier technology awards program, aimed at recognising the contribution of information and communication technology. It also acknowledges the impact which the development and application of innovative technologies have here in Australia and globally.

The team received the undergraduate tertiary student prize for their project, which they have been developing at Griffith’s Robotics Lab under the supervision of Dr Jun Jo.

The winning team included Tommi Sullivan from the Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours), Michael Lennon from the Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronic Engineering, and Yukito Tsunoda from the Bachelor of Information Technology (Advanced Honours) in Computing and Intelligent Systems.

2013 Chinese Bridge Brisbane Competition Chinese Bridge is a worldwide competition for university students to demonstrate their passion for Chinese language and culture as well as to enhance relations between China and other countries. Since its launch in 2002, over 50 000 students from more than 50 countries have participated in this annual competition organised by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) in Beijing. All non-native speaking students under the age of 35 undergoing tertiary education (TAFE or University) in Queensland are eligible for this competition. The Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith University and the Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland were the joint organisers of this year’s Chinese Bridge Competition. Griffith students performed exceptionally well this year, winning 10 of the 24 prizes. The top All Round prize at the advanced level was won by Amirah Nikwan from Griffith University. Amirah will visit China on a one month Confucius Institute scholarship covering tuition fees, travel, accommodation and living expenses to represent Australia in the world-wide competition.

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Business student crowned Zonta Club of Brisbane Jane M Klausman Scholarship Recipient Ms Cayley Lancaster, Griffith Business School double degree student (Accounting and International Business), has been recognised as the Zonta Club of Brisbane recipient of the Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarship for 2013. The Club was very impressed by Cayley’s outstanding academic achievement, professional goals and sense of social service. The Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarship operates at the club, district and international levels of Zonta. The Brisbane Club of Zonta selected Cayley as its recipient, and has submitted her application for consideration for the Zonta District 22 level of the scholarship. The District 22 recipient will be decided by the end of August, and will then be eligible for consideration as an international scholarship candidate. Zonta International provides a US$1,000 award for each District winner. In addition, the Brisbane Club supports the Jane M Klausman scholarship by awarding an AUD$1,000 prize to their chosen candidate. Cayley will receive the Club prize at the August monthly dinner. Honours student wins Pearson Award Griffith Business School Honours candidate Ms Stephanie Parsons has been crowned the (inaugural) winner of the Accounting, Finance and Economics category of the Pearson Student Academic Achievement Awards. Stephanie’s award winning presentation will be showcased on the student awards website at www.pearson.com.au/university/studentawards Stephanie is a recipient of a 2013 GBS Honours Scholarship in recognition of her outstanding academic performance in her undergraduate studies. PhD student recognised by the Academy of Management Griffith Business School PhD student Libby Sander has won a 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Organisational Behaviour Division of the Academy of Management. From a field of 1262 reviewers, Libby was one of only 129 selected to receive this honour. Physical Facilities and Information Services Reports on Capital and Minor Works (Attachment 2) and Information Services (Attachment 3) are attached. University Engagement Australia-China Future Dialogues The Australia-China Futures Dialogues are a high level partnership between Peking University and Griffith University, supported by the Queensland Government. Now in its fifth year, this important initiative is intended to encourage open discussion between Australia and China on contemporary policy challenges in Asia. The Dialogue is unified by the overarching theme of “Charting a Common Future: China, Australia and the Region Beyond 2020”.

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This year the Dialogues began on 3 July with the annual Leader’s Lecture delivered by the Honourable Mark McArdle MP, Queensland’s Minister for Energy and Water Supply. The Minister shared his insights into the energy dimension of the Australia-China relationship and strategies for enhancing future cooperation. He spoke candidly about the supply of energy from Queensland to China from both a political and economic view point.

(L to R) Prof Debra Henly, PVC (Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology); Hon Mark McArdle, Queensland Minister for Energy and Water Supply; Prof Ian O'Connor, Vice Chancellor; Professor Daojiong Zha, School of International Studies, Peking University; and Professor Andrew O'Neil, Director, Griffith Asia Institute. The Leader’s Lecture was followed on the next day by the Second Track Dialogue which comprised an all-day workshop. The theme of the 2013 Dialogues was Securing Our Energy Future: Chinese and Australian Perspectives. This is a very timely topic as countries go to great lengths to secure reliable and moderately priced energy while promoting sustainable energy consumption, and ‘clean energy’ technologies. Energy plays a major part in the Sino-Australian relationship. The Australia-China Dialogues have produced some very special outcomes since they were first held in 2009. The single most important has been the regular interaction between Chinese and Australian experts drawn from industry, government and academia. The cross fertilization of ideas with a view to improving policy outcomes in addressing the pressing challenges confronting both countries—and our region—in the twenty-first century has been of immense value. AISRAP Redesignated as a WHO Collaborating Centre The World Health Organisation has redesignated Griffith’s Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, for a further four year period up to 15 July 2017. Under the leadership of Professor Diego De Leo, AISRAP has built up an international reputation as the home of leading researchers and practitioners in suicide prevention. AISRAP was first appointed as a WHO Collaborating Centre in 2005 and this will be its third successive designation as such.

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China-Australia Leadership Dialogue for Climate Change Adaptation The second China-Australia Leadership Dialogue for Climate Change Adaptation was held in early May in Brisbane. The Dialogue is the first initiative following the signing of the formal cooperation last year with the Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21). The dialogue was attended by representatives from ACCA21, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences along with Griffith representatives from the Environmental Futures Centre and the Urban Research Program. 2013 Griffith Lecture On 28 May, Ms Ann Sherry AO, Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Australia – delivered the tenth annual Griffith Lecture. The Griffith Lecture is an annual event established in 2003. The Lecture provides an opportunity to promote community debate and conversation on issues relevant to public policy or public life. Carnival Australia is the largest cruise ship operator in Australasia. In her lecture, Ms Sherry confirmed her deep commitment to ensuring that island communities benefit from the expansion of cruise ship operations, and that there is a direct enhancement and protection of the peoples and cultures of the island communities themselves. Encounters: India During May, the South Bank precinct came to life with the sounds and sights of India during the seven day Encounters: India festival presented by the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre. Launched by Queensland Governor Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley AC DUniv on Monday 13 May, this year’s festival was the fourth in the Encounters series – with previous editions celebrating musical meetings with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, the Asia Pacific, and China. Over the week of the festival visitors were entertained by traditional Indian music, Bollywood dance, street bazaars, fine art, cinema, fashion, debates, master classes and daily performances – from early morning to midnight – from some of India’s leading musicians and artists. Rotary Club of Logan - International Peace Forum Griffith’s Logan campus, together with the Rotary Club of Logan, hosted the Rotary International Peace Forum on 10 June (Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday). The event was a great success with approximately 180 people in attendance. Chancellor Ms Leneen Forde AC joined a number of Griffith academic staff as guest speakers at the Forum. The event - aimed to educate, motivate and encourage peace within our communities, our nation and internationally - was linked to various locations throughout the world including live links to Azerbaijan and Japan. Queensland Conservatorium hosts the International Congress of Voice Teachers In July, the Queensland Conservatorium (QCGU) hosted the International Congress of Voice Teachers. This outstanding event was convened by QCGU’s Ms Adele Nisbet, Lecturer in Vocal Studies/Pedagogy. QCGU Alumnus and sessional staff member John Peek directed a spectacular opening ceremony starring many of our staff, students and alumni including Lisa Gasteen, Shaun Brown, Phillip Mayers and Musical Theatre students. Other staff members, research students and recent graduates to feature prominently included Margaret Schindler, Greg Massingham, Irene Bartlett, Geoff Ashenden, Tracy Bourne, Heather Buchannan, Jessica O'Bryan, Rowena Cowley, Shelli Hulcombe, Daniel Robinson, Sally Collyer, Ron Morris, Wendy Hargreaves, Jo Ruksenas, Peter Bassett and Paul McMahon. From a research perspective, four papers from QCGU staff were published in the conference proceedings, and a book Teaching Singing in the 21st Century will be published by Springer in early 2014 featuring some of the keynote speakers and other leaders in the field. The book will include 10 chapters from QCGU researchers. For the 600 delegates in attendance, QCGU put on an excellent show.

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Griffith hosts 2013 GMAA Annual Conference: Governance & Ethics – Myth or Reality Griffith Business School recently hosted the 2013 Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) national conference at the South Bank campus. An inspiring keynote address was provided by Admiral Christopher Barrie AC, FAICD, FAIM, FARPI RAN (Retired). Admiral Barrie retired from over 41 years of active service in the Royal Australian Navy and as the Chair of the Defence Force (CDF) in July 2002. Admiral Barrie is currently the President of the Australian Crime Prevention Council. Attending the GMAA National Conference were academics from Australia’s leading business schools and Australia’s current and future leaders in both government and industry. 2013 Gold Coast Airport Marathon Over the first weekend of July, 519 Griffith University team members participated in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. I was delighted that the University had such a large number of participants (the largest team in this year’s event), and enjoyed visiting the Griffith tent to share in the excitement of the event. This is the second time the University has supported a team of students, staff and alumni to participate in the Marathon, and the wonderful response we received demonstrates Griffith’s real sense of pride in supporting and belonging to the Gold Coast community. The Griffith spirit was felt in our tent before and after each race, with physiotherapy students and alumni donating their time to strap, treat injuries and provide post-race massage. A barbeque breakfast including bacon and egg rolls, fresh fruit, yoghurt and many bottles of Griffith water were provided for a gold coin donation to the Students’ Future Fund. Many team members commented it was great to see a sea of Griffith red as they ran the track, with participants proudly wearing Griffith team singlets. Great camaraderie was shown among the Griffith team, cheering each other on during the races and from the sidelines.

(L to R) Chris Tyres, Grace Mullins, Emma Downie-Mewes, Stephen Chambers and Prof Ian O’Connor

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Indonesian Alumni Event I was delighted to host the University’s first ever alumni event in Indonesia. The re-union took place at The Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta on 13 June and brought together a diverse and impressive group of Griffith graduates. The event was attended by 38 Griffith alumni who enjoyed the opportunity to spend an evening networking with like-minded professionals. I spoke to the group about Griffith’s delegation to Indonesia in June and the importance of our commitment to the educational aspirations of the Indonesian people.

Griffith alumni reunion at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta on 13 June 2013 Restoring Hope - Refugee Day 29 May The Griffith University Refugee Student Association held a “Restoring Hope” event on Logan campus as part of Refugee Week celebrations. The aim of this event was to celebrate Refugee Week and to increase community understanding of the refugee experience and settlement. Approximately 300 people attended the event which featured a screening of the award winning documentary “Go Back to Where you Came From”. Other activities included presentations from guest speakers from Government and non-profit organisations, cultural performances, information stalls, multicultural food, mixed soccer match and activities for children. Logan Eco Action Festival The Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF) was held on the University’s Logan campus on Sunday 2 June, with approximately 6,500 people attending the event. The festival, which is aligned with the University’s sustainability agenda, showcased an array of eco businesses, live music, demonstrations, workshops and children's activities. This festival provides a great opportunity to showcase the campus and encourages community members to consider how their actions impact on their personal health and the surrounding environment. Logan staff hosted an information booth on all Griffith program offerings and had strong interest. This is an ideal event to promote Griffith’s environmental science strengths. Logan – City of Choice Leadership Team I am pleased to advise that Professor Lesley Chenoweth (Head of the Logan Campus) and Ms Glenda Stanley (Griffith University Pacific Islander Liaison Officer) have recently been appointed to the Logan City Council City of Choice Leadership Team. This Committee was established as a direct outcome of the Logan Summit. The first meeting of the Leadership Committee was held on 10 July.

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International Griffith Delegation to Indonesia As part of a strategy to lift our engagement with Indonesia, I led a large delegation of Griffith staff to the region from 10-14 June. I had the pleasure of signing a number of MOUs with key institutions which will strengthen collaborative research links and promote communication, networking, and professional development opportunities. Universitas Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT) – MoU Signing Sam Ratulangi University is a public university located in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The MOU was initiated by Dr Matthew Burke, Senior Research Fellow, Urban Research Program, to formalise the collaboration he has with both existing PhD students at Griffith and former colleagues at UNSRAT. Ms Lucinda Chappell, Regional Director (SE Asia), has been working closely with both existing and potential partners in Indonesia and Dr Peter Davey (Director of Griffith’s Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Development for Indonesia) has been very active in North Sulawesi and has for some years been working with the provincial and local cities who are looking to Griffith staff for their expertise in the areas of Environmental Management and Public Health. Universitas Klabat (UNKLUB) – MoU Signing Klabat University is a private university located in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dr Lanita Winata, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith, initiated the collaboration for staff mobility and training, research collaboration, PhD student mobility and articulation pathways for students to come to Griffith. Universitas Klabat is looking to Griffith University for expertise and is planning to send staff members for PhD studies to Griffith.

Makassar State University (UNM) - MoU Signing State University of Makassar is a public university located in Makassar, South Island, Indonesia. UNM was keen to establish this MOU to formalise the existing collaborations with Griffith University and also to facilitate funding applications to the Indonesian National and Provincial Governments and collaboration between the Makassar State University, The Indonesian National Ministries, South Sulawesi Provincial Governments and Griffith University.

Visit to Universitas Klabat

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The relationship was developed by Dr Peter Davey (Director of Griffith’s Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Development for Indonesia) for capacity building and improved partnerships and planning and implementation of healthy cities planning for sustainable development in communities in Australia and Indonesia.

Jakarta Institute of the Arts – MoU Signing The Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) is the centre of Arts in Jakarta that focuses on traditional and contemporary arts. It hosts the Institut Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Institute of Arts). This Institute is well known internationally and is the premier government provider of Art, Design and Creative Education in the national capital. They operate under the authority of the national government, and their location in the capital provides them with a prestigious position representing the country internationally. Professor Herman Van Eyken, Head of the Griffith Film School, initiated the collaboration following an earlier visit by the Jakarta Institute of the Arts to Griffith in April 2013. The MOU is for collaboration across a range of areas including staff development and further study opportunities for academic staff, articulation pathways for research PhD degrees, curriculum development; co-production, short-term study opportunities, field trips and Artist in Residence for staff and students at both institutions or at a third location to be mutually determined; and academic collaborative research that may take the form of co-production research outcomes. University of Indonesia – MoU originally signed in 1994 – MoU Re-signing University of Indonesia (Universitas Indonesia) (UI) - is a state university located in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta. UI is generally considered the most prestigious university in Indonesia. The first MOU Griffith signed with UI was in 1994. The renewal of this MOU will serve as a promotion of the split Campus UI/GU Masters in Environmental Protection of which Peter Davey is the Program Convenor, and emphasises the continued collaboration and ongoing projects with Griffith’s Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Development for Indonesia. It is also envisaged that DIKTI and AUSAID scholarships will be available for staff and scholars to participate in various Griffith research and study programs and also that we can establish articulation arrangements and pathways for Indonesian staff/scholars/students to attend Griffith.

Visit to University of Indonesia

Visit to Makkasar University

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Ministry of Social Affairs – MoU Signing The MoU has been requested and supported by Professor Patrick O'Leary, Head of School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith Health Group. The Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Social Affairs is in the process of building a comprehensive and effective child protection system, one which is more focused upon family and community based care, and less reliant upon institutional care. Griffith University is currently conducting a research consultancy on child protection in the role of social work in the Indonesian context in partnership with the Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF. Griffith will provide expertise for the development of child protection systems in Indonesian as well as the development of the social work profession. Outcomes already arising from this collaboration include the beginning of partnerships with Schools of Social Work in Indonesia and last October, Professor Patrick O’Leary presented a key note speech at the Bandang School of Social Welfare. The establishment of an MOU will formalise this ongoing collaboration. Department for Social and Humanity Sciences, LIPI – MoU Signing LIPI is a non-departmental research institution which belongs to the government. The Chairman of LIPI is directly responsible to the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The main focus of the collaboration is with the Economic and Political Research Units within the Department for Social and Humanity Sciences. Professor Ikrar, Head of Research from the Political Research unit at LIPI, is an alumnus of Griffith and former PhD student of Professor Colin Brown, who is an adjunct with the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith Business School, based in Indonesia. Professor Ikrar also won an Australian Alumni Award for Sustainable Economic and Social Development in 2012. North Sulawesi Province - Visit North Sulawesi is located in the north-northeastern Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia. Dr Peter Davey has been working with the recently appointed Indonesian Minister of Environment and several Deputy Ministers led by Dr Henri Bastaman, Deputy-Minister of Capacity Building, and our partner universities and provinces/cities for some time, and more specifically in 2011 - 2013 to expand activities across the provinces of Indonesia. We have been liaising with various parties to establish MOUs and Letters of Intent to facilitate these collaborations, apply for joint funding for capacity building in sustainable environmental management and human resource development, as well as scholarship opportunities for staff and students from these provinces (funded by their government), focusing on environmental and other sustainable development training needs. Hasanuddin University – Visit Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) is one of the biggest state-owned universities in Indonesia, based in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province. An MOU was signed in 2007 to extend Griffith's partnership links in Eastern Indonesia initiated by Dr Peter Davey at the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development for Indonesia (CESDI). This was for developing capacity for Eastern Indonesia's public health and environmental sustainable development to address future issues across Indonesia. CESDI has had several research projects co-supervised by UNHAS staff. The opportunities identified for collaboration include Environment, Environmental Engineering, Business, Medical Science and Nutrition. A renewal was also signed in 2012 during a delegation visit by UNHAS to Griffith and included the collaboration of specific areas of Business - accounting, economics and finance at the request of Dr Peter Woods, Department of International Business and Asian Studies. Delegations The International Relations Unit coordinated 24 international delegation visits to Griffith University from 13 April 2012 to 2 July 2012. The highlights appear in Attachment 4. Griffith English Language Institute (GELI) ELICOS Nationally, ELICOS student numbers have continued the return to growth that commenced in September 2012. Overall, GELI numbers are up by 16% YTD compared with 2012, with significantly greater growth at the Gold Coast than in Brisbane. Gold Coast numbers January-June 2013 are up 33% on the same time last year.

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GELI is currently hosting a number of short-term groups including 130 students from the UAE Military High School, as well as groups from Russia and Vietnam, with several Japanese groups coming in the next few weeks. Griffith English Language Enhancement Strategy - EnglishHELP EnglishHELP has commencing delivery of support for Griffith’s offshore students via video conference, working closely with Professor Gloria Ge (Director Bachelor Business, Hong Kong) and Lenka Boorer (GBS Blended Learning Advisor). By using this online platform, GELI provides an EnglishHELP individual consulting service to Griffith’s off-shore students. This new initiative commenced on 3 July 2013. IELTS Test Centre The total number of IELTS candidates for the period April - June was 1,413. Online bookings continued to improve with numbers for individual tests more than doubling from around 40 in April 2013 to more than 80 in June 2013. Consequently, GELI and INS are in the process of developing a more streamlined process for candidates booking online which will make payment possible through a Griffith payment portal. Griffith IELTS hosted an IELTS Masterclass presented by Pamela Humphreys at the South Bank campus on 23 May 2013, with more than 140 participants registered to attend. International Business Development Unit (IBDU) IBDU staff worked with a number of Schools and academic staff for delivery of aid-funded and overseas government proposals and projects as follows:

• IBDU secured two winning applications in the AusAID funded Australia Awards Fellowships (AAFs) funding scheme for Round 13. The Schools, countries, proposed programs and funds were: GBS (Accounting, Finance and Economics) for Papua New Guinea in Building Government Capacity ($151,000 AUD) and the Institute of Ethics, Law and Governance for Mongolia in Leadership, Change Management and Sustainable Governance ($125,000 AUD).

• 129 students from the Al Ain Military High School in the U.A.E started their 5 week English and Maths program through GELI. This is the 10th year that IBDU has tendered for and won this project.

• IBDU secured a Korean Government funded program for APSCE to deliver a 2 week program for Korean high school KAIST pathway students on sustainability and entrepreneurship.

• IBDU secured an 8 week program with the Niels Brock International College in Copenhagen for 60 high school students for GELI to deliver in 2014.

• IBDU secured two training proposals with the Far Eastern Federation University (FEFU) in Vladivostok for GELI to deliver a repeat teacher training program (TESOL) showcasing GELI’s DEP and LAL’s English Language Enhancement courses and a new program for FEFU’s academics involving language development and work shadowing with Griffith’s School of Engineering.

• The School of Human Services and Social Work (HSV) and the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) signed an MOU in June 2013 and HSV started Phase 2 of the UNICEF-funded Child Protection and Child Welfare System for Indonesia in association with the University of Indonesia. Phase 1 of this project was recently successfully completed.

• The Manager, IBDU visited Mongolia and Bhutan on behalf of IELG, AEL and GELI. The visit to Mongolia was to brief AusAID funded AAF participants studying Leadership, Change Management and Sustainable Governance at Griffith in October 2013, and to instigate an MOU with the National University of Mongolia and the Law Enforcement University to facilitate securing aid-funded opportunities from AusAID and the Asian Development Bank. The purpose of the visit to Bhutan was to discuss the renewal of the MOU with the Royal Civil Service Commission, scope aid-funded opportunities and meet the executive group that advises the Government on mainstreaming the environment into all Government policy. This group is composed of the participants of Griffith’s Professor Lex Brown’s successful AusAID funded Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP) that concluded last year.

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International Office International Student Commencements Semester 2, 2013 As at 19 July 2013, overall international student commencements were up 11.4% compared to the same time last year. Undergraduate commencements were up 2.7%; Postgraduate commencements were up 5.8%; Research commencements were up 158%; and Study Abroad commencements were up 48.6%. Final results for Semester 2, 2013 will be known after census date, which is 18 August 2013. Study Abroad and Exchange As at 1 July 2013, 298 students had registered for a short term overseas program through the exchange office, either through Group led study tours, summer exchange programs with partners in Europe and Asia and other third party arrangements. During the winter break Group led programs travelled to Peru (QCA), Laos (GBS), Japan (AEL), Europe (QCA) and Borneo (SEET). Over 100 students are participating in these programs. Griffith was successful in receiving $263,000 in grant funding through the Australian Government’s AsiaBound program. This includes 100 x $2000 grants for students participating in 10 short-term faculty led programs, 10 x $1000 language grants and $15,000 in staff subsidies. The full list of funded programs is included in the table below. Funded Programs AsiaBound 2013 Group Project Title Project Leader

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Griffith has allocated $466,572 in International Experience Incentive Grants (IEIS) to support student mobility in the first half of 2013. Student Linx The first semester of 2013 has seen the highest rate of participation in Student Linx events since the program was launched in 2009. A total of 2,972 participants were recorded in the Student Linx program throughout Semester 1, 2013. This represents a 44% increase on total participation compared to Semester 2, 2012 and the highest number of participants recorded in a single semester since the program was launched in 2009.

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The graph below illustrates the semester-by-semester growth of participation in the Student Linx program between Semester 1, 2009 and Semester 1, 2013.

The increased role of Student Linx in the delivery of Orientation Week and the inclusion of the Griffith MATES (previously the GI MATES) into the Student Linx team, have undoubtedly contributed to this increase in participation. Collaboration between Student Linx and the Study Abroad and Exchange team has led to a significant increase in participation at the Global Networking BBQ event as Student Linx was able to reach out to a key domestic cohort; students leaving on or returning from an overseas exchange program or study tour. This collaboration will continue in the second half of 2013 with the amalgamation of the Student Linx and Griffith Exchange buddy programs. Following the success of The Amazing Race in Brisbane, this event will be trialled on the Gold Coast in collaboration with Griffith University Village and the Student Guild in Semester 2, 2013. Media Highlights A summary of media activities appears at Attachment 5.

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PROFESSORIAL APPOINTMENTS The following professorial appointment has been made since my last report to Council in May 2013. Arts, Education & Law Professor Marcus Lane commenced as Dean (Academic) for the Arts, Education and Law Group on 27 May 2013. Professor Lane was most recently the Senior Principal Research Scientist and Research Program Leader, Social and Economic Sciences Program, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. In this role, he led and managed the social and economic sciences program which comprised 100 scientists and over 150 staff. Prior to this role, he was Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Adelaide. Professor Lane is a highly experienced researcher, scholar as well as a leader of high performing social scientists and academics across the country. He has a very strong international reputation and brings to the role a strong commitment to staff engagement. Professor Deb Keen commenced as Professor, Special Education within the School of Education and Professional Studies on 23 July2013. Professor Keen has led a distinguished career as an academic with a strong research focus in the area of Autism. Her most recent role was as Professor and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University. Professor Keen commenced her academic career at the University of Queensland and has held previous appointments at Griffith University as an Associate Professor and as Deputy Dean (Research). Business Professor Rajiv Dant commenced as Professor of Marketing on 15 July 2013. Professor Dant has over 30 years academic experience and has held appointments at the University of Oklahoma, University of South Florida and Boston University. Professor Dant's research interests are in the areas of Relationship Marketing, Franchising, Distribution Channels and Hybrid Systems and he has published extensively including in the Journal of Marketing, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Retailing and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, as well as national and international conference proceedings. Professor Dant serves on the editorial boards of five journals and the ad hoc editorial boards of a further six. He has also assisted organizations with executive development, research and consulting in the areas of marketing analysis, marketing research, distribution planning and strategy. Health None

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5 August 2013 Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Professor Haines has joined the University on a 10% basis for four years. Professor Haines' major role with the Environmental Futures Centre (EFC) has been assisting in the development of new projects and research partnerships, including carbon farming projects, Ecosystem services initiatives, and new ACIAR projects. He has had a long career in forestry management and research. Professor Haines has held an adjunct appointment with the EFC since 2010. He was a named researcher in the successful ACIAR project "Enhancing economic opportunities offered by community and smallholder forestry in the Soloman Islands" Professor Yaoqi Zhao commenced as Professor of Computational Biology in the School of Information and Communication Technology on 3 June 2013. Professor Zhao has led a distinguished career as an academic most recently as Professor and Director of Bioinformatics Program at Indiana University, USA. As Program Director, Professor Zhao had responsibility for the curriculum development and implementation of Masters and PhD programs in Bioinformatics. His outstanding research performance is evidenced by 120 publications over his 25 year career in computational biology, with over 4000 citations. Professor Zhao's most recent research has been in bioinformatics and computational structural biology, which he hopes to continue in collaboration with colleagues in ICT, Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute. Professor Dong-Sheng Jeng commenced as Professor of Geotechnical Engineering within the Griffith School of Engineering in July 2103. Prior to his appointment at Griffith he held the position of Professor in Civil Engineering with the University of Dundee. Professor Jeng previously worked at Griffith University between 1999 and 2004 as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering. He maintained close connections with Griffith as an Adjunct whilst he was at the University of Dundee. Professor Jeng is an outstanding researcher in his discipline, specialising in Geotechnical & Geo-Environmental Engineering, Offshore Geotechnics, Coastal Engineering and Marine Energy Systems.

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Campus Life

CAPITAL AND MINOR WORKS PROGRESS REPORT

MAJOR PROJECTS Sir Samuel Griffith Centre (N78), Nathan campus ($42.76m): This project is now complete and users moved in on 8 July. The hydrogen system (H-Bank) is going through the final stages of commissioning and over the next four weeks it will be fine-tuned and it will be up and running. We are currently waiting for the signed contract to be returned from Energex. Once the contract is received we will come off the mains power and switch over to solar. We are awaiting a recommendation from the Design and Construction Manager, Watpac, on the finalisation of a contract between the electrical subcontractor Stowe, and Japan Steel Works for the purchase of additional metal hydride filled hydrogen storage canisters, and to confirm that a period of approximately 12 months will elapse from order placement to installation.

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Griffith Health Centre and Teaching Facility (G40 & G41), Gold Coast campus ($149.1m): The west tower of the G40 building has reached Practical Completion. The builder is currently working through minor incomplete works and they are continuing to resolve identified defect items. The external works and landscaping have been delayed due to extended rain periods. Occupation of the building is well advanced. All new furniture has been delivered and placed. Defect identification and resolution works relating to the furniture procurement is in progress. The installation of the audio visual systems is nearing completion. Final commissioning of these systems commenced the week starting 8 July. The official opening of the building took place on 19 July.

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Learning Commons (G11) + GUMURRII Centre, Gold Coast campus ($20.54m): The building was finished and handed over in June 2013. All major items are now complete. We are currently working through any minor defects and rectification. We are currently undertaking a refurbishment of what was formally meeting and office space on Level 2 of the west part of the Library (G10). We are opening up 2 rooms for student collaboration use, they have been re-carpeted, repainted and were made available from 12 July 2013. The University is currently investigating the installation of a large LED screen in the shard area. The Official Opening for the Learning Commons is scheduled for Friday 2 August 2013 by the State Education Minister.

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New Business Building (G42) Gold Coast campus ($35m): This project is progressing well. All major trade packages have now been let. The contractor has finished all floors up to level four of the seven storey building and is currently pouring the fifth floor. The contractor is currently on track and is hoping to progress at a reasonable rate through July. The rough-in of services will commence this month from the lower levels moving up through the building. There are another 3 floors to pour. The traditional roof wetting will probably be held in late August or September. Project completion is still forecast for May 2014 but we will endeavor to complete earlier. Replace Roof (M10), Mount Gravatt campus ($6.5m): Tenders for this project have been received from 5 building companies. Planning, Design & Construction is currently reviewing the tenders. Completion of Law (G36) Building, Gold Coast campus ($0.74m): Tenders closed on 11 July 2013. Upgrade of the PC3 Laboratories (G26), Gold Coast campus ($0.85m): The design has been completed as per the initial brief. Expansion of Existing Chiller Plant & Substation (G21), Gold Coast campus ($1.5M): The G21 Chiller house extension and new substation building are now at Practical Completion.

REVITALISATION OF NATHAN & MT GRAVATT CAMPUSES Johnson Path Upgrade Stage 2, Pedestrian Tunnel to Central Theatres incl. The Circuit ($12.655m): The Johnson Path Project is nearing completion. There are three remaining items still to be completed. A drain to S09 substation will be installed. A sewer line built in 1972 under an existing building has caused a delay due to the uncertainty of structural bridging work that may be required prior to the new drain work commencing. Gutters are to be installed on the roof of the Arrival Plaza to eliminate the water sheeting from the large roof area during rain events. A Fire Pump will be installed in a new building in the Pump House (N04). The construction of the new system commenced on 8 July and is expected to be completed in 6 weeks. The high voltage work has now been completed.

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Extend East Car Park, Nathan campus ($1.3m): The new car park is now complete. Further remedial work is underway to the existing carpark to sustain and support the bitumen from water penetration. The edge of the driveway including a vegetation barrier and wall have been removed, a drain has been installed and connected to the existing storm water system.

Information Services 2013 CRICOS No. 00233E

Attachment 3 Information Services

INS Report to Council 5 August 2013

Extended Library Hours The library began extending opening hours in the lead up to exams in semester 1 2012 and has continued to offer extended hours during semester 2 2012 and semester 1 2013. The graph below shows the average head counts taken by student rovers during the extended hours.

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Semester 2, 2013 Student Enrolment This enrolment process was the first major enrolment round using the new enrolment process. The process includes allowing one week of enrolment ‘planning’ prior to the week of ‘open enrolment’ or enrolment ‘submission’.

All students were able to perform enrolment planning at the same time regardless of their course or campus. This was available from Monday 27 May. Statistics showed that more than 50% of students had planned their enrolment prior to their enrolment day.

The results from the enrolment period indicate that Griffith’s system and process performed in general, six times faster, and that the impact on the remaining areas of the PeopleSoft application was minimal. Now that the system can perform much faster, issues such as classes reaching capacity (class full) will occur much sooner than previously.

The graph below represents the number of students actually enrolled within the first hour of each day. As is expected in a competitive enrolment process, the majority of requests are made within the first hour and below is a detailed breakdown of that time period for each day. Day 2 showed heavy system load in the first 15 minutes, and so the trend for day 2 was lower than on other days.

Student Enrolments for the First Hour : Semester 2, 2013

The graph below illustrates how much more quickly a student can enrol using the newly architected enrolment application this year, as opposed to the same semester last year. Note that the majority of enrolments are processed within the first 5 minutes this year. Last year it took the system more than an hour to reach the same peaks.

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Report on International Delegations Delegations The International Relations Unit coordinated 24 international delegation visits to Griffith University from 13 April 2013 - 2 July 2013. The highlights are as follows: Brazil Universidade Federal de Vicosa (UFV) A delegation from Universidade Federal de Vicosa (UFV) visited the Gold Coast campus on 19 April 2013 during which Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President, hosted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony. UFV is ranked as one of the top ten universities in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Education. Excellent synergies were identified for research and academic collaborations with the Eskitis Institute, School of Bimolecular and Physical Sciences, School of Environment and the Queensland Center for Micro-Technology (QCMT). Future possibilities also include student mobility with the Brazilian Science Without Borders scholarship program; as well as short term mobility for a 3 week program delivered at UFV for Griffith students studying in areas such as conservation, genetics, wild animal management and mining impacts. China Fudan University A delegation from Fudan University visited the Nathan campus on 19 April 2013. Discussions focussed on progressing further collaborations between the Fudan medical campus and Griffith Health in joint research including joint publications; as well as potential academic collaborations between Fudan School of Public Health and Griffith's Centre for Environment and Population Health, since the recent MOU signing by Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President, in Shanghai in March 2013. The Vice Chancellor plans to visit Fudan University later this year. Yunnan Normal University (YNU) A delegation led by Vice President Professor Liu Zongli from Yunnan Normal University (YNU) visited the Nathan campus on 30 May 2013 to sign a generic MOU with Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President, which will enable broad collaboration in offering articulation programs, joint research, and staff and student exchange. Joint programs discussed include bachelor degree programs in Sports Management, Tourism and Hospitality, and later Event Management and Marketing. Kunming Medical University A delegation led by Vice President Professor Li Song visited the Gold Coast campus from 6-8 May 2013 to discuss opportunities for collaborations between Kunming Medical University and Griffith’s School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Good opportunities for research collaboration were identified in the area of physiotherapy, cancer research and the SEET group. Pakistan Austrade and Defence Attaché Pakistan Brigadier Zahoor Ahmed, the Defence Advisor to the Pakistan High Commission in Canberra, visited the Nathan campus on 24 June 2013 to discuss the need for executive training in Pakistani government departments’ post-elections, and ways to collaborate with Pakistani universities including the National Defence University. In addition, the Regional Business Development Manager for Austrade, Mr Tahir Mahmood, also visited Griffith University to share the latest updates from Pakistan. He highlighted the current security situation in Pakistan, some of the work that Austrade is doing with local institutes and organisations and where the opportunities lie for Australian universities. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in Canberra, Saudi Arabia The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) based in the ACT, Australia, visited the Gold Coast campus on 17 April 2013 and met with the Pro Vice Chancellor (International), Chris Madden, as well as Griffith International staff. The purpose of their visit was to meet with Saudi students currently studying at Griffith and to introduce the newly appointed Director for Queensland and newly appointed Academic Advisor to both Griffith staff and Saudi students. The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission

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(SACM), also known as the Cultural Mission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, is the spearhead organisation sent by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education formed to manage and streamline the King Abdullah Scholarship Program and other scholarship programs issued from the Kingdom's various ministries, universities and organisations. United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Police, UAE Embassy in Canberra Professor Paul Mazerolle, PVC (Arts, Education & Law) hosted a visit by His Excellency Majed AL Amery, Major, Abu Dhabi Police Attaché on 3 June 2013. The delegation visited to discuss academic progress for their students as well as further opportunities in the following academic disciplines: policing, criminology, forensic science, social studies and law. Griffith University has been collaborating with the Abu Dhabi Police for many years and Griffith is one of three 3 Australian Universities selected by them to send their Abu Dhabi Police students. Every year, ADP sends a group of their students - all middle ranking officers - to Griffith for ELICOS, Bachelors and Masters Degrees and to undertake the Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Indonesia Sekolah Tinggi Limu Farmasi (STIFAR) Professor Ian O’Connor signed an MOU with STIFAR during a delegation visit led by Ms Vera Marina, Vice Executive Director STIFAR on 3 May 2013. Professor Tony Perkins, Dean Academic, Griffith Health Executive, Professor Andrew Davey, Head, School of Pharmacy and Griffith Health representatives met with the delegation and discussed collaborations in Pharmaceutical sciences, Natural Remedies, Herbal Medicine, joint supervision of PhD students, on-line pharmacology teaching, student exchange – clinical placements and potential links with Industry.

Other partner and non-partner institutions that visited during this period included:

• Arnhem Business School, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands (15/04/13) • Shaanxi Education Delegation, China (17/04/13) • ITESM Guadalajara, Mexico (19/04/13) • Beijing Union University, China (24/04/13) • THM University of Applied Sciences, Germany (26/04/13) • Jakarta Film School, Indonesia (29/04/13) • Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China (1/05/13) • ACCA21, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2/05/2013) • Regulatory Impact Assessment Study Tour, Philippines (2/05/13) • Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan (12/06/13) • Latino Australia Education, Latin America (15/05/13) • Beijing Union University, China (24/05/13) • Austrade and Defence Attaché Pakistan, Pakistan (24/06/13) • Hokkaido University of Education, Japan (1/07/13) • Guilin University of Technology, China (1/07/13) • Central China Normal University, China (8/07/13) • Central Java Provincial Education Department (10/07/13)

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Communications and Media Report, July 2013

1.0 Overview

The communications and media activity for Griffith University this period has been dominated by the opening of the new Griffith Health Centre and the global coverage of Professor Michael Good’s announcement that his malaria vaccine work will proceed to human trials. (Attachment 5a) The estimated domestic audience for Professor Good was more than 3.6 million people. (See section 2.1 of this Report)

The Health Centre opened by the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, AC, on 19 July appropriately attracted significant media (Attachment 5b), including a three-hour on-site Outdoor Broadcast from ABC Gold Coast the morning of the opening. University leaders, researchers and students were interviewed on air from the Health Centre, with the entire program devoted to the University. The Gold Coast Bulletin featured a two-part advertorial as well as a further page of news coverage. Channel 9 and NBN television networks also featured the event. (See separate Appendix)

Also worth noting for its controversy is the issue surrounding a proposed visit to the Nathan campus by Northern Territory MP Bess Price. Her visit was declined by the acting manager of the GUMURRII Unit and this created media interest, including national coverage on the News Limited website network, front page of The Australian, in The Courier-Mail and on ABC Radio. It also was the subject of The Australian’s weekend editorial comment. This was a regrettable incident and the University has apologised to Ms Price. Ms Price subsequently accepted our apology and has indicated that she would like to visit Griffith in the future.

Overall, Griffith’s media footprint continues to grow with 6822 recorded hits in domestic news media for the June quarter. This is up on the previous quarter’s volume (6369) and also up on the same quarter last year (5118). Incidentally, this latest tally is up to June 30 and excludes Professor Good’s coverage as it occurred in the first week of July along with the opening of the Griffith Health Centre on July 19. Key media outlets for Griffith remain The Courier-Mail, the Gold Coast Bulletin and The Australian in press; ABC and Channel 9 in television news and 612ABC Mornings with Steve Austin on radio. Our web video continues to grow in prominence and video viewings almost doubled during the period to 160,000; with one video created around IT students winning an iAward for their smartphone car technology going viral and recording more than 46,000 views. The Conversation academic opinion website also gathers momentum with Griffith content now viewed more than 660,000 times. The Conversation launched its new political fact checking section with a Griffith article, attracting 18,000 readers.

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Source: iSentia, Media Monitoring, April-June 2013

2.0 Key media highlights

Professor Good’s coverage is dealt with separately but other key media highlights are: • Associate Professor Michele Burford (ARI) received extensive, nationwide coverage for

expert opinion on moves to open up of the Queensland Gulf to irrigation. (Attachment 5c) • Professor Ian Hamilton-Craig received national television coverage through the ABC for his

work on hereditary cholesterol with the Barossa Valley community. The Communications Unit was able to accompany Professor Hamilton-Crag on a visit to the Barossa and obtained extensive footage and interviews used by the ABC and on our own video channels (Attachment 5d)

• Professor Jason Sharman featured in a front page article on tax havens in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. (Attachment 5e)

• There was also excellent coverage involving Griffith Business School commentators around the announcement and analysis of the 2013 federal budget.

• Griffith Asia Institute Director Professor Andrew O’Neill appeared across multiple channels, including ABC Insight, on regional security and North Korea issues.

• Griffith’s expertise in the G20 sphere was again to the fore. ABC 612 (Mornings with Steve Austin) did follow-up interviews with three students on their return from the Y20 Summit in Russia, while Dr Wesley Widmaier was interviewed on ABC 612 (Drive with Tim Cox) about G20 coming to Brisbane.

• In the fiery debate that followed the first match in the State of Origin series, during which NSW’s Paul Gallen unleashed a barrage of punches against Queensland’s Nate Myles, visiting academic and sport law expert, Professor Jack Anderson – in Brisbane for a CEPS-organised forum on crime and corruption in sport – was widely interviewed.

• The launch of Modern Greek online language courses via a tertiary alliance between Griffith University and Flinders University in South Australia received substantial coverage, especially in the Greek media http://au.greekreporter.com/2013/06/06/modern-greek-online-by-australian-university/ (Attachment 5f)

• Griffith Sports College general manager Duncan Free was featured on the front cover of World Rowing with a good mention of his new role with the University. (Attachment 5g)

Coverage by media type

Radio (2758)

Internet (2176)

Press (1033)

TV (855)

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2.1 Media report for Professor Michael Good, Laboratory for Vaccines for the Developing World, Institute for Glycomics

Press : AFP Newswire (global), Daily Telegraph (Sydney – p 16), Herald Sun (Melbourne p 18), Adelaide Advertiser (p 16), Sunshine Coast Daily (p 15), Daily Mercury (Mackay p 16), Gladstone Observer (p 13),Northern Territory News (p 4), Burnie Advocate (p 16), Warrnambool Standard (p 13), Bendigo Advertiser (p 19)

Television: ABC1 television news (Perth) broadcast a story on Professor Good’s research with part of an interview already broadcast by ABC 1’s The Midday Program. Channel Ten News interviewed both Professor Good and Dr Jennifer Reiman on the malaria research. This was broadcast in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin. It was also relayed by the following television stations, Ten Bundaberg, Ten Cairns, Ten Mackay, Ten Rockhampton, Ten Sunshine Coast, Ten Toowoomba, Ten Townsville, Ten Shepparton , Ten Albury, Ten Ballarat, Ten Bendigo, Ten Victoria Gippsland, Ten Victoria Swan Hill, Ten Victora Warrnambool and through the Southern Cross network to Tasmanian Digital Television. This research was also mentioned on The Project (Network Ten national).

Radio: Professor Good had an extended interview with Pat Hession ABC radio Townsvile. This was broadcast by ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Far North Qld (Cairns), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC Southern Qld (Toowoomba), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Western Qld (Longreach), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg).

Professor Good also did an extended radio interview with Tim Cox on 612 ABC (Brisbane) and 4BC (Brisbane). Dr Reiman was interviewed for SBS ethnic radio (national) and 6PR (Perth). The 6 PR broadcast was relayed to 6AM (Northam), 6KA ( Karratha), 6KG (Kalgoorlie), 6MD ( Merredin), 6MM (Mandurah),6NA (Narrogin), 6NW (Port Hedland), 6SE (Esperance), 6WB (Katanning), Radio 6LN (Carnarvon), RadioWest (Albany), and RadioWest (Bunbury).

Online Australia: The Australian ; News.com ; The West Australian ; Courier Mail ; SBS online; World News Australia ; ABC online ; ABC Queensland ; ABC radio Australia ; 2nd ABC Australia online report Bigpond News ; The Sydney News.net ; SkyNews.com ; Central Queensland News ; Toowoomba Chronicle july vc report draft.docx; Fraser Coast Chronicle ; Whitsunday Times ; Gatton Star ; My Daily News ; Gympie Times ; Daily Mercury News ; Warwick Daily News ; Gladstone Observer ; Queensland Times ; Morning Bulletin(Rockhampton) ; News Mail (Bundaberg) ; Central Telegraph (Biolela) july vc report draft.docxThe Satellite (Ipswich)

Online International: China Daily ; News xinhuanet ; News Track India; Times of India ; Hindustantimes ; New Kerala.com ; Sri Lanka Daily News ; Menafn ( Middle East and North Africa) ; Truth Dive (Washington) ; Yahoo UK and Ireland ; nznewsYahoo StraitsTimes ; News Strait Times Rappler Beta and biocompare ; iAfrica.com ; Club of Mozambiaque.com ; Japan Today (online) TheStar.com

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Source: iSentia, Media Monitoring

3.0 Social media

• Facebook main account: 26,075 Likes (up from 24,620 last report) • Twitter main account: 6290 Followers (up from 5400) • Twitter media account: 603 Followers (up from 514) • Youtube Griffith channel: 79 News videos (up from 59); 160,000 video views (up from

83,300); 556 subscribers (up from 392)

Facebook readership data showing the continued rise of engagement on the main Griffith University account

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The Conversation data showing Griffith content readership, key authors and most-read articles

4. Highlights by Strategy Area:

4.1 INFLUENCE DEMONSTRATED – activity placing Griffith in high focus

• National superannuation debate - Professor Michael Drew continued to gain coverage through his expert knowledge of superannuation and the risks involved, featuring in Sunday Mail, News.com, Adelaide Now, Sunday Territorian, SundayTasmanian, Australian Banking and Finance.

• Federal Budget commentary - Professor Tony Makin featured as a respected commentator on ABC 612, ABC Gold Coast, Hot Tomato FM, ABC North Queensland, ABC Capricornia, ABC Sunshine Coast in the lead up to and in the aftermath of the 2013 federal budget. CourierMail.com.au ; Herald Sun ; Daily Telegraph blog by Andrew Bolt on Wayne Swann mentions economists, Tony Makin and Ross Guest.

• Federal Politics - In a fraught time for Australian politics, senior politics lecturer Dr Paul Williams was a frequent media presence for Griffith. This was especially so through his regular column in the Courier-Mail, but also on radio, in print and online on matters including the Queensland Budget and the federal leadership spill that saw Kevin Rudd replace Julia Gillard as Prime Minister.

• Gold Coast City commentary - Creative writing lecturer Dr Sally Breen received double-page newspaper spreads in the Gold Coast Bulletin and The Courier-Mail as well as other national coverage for the release of her novel, Atomic City, as well as good radio coverage. Dr Breen will also be appearing at various literary festivals. (Attachment 5h)

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• University Profile - Gold Coast Bulletin (p3) talks about the impact on Griffith and other universities as a result of Federal Budget cuts to tertiary funding. Gold Coast Bulletin and goldcoast.com.au also profiled the economic impact the University campus has on the city, to the tune of $585 million a year. (Attachment 5i)

• Islamic debate - Sydney Morning Herald (p22) carries a column from Griffith Islamic Research Unit founder, Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla, on how critical opinion of Islam ignores fundamental truths about the religion. This is in response to the murder of a soldier in London. Also, smh.com.au runs an opinion piece by Associate Professor Abdalla saying killing innocent people has no place in Islam. This story also ran at theage.com.au, brisbanetimes.com.au, watoday.com.au, canberratimes.com.au.

4.2 RESEARCH SUCCESS – coverage highlighting Griffith’s national and international credentials

• Marine Science - Courier-Mail (p18) reports that a study by Griffith University’s scientist Jonathan Werry and his team shows bull sharks present in river mouths including Noosa, Maroochy, Coomera and Nerang. Also reported on 4BC radio, 92.7MIXFM (radio) and SEAFM Sunshine Coast.

• Climate Change - Phys.org (online) reports Professor Brendan Mackey of Griffith University Climate Change Response Program is the lead author of an international study "Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy" which has been published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change. This was also reported in; Eureka alert (online) ,Science Daily (online) ,eScience news (online) and the TG Daily (online)

• Whistleblower legislation - story on incentives for whistleblowers includes comment by Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy included in Canberra Times (p2 and online, WA Today (online), The Age (online), Brisbane Times (online), Sydney Morning Herald (online).

• Urban Planning - 612 ABC radio interviewed Dr Matthew Burke about how good urban planning helped to save Fortitude Valley’s live music scene. Also mentioned on 4BC in the news headlines overview, Brisbane Times (online) , Canberra Times (online) Melbourne Age (online) Sydney Morning Herald (online)

• ABC radio 12.30 news (Wollongong) Professor Darryl Low Choy was quoted in a report on how Lake Conjola residents will be the focus of a major research project into how communities cope in the wake of a natural disaster. Also reported on ABC radio (Wollongong) 17.30 news.

• Australian Rivers Institute - Rural Weekly p 5 (North Queensland) reports that Dr Andrew Brooks (ARI) is advising Reef Catchment and Pioneer Catchment and local Landcare groups on a project to prevent erosion of the Owen River.

• Centre for Quantum Dynamics - Phys.org (online) reports researchers at Griffith University have demonstrated that, contrary to what the Heisenberg uncertainty relation may suggest, particle properties such as position and momentum can be measured simultaneously with high precision. But it comes at a cost. Also reported on EurekaAlert (online), eScience news (online), and Science World Report (online)

• Reuters (online) reports that Griffith’s Micro and Nanotechnology Centre announced epitaxial growth of 3C silicon carbide (SiC) films on 300mm silicon wafers. Also Digital

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Journal (online) News Blaze (online) StreetInsider ; Yahoo Finance (online) TheSacramentoBee (online), Azonnano (online) . and 9KTRE (online)

• Courier Mail (p 15) Professor Alan Mackay-Sim (Eskitis Institute) is quoted in a story about a funding boost for his research into spinal cord injuries.

• Australasian Science (p12) reported Eskitis has developed an anti-malaria drug ELQ-300 which has successfully cleared the malaria parasite from the blood and the liver of mice.

• Popular Science, (p18) Prof David Thiel and Madhusudan Neeli have developed a new circuit board system called circuits in plastic (CIP). Sustainability Matters (online) reported that this has won a Global Innovation Award and will now feature at the Innovation Showcase in Washington, DC. Also reported in Electronics Online and Eureka Alert (online)

• couriermail.com.au and perthnow.com.au carry the article on Griffith University PhD student David Romyn’s research into the decision-making behind acts of terrorism.

• Professor Wendy Moyle (School of Nursing and Midwifery/Centre for Health Practice Innovation) received ongoing media coverage for her research into the use of the Paro seal for people with dementia.

• Professor Ian Hamilton-Craig (School of Medicine/Griffith Health Institute) received extensive coverage for his study into genetic high cholesterol which focuses on the Barossa Valley.

o ABC1 Brisbane TV 730 program and ABC1 Adelaide 730 program and online and Prime Yahoo and ABC Online

o ABC 612 Radio and ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts, ABC Drive program, ABC Wide Bay Bundaberg, http://www.lca.org.au/research-study-checks-our-bloodlines.html and Bunyip, http://www.thesenior.com.au/Health/Health-News/High-cholesterol-gene and http://www.getliving.com.au/index.php/features/34-general/3158-family-history-focus-isolates-killer-cholesterol-gene- and http://www.getresearch.com.au/index.php/research/health/item/1821-family-history-focus-isolates-killer-cholesterol-gene

• PhD candidate Matt Schubert (Centre for Health Practice Innovation) received extensive coverage for his research into the effects of coffee on appetite. 2UE Sydney, ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts Radio, 6PR Perth, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Herald Sun, Geelong Advertiser, West Australian, River FM Ipswich, 4BC Brisbane, 4KZ Innisfail, http://www.6pr.com.au/blogs/6pr-perth-blog/coffee-benefits/20130625-2ou8e.html and http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/215434687/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 and http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262481.php and http://health.msn.co.nz/healthnews/8679348/your-latte-could-keep-you-lean-research and Midstate Observer and http://www.allvoices.com/news/14875379-coffee-can-help-you-loose-weight-study

• Courier Mail and 4BC and Perth Now and News.com.au Professor Jiri Neuzil (School of Medical Science) is interviewed about his asbestos drug trial amid concerns about the NBN.

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4.3 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – coverage related to Griffith’s interaction with local communities

• Griffith’s participation in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon was covered in the Gold Coast Bulletin, goldcoast.com.au, High Wired in The Australian and on Hot Tomato and ABC radio in the lead up to more than 500 staff, students and family taking to the streets of the Gold Coast for the annual event. The Cambodia times even covered Griffith’s participation in the event. (Attachment 5j)

• Sunshine Coast Daily (p 7) Professor Ian Lowe will travel to the UK as a member of the first Over-70s Australian representative cricket side.

• Southern Free Times (p38) story on Football Queensland board mentions appointment of Professor James Skinner.

• Cloud Call Centre (online) story on MBA student Stephanie Oates fundraiser for children who are long-term patients in hospitals.

• Northern Star (p14 and online) story on Griffith Business School Business Confidence Poll in Northern Rivers area includes comment by Professor Michael Powell, Pro Vice Chancellor (Business).

• Gold Coast Bulletin (p44) story on work contracts for Commonwealth Games includes comment by Professor Michael Powell, Pro Vice Chancellor (Business).

• SKY News interview with Bill Shorten on new $17m research institute at Melbourne University includes mention of Griffith University working with advisory board.

• 4BC ran an extended interview with Associate Professor Peter Pollard about whether the Brisbane River is safe for swimming.

• Gold Coast Bulletin (p 4) Professor Gordon Holden is chairing the judging panel for the Gold Coast cultural precinct design competition.

• NBN TV News (Gold Coast) Mr Jock McIlwain donated $25,000 to Science on the Go. Also reported by NBN online http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2013/05/14/big-donation-for-griffith-uni/

• Gold Coast Bulletin (p30) carries a pictorial spread and story about the Griffith University Josephine Ulrick literature and poetry prizes.

4.4 STUDENT RECRUITMENT – activity highlighting the student experience

• Adelaide Now (online) story on Ben Gommers mentions he studied business and law at Griffith University.

• Southern Star (p18) story on business student Elise Giles who has cofounded Hong Kong chapter of Australia China Youth Association.

• ABC 612 (Mornings with Steve Austin, and online) interviews three Griffith students on their G20 Youth Summit experience in Russia.

• Architecture and Design (online) Gold Coast student Cody Mason has taken out first prize in an international student architectural illustration competition, Architecture in Perspective (AIP 28) Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.

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• Albert & Logan News (p15) Environmental Science student Joanna Horsfall was short-listed in Best Jobs competition. This was also reported in The Melbourne Age (online) WA Today (online) Canberra Times (online)

• ABC radio Far North Queensland reports Griffith students are studying fauna recovery in the area after the recent floods. Also reported in the Courier Mail (p 76)

• Gold Coast Sun (p16) features a story on Griffith Bachelor of Arts/Law student Julian Rosendahl, who attended the OECD forum in Paris in May.

• Albert & Logan News (p20) reports on Griffith University’s role in the Career Keys high school initiative aimed at attracting more Logan students to university.

• Daily News Tweed Heads (p3) features a story on Griffith creative writing graduate Roberto Roja, whose self-published book Filth and Romance has been picked up by a US publisher.

• Gold Coast Sun (p15) runs a story and image of criminology student Jessica Law, who is heading to the University of Leeds as part of an international student exchange.

• The launch of Griffith’s MBA for Life and MBA App was covered in Australian Higher Education online column, High Wire.

• South West News (p 14) Jemila Darr is the recipient of a $10,000 Arrow Energy Indigenous Tertiary Scholarship to support her studies in a Bach of Environ Engineering

4.5 ASIA ENGAGEMENT (and other international media and coverage of international issues)

• The Star (online,), Reuters, Canada (online,), Yahoo, Finance (online), 4 traders (online), Reuters, US (online,), Reuters UK (online), Share Net (online,), PH News, Philippines (online,), Yahoo News, UK and Ireland (online), CNBC (online) story on trust company controversy in Singapore includes comment by Professor Jason Sharman, Centre for Governance and Public Policy.

• ABC Radio Australia (online) and Australia Network News segment on legal fairness in Myanmar includes comment by Dr Andrew Selth, Adjunct Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute.

• Asia Business News (online) story on Talon Petroleum Limited changes to board mention appointment of Bruce Cowley, Griffith Business School Advisory Board chair.

• China Connections (online) People Watch section includes Julie-Anne Nichols who has an international business degree from Griffith.

• Vision KL (online) story on limbless Nick Vujicic mentions he has a double degree from Griffith in accountancy and financial planning.

• Kathmandu Post (online) column on saving tourism by Hum Gurung has a PhD in Conservation Tourism from the International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Australia

• Islands Business (online,) story on population ageing in Pacific Islands includes comments by Professor Ross Guest, Griffith Business School.

• Fiji Live (online) story on population ageing in Pacific islands includes comment by Professor Ross Guest, Griffith Business School.

• ABC Radio Australia (online) segment on nuclear weapons in Japan includes comment by Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director, Griffith Asia Institute.

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• SBS (Insight) discussion of North Korea nuclear threat includes comment by Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director Griffith Asia Institute.

• ABC News 24 (Afternoon Live with Scott Beavan) segment on Australia defence strategy includes comment by Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director of Griffith Asia Institute.

• ABC News Radio (Evenings with Tracee Hutchison) interviews Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director Griffith Asia Institute, on cancellation of high level talks between North and South Korea officials.

• Australia Network News (online,) story on cancelled Korean peninsula meeting includes comment by Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director, Griffith Asia Institute.

• The Conversation (online) runs column by Associate Professor Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith Business School, on state of European Union.

• Economist (p53) story on obstacles to tax compliance includes comment by Professor Jason Sharman, Centre for Governance and Public Policy on anti-money-laundering obligations of poor countries.

• ShareNet (online), Reuters (online,), Reuters UK (online), Reuters India (online), CNBC (online), Malaysia Edge (online) story on doing business in Indonesia includes comment by Professor Colin Brown, adjunct professor with Griffith Asia Institute.

• The Strategist (online,) article by Rod Lyon, associate adjunct professor, Griffith Asia Institute, on US nuclear policy in Asia.

• Los Angeles Times latimes.com mentions Griffith University as part of an international research team studying evolutionary psychology and using US President Barack Obama as a reference point. theconversation.com also ran this article, citing Griffith University graduate Aaron Sell’s part in the

5. Other Key Media Listings By Academic group, not previously mentioned:

5.1 BUSINESS

• Professor AJ Brown - Australian Financial Review (p40), Australian (p6), Canberra Times (p10

and online), Bundaberg News Mail (online), Central Telegraph (online), Gatton Star (online), Rockhampton Morning Bulletin (online,), Queensland Times (online,), Coffs Advocate (online,), Fraser Coast Chronicle (online,), Gladstone Observer (online,), Byron Shire News (online,), Warwick Daily News (online,), Gympie Times (online,), Whitsunday Times (online,), Toowoomba Chronicle (online,) stories on whistleblower protection bill with comment by Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy.

Brisbane Times (online,), North West Star (online,) opinion piece by Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, on whistleblower protection bill. Australian (p30) and Radio National (Breakfast with Fran Kelly) piece on whistle blowing legislation include comment by Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy. 5AA, Adelaide (Newstalk with Kate Newman) segment on recognising councils in Australian constitution mentions Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy. The Australian (p2 and online,) story on national whistleblowing legislation includes comment by Professor AJ Brown, Centre for Governance and Public Policy.

• Australian (The Deal, p24) story on business of golf includes comment by Professor Chris Guilding, Griffith Business School.

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• 4BC, Brisbane (The Big Backyard), Crikey (p1), Smart Company (p1 and online,) feature Anna Mortimore, Griffith Business School researcher, in analysis of Ford closure fallout.

• ABC 612 (Drive with Tim Cox) previews Tony Abbott’s budget reply with Professor Tony Makin, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.

• ABC Gold Coast (Mornings with Nicole Dyer) weekly spin doctors segment includes contribution by Dr Olav Muurlink, Griffith Business School.

• ABC Gold Coast (Drive with Scott Lamond) interviews Dr Alexandra Coghlan, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management) on volunteer tourism.

• ABC North Queensland (Drive with Pat Hession) interviews Associate Professor Anne Tiernan, School of Government and International Relations, on Labor leadership ballot.

• The Conversation (online) and North West Start (online) article by Dr Tom Conley on Australia’s economic prospects post resources boom.

• Canberra Times (p8), Brisbane Times (online), The Age (online), Sydney Morning Herald (online) column on workplace relations includes comment by Professor David Peetz.

5.2 SEET

• ABC News 24 (national) – Professor Brendan Mackey was interviewed about threats to food security in the Pacific Island countries where fish stocks are diminishing in more acidic waters. This item was replayed three times during rolling broadcasts across the day.

• 612 ABC radio (Brisbane) Professor Paul Burton was reported in an interview about urban food security. Broadcast on relay to ABC Far North (Cairns) North Queensland (Townsville) North West Queensland ( Mt Isa) Tropical North ( Mackay) Western Queensland (Longreach) and Wide Bay ( Bundaberg). Professor Burton’s interview was re-broadcast on 612 ABC (Brisbane on the Phil Smith program on Saturday morning.

• Courier Mail (p 23) Professor Carla Catterall was quoted about the effectiveness of trying to scare flying foxes away from roosts. This was also reported online in the Courier Mail, Perth Now (online) and the Herald Sun (online)

• Science ABC 612 (Brisbane) Dr Matthew Burke interviewed for 8 mins about the proposed Cross River Rail project. A recording of this interview can be found online.

• ABC Radio National Professor Stuart Bunn was interviewed about future population pressures on fresh water. And it also appeared in ABC online

• ABC 24 television news (national) Dr Darrell Strauss was interviewed about erosion on Gold Coast beaches.

• The Guardian UK (online) Assoc. Professor Darryl Jones was quoted in an article about koalas being under threat. Also reported by Inter Press Service News Agency (online) and Environmental Guru US (online) BusinessMirror (online)

• Professor Ian Lowe - ABC1 TV (Sydney) broadcast the 60 minute National Press Club address by Professor Ian Lowe during which he called on political leaders to introduce larger taxes on polluting industries. This was also broadcast on all ABC regional and national channels. ABC News 24 also ran a 26 minute cut down which was relayed nationally. Australasian Science (p 49) Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe writes how the expansion of coal seam gas operations could eventually produce as much greenhouse gas as all the cars on the road in Australia.

• Gold Coast Bulletin (p 9) reports that jobs will be lost and valuable research left unfinished after the Federal Government moved to shut down the city's NCCARF.

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• ABC 612 radio ran an extended interview with Professor Tony Hall about the implications of suburban backyards getting smaller. Professor Hall was also interviewed for ABC radio (North Queensland).

• The Conversation (online) Professor Howard Wiseman was quoted in an article in which it was claimed Australian researchers developed a new technique for reading the quantum spin of an atom and thereby paving the way for immensely powerful computers. Professor Wiseman said the new finding was very significant. Republished in ScienceAlert (online) Techworld (online) Computerworld (online) Electronics News Australia (online) Gympie Times (online) Fraser Coast Chronicle, The Coffs Coast Advocate, The Daily Mercury (Mackay), Northern Star (Lismore), Warwick Daily News, The Gladstone Observer, The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), The Central Queensland News (Emerald), Gatton Star, Whitsunday Times, The Chronicle (online), Byron Shire News (online) ,Queensland Times (online).

• Courier Mail (p11) Professor Michael Blumenstien was quoted in an article about the State Government’s decision to place its information and communication techonololgy services in the cloud. Also reported in the Courier Mail (online), Perth Now (online) and News. com (online)

5.3 AEL

• Professor Catherine Beavis received widespread print and online coverage for her article on theconversation.com, discussing acceptance of the graphic novel, The Complete Maus, as an approved text for Year 12s, and the teaching of graphic novels in general.

• Professor Phillip Stenning received national and Pacific regional coverage for his contribution to a story examining the Director of Public Prosecutions and how secrecy within its operation affects public understanding of its decisions.

• Professor Stephen Smallbone received similarly broad coverage when, in the wake of several high profile criminal cases, he said rapists and child sex offenders abused early release programs to gain freedom.

• Gold Coast Bulletin (p2) and Courier Mail (p26) run an article featuring Griffith PhD student David Romyn on research into the decision-making behind acts of terrorism.

• Sydney Morning Herald (p9) carries an article by journalism lecturer Peter McAllister on the upcoming Federal Budget and why a surplus may not be best for Australia.

• Radio Adelaide runs a segment on the Pakistani general election. Ashutosh Misra, from Griffith University’s Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, explains Pakistan’s political situation and the likely progress of the election in the context of ongoing social unrest.

• Albert & Logan News (p21) and Logan West Leader (p13) run a story on Griffith University’s Refugee Students Association and plans to improve attitudes towards multiculturalism.

• ABC North Queensland features Professor Stephen Stockwell (Journalism and Communications) discussing the Federal Budget. He says that how the politics of the budget plays out will be crucial for the next decade in Australia.

• 666 ABC Canberra has Griffith Review editor Julianne Schultz discussing women in power and gender equality.

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• ABC 612 Brisbane interviews Griffith criminology lecturer Dr Myesa Knox Mahoney on the Australian Crime Commission’s drug snapshot of Australia. She says drug arrest rates are not necessarily indicative of increased drug use or sales.

• 612 ABC Brisbane reports on Griffith University’s Master of Autism Studies online degree. • thechronicle.com.au, gattonstar.com.au, ipswichsatellite.com.au carry report on adoption of

Griffith’s Mentors in Violence Prevention Program to educate residents on how best to intervene and defuse

• 612 ABC Brisbane promotes visit by Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Cruises, to give the Griffith Lecture at the Queensland Conservatorium.

• Sydney Morning Herald (News Review section, p1) quotes Professor Phillip Stenning (Criminology and Criminal Justice) on secrecy within the Director of Public Prosecutions and its effect on public understanding of DPP decisions. The story relates to a series of high profile cases that has shaken the confidence in the legal system. Also at smh.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/justice-for-whom-20130621-2oo7r.html Also at stuff.co.nz, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, Timaru Herald, Waikato Times, Nelson Mail, Southland Times, Taranaki Daily News and the Manawatu Standard.

5.4 HEALTH

• The Australian, Channel 9 Gold Coast, ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts 0630, 0730 and 0830 and ABC 612. Professor David Lloyd (Centre for Musculoskeletal Research/ School of Rehabilitation Sciences) is interviewed about his study to reduce injuries in grassroots AFL.

• Professor Wendy Moyle (School of Nursing and Midwifery/Centre for Health Practice Innovation) latest national and international media coverage for her research into the use of the Paro seal for people with dementia.

o http://www.menafn.com/b10237e0-a0a1-4d2b-be4c-ceda47785efd/Robotic-pet-increased-pleasure-of-dementia-patients?src=main and http://personalliberty.com/2013/06/25/too-much-too-little-fish-increases-irregular-heartbeat-risk/ and http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/06/25/Robotic-pet-increased-pleasure-of-dementia-patients/UPI-24901372135959/ and http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/robotics/newsid=31004.php and http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624075748.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news+(ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News) and http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/my-robot-friend-people-find-real-comfort-artificial-companionship-6C10146787 and http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215417845/scat/88f7d0d02bea1b33 and http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/7735/20130625/robotic-harp-seals-improve-quality-life-dementia-sufferers-stu.htm and http://topnews.ae/content/216764-robotic-animals-can-help-dementia-patients-study and http://www.west-info.eu/robotic-companions-can-significantly-improve-dementia-sufferers-existence/ and http://techno.okezone.com/read/2013/06/25/56/827439/robot-berbentuk-

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binatang-bantu-penyembuhan-pasien and The Kenya Star http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/215417845/scat/e974f944f2e7496e and http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/6474537/robotic-pet-increased-pleasure-of-dementia-patients and http://www.menafn.com/b10237e0-a0a1-4d2b-be4c-ceda47785efd/Robotic-pet-increased-pleasure-of-dementia-patients?src=main and http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/my-robot-friend-people-find-real-comfort-artificial-companionship-6C10146787 and The Conversation http://theconversation.com/robo-pets-make-great-companions-for-dementia-patients-15512 and http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/27/paro_seal_robots_provide_company_for_elderly_with_dementia_say_researchers.html?wpisrc=flyouts and http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262487.php and http://www.punemirror.in/article/26/2013062520130626145824371d775ea76/Robo-pets-may-help-dementia-sufferers.html#ftr1

• PhD candidate Matt Schubert (Centre for Health Practice Innovation) received extensive coverage for his research into the effects of coffee on appetite. 2UE Sydney, ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts Radio, 6PR Perth, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Herald Sun . Geelong Advertiser, West Australian, River FM Ipswich, 4BC Brisbane, 4KZ Innisfail, http://www.6pr.com.au/blogs/6pr-perth-blog/coffee-benefits/20130625-2ou8e.html and http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/215434687/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 and http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262481.php and http://health.msn.co.nz/healthnews/8679348/your-latte-could-keep-you-lean-research and Midstate Observer and http://www.allvoices.com/news/14875379-coffee-can-help-you-loose-weight-study

• Courier Mail and 4BC and http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/drug-trial-on-humans-next-step-in-fighting-asbestos-related-tumours/story-fnii5v6y-1226657342984 and http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/drug-trial-on-humans-next-step-in-fighting-asbestos-related-tumours/story-fneuzlbd-1226657342984 Professor Jiri Neuzil (School of Medical Science) is interviewed about his asbestos drug trial amid concerns about the NBN.

• The Australian, Channel 9 Gold Coast, ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts 0630, 0730 and 0830 and ABC 612. Professor David Lloyd (Centre for Musculoskeletal Research/ School of Rehabilitation Sciences) is interviewed about his study to reduce injuries in grassroots AFL.

• South Burnett Times, Kingaroy. A group of students are helping to combat the poor dental health at Cherbourg. Clinic facilitator Ryan Goh, who is a final year dental student is interviewed.

• Medical Journal of Australia (p478) Professor Diego De Leo (Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention) is highlighted as a contributor to a report on what the ABS suicide figures are really telling us.

• The Gatton Star (online), The Chronicle (online) and The Satellite (online) runs a story on a Griffith University third-year Bachelor of Medicine student who has been training at Warwick Hospital since the start of the year as part of the Toowoomba-based Queensland Rural Medical Longlook Program.

• Nursing Careers Allied Health (online), Dr Brigid Gillespie is interviewed regarding her research into nursing resilience )(School of Nursing and Midwifery/Griffith Health Institute).

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• Jimboomba Times (p2) Beaudesert Hospital welcomed a leader in birthing services back when Adjunct Associate Professor Hazel Brittain (School of Nursing and Midwifery) took up her post as nursing and facility director.

• NBN Central Coast TV, NBN Gold Coast, Channel 9 Gold Coast. Dentistry students are performing at Griffith University at the Voices in Paradise Festival. Dr Stephen Griffin (School of Dentistry and Oral Health) is interviewed.

• AAP Newswire and Illawara Mercury (p13) report that Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik (School of Medical Science and Griffith Health Institute) believes they are on track to find scientific signals for chronic fatigue syndrome, which at present is diagnosed through a process of elimination. Also featured at Sky News (online), Big Pond News (online) and heraldsun.com.au , dailytelegraph.com.au, news.com.au , theaustralian.com.au, perthnow.com.au ,adelaidenow.com.au, couriermail.com.au and tvnz.co.nz

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Uni centreset to openOLD

INDIGENOUS medicalstudents will be among thoseto benefit when the new $150million Griffith Health Centreopens on Friday.

The centre, at GriffithUniversity on Queensland's

Gold Coast, will offer state-of-the-artteaching and medical facilities.

It's been welcomed by former GriffithIndigenous medical student Samarra Toby,who is now a GP on the Sunshine Coast.

Dr Toby was among the first group ofmedical students to graduate from Griffith'smedical course in 2008.

The 32-year-old mother-of-one saysshe's loving her job as a GP for theMoreton Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Community Health Service, a partof the Aboriginal community-controlledhealth sector and the Institute for UrbanIndigenous Health.

And she's also pleased to see thegrowth of facilities at her old university,

Farmer GriffithL1nIsetsaly Indigenous

medical studentSamarra Toby.

saying it was Griffith's Indigenous healthprogram that attracted her.

"I had already gained a Bachelor ofScience degree straight from school andhad then gone down to Canberra to workfor government in Indigenous health policy,"she said.

"I was mixing with a lot of doctors, and acouple of people suggested I would begreat working in medicine, so I applied.

"I compared Griffith with otherQueensland universities, but I was reallyattracted to the freshness of a newlylaunched program that started with only80 students.

"Because the cohort was so smallcompared to other unis, I think we reallybenefitted from one-on-one time withour lecturers and they also valued thefeedback we gave them as it was such anew program.

"I made some fantastic friends atGriffith and I have very fond memories ofmy study there."

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New dental clinic filling fastBy JONATHON HOWARD

WARWICK families are rushing totake advantage of the new GriffithUniversity Warwick Dental Clinicwhich is offering free teeth cleaningand examinations until 26 July.

The 11 student operated dentalpractice is located next door to theWarwick Hospital and patients re-ceive treatment under the supervi-sion of a fully-qualified dentist.

The clinic offers the full rangeof services for the local community,from check-ups and X-rays to rootcanal work for both adults and chil-dren.

"We are very proud of the newclinic which also provides excel-lent training placements for our fifth

year student dentists," clinic man-ager Yvonne Duncombe said.

"Having clinical training in ru-ral communities shows students thefantastic opportunities outside ofthe metropolitan areas of Australia,where they can engage with the lo-cal people and receive some greatdentistry experience," she said.

"Students who experience ruralplacements may return to the ruralsetting after graduating if they havea positive experience."

Developed by Griffith Univer-sity as part of the rural, remote andindigenous oral health agreementwith the Federal Government, theGriffith University Warwick DentalClinic is expected to be officiallyopened within the next few weeks.

From left, Griffith Dental student George El-Roueihib, patientKhaine Weeks and Griffith Dental student Shilani Piyasena.Background from left: Helen Ramov and Dinuka Perera.,

The latest opening comes aspart of a suite of new initiatives un-der Griffith University's three year'New Griffith 2013-2016 program,which signifies an intense period ofchange and innovation.

Next week, the new $150 millionGriffith Health Centre will officiallyopen its doors to the community onGriffith's Gold Coast campus.

Planned to operate alongside thenew Gold Coast University Hospi-tal, the Centre will focus on ChronicDisease Management and SportsHealth.

To enquire about the dental clin-ic's special offers or to make an ap-pointment phone (07) 4667 1312.

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Anatomy at heartof new uni centreSTEPHANIE [email protected]/GCBedo

GERMAN-trained technicians willwork out of a special laboratory inGriffith University's new $150 mil-lion health centre, preservinghuman corpses for display.

The centre, which is to beofficially opened today byGovernor-General Quentin Bryce,is alongside the new Gold CoastUniversity Hospital and willfocus on chronic disease manage-ment and sports health.

On the 10th floor will be Queens-land's only plastination laboratoryfor the preservation and exhibitionof anatomy samples.

Using a special process known asplastination, in which a body's waterand face are removed and replacedwith special plastics, the laboratorystaff will prepare the corpses

and body parts for training newdoctors and nurses.

Until now, the Griffith anatomyfacility has been off campus nearSouthport hospital but it now takespride of place at the new centre.

There is more student space, withthree labs able to cater for up to 300students at a time, as well as10-table surgical skills labs.

There are also dentistry, physio,exercise physiology, psychology anddietetic clinics.

This is expected to expand nextyear to include speech pathology,medicine, nursing and midwifery,pharmacy, social work and occu-pational therapy.

Professor Mark Forwood saidabout 1500 students would use theanatomy facilities each year.

"It's really important, becauseoutside of the functional teachinglabs it's difficult for students to beable to get additional time for studyusing some of our specimens andmodels," he said.

"This gives them time when ourstudents can come in and access thematerial and resources.

"These are probably the biggestanatomy facilities in Australia."

Clinical Services director JennyMcDonald said the university wasexcited about what it had to offer.

"Not only has there been a wholehost of new equipment and techno-logy purchases for the centre, butthere has been a significant logisti-cal operation in moving the con-tents of three previous buildingsover to the new location," she said.

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Volunteers the lifeblood of service deliveryWHEN you pull up to the new GoldCoast University Hospital, a con-cierge will be on hand to help you.

Volunteers have been given a

new job not previously carried outat the old Southport hospital ofhelping visitors when they pull intothe main ring road.

They will give directions and helppatients who have been droppedoff, showing them where to go.

It is just one of the new jobsvolunteers have at the new facility,with way-finding ambassadors and

patient support services offeringpeople help with their entertain-ment system among the tasks.

There are about 200 volunteersacross the Gold Coast Health dis-trict but the new hospital requiresnearly double that.

Volunteers are being inductedand trained, with about 100needed for the open day on Sep-tember 28.

Another new service is havingvolunteers work in the intensivecare unit, as well as the cancer,

maternity and paediatrics sections.Volunteer co-ordinator Dale Tat-

terson said the volunteers playedan important role.

"They're going to be crucial forthis hospital," Ms Tatterson said.

"It's an enormous building andway-finding is going to be critical.

"They play an enormous partthrough the hospital. They are con-sidered part of our workforce."

People have to be over 18 to vol-unteer but otherwise the process isopen to anyone.

Professor Mark Fonvood is excited about the opportunities on otter at Griffith University's new health centre. Photo: GLENN HAMPSON

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University provides vital lessons for life

THIS may seem hard to believe but therewas a time when two of our favouriteacademics from Griffith University,Professor Ian O'Connor and Professor Markvon Itzstein, were simply eager youngstudents anxious to learn.

So, what was their favourite memory ofthose days as an undergraduate?

"What I loved about university was theability to be able to communicate with somany different people who had such diverseinterests and backgrounds," said ProfessorO'Connor.

For Professor von Itzstein it was similar."The comradeship and camaraderie of the

students and lecturers is what I rememberbest. The students were there to learn asmuch as possible and the lecturers to helpus along the way. Great days!"

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Great job on thepecking order

SOMEBODY had to do a lot ofresearch about pecking order for thespeech by Leneen Forde, Chancellorof Griffith University.

As part of her official introductionthe former Queensland governor hadto read out the names and titles ofthree pages of official guests.

Protocol dictates that they beplaced in order of importance startingwith the Governor-General and allthe way down to the lesser civic lights.

Thankfully no one has complainedthey were downgraded and Leneenapologises if she missed someone.

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Elfin' Dolan -Evart, SiohlianFitzpatrick and Chris Davis.

Chelsea Burgess, ProfMark von Itzstetn, SamanthaWilson.

Govemor-General QuentinBryce and Professor IanA'Dnoner.

Ruh Derhidoe and LumenFordo,

Lorraine Murray, PamelaLarson, holm Cameron.

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Griffith's looking healthyIT's not that long ago that we, as a city, were pretty chuffedabout having a TAFE centre.

Baby, look at us now!On Friday the latest step in our evolution as an

educational hub occurred when Governor-GeneralQuentin Bryce officially opened the new $150 millionGriffith University Health Centre.

The statistics for the centre are staggering with2000 students, public health clinics in dentistry,physiotherapy and psychology as well as the GoldCoast University Hospital across the road.

In fact, so big has the Griffith University precinctbecome, with 17,000 students plusfaculty and administration, that weprobably need to rename it Griffithville- as a city within a city.

The Governor-General revealed thather family has a very long associationwith Griffith.

Her husband Michael wasan AdjunctProfessor ofDesign, her eldestson is a graduateand she wasawarded anhonorarydoctorate.

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Government warnedon gulf irrigation plan

QUEENSLAND'S governmentwill need to tread carefully in openingthe gulf country to irrigation farming,experts warn.

The state government announcedon Tuesday that six water licenceshad been granted to farmers on thedry savannah plains around the Gulfof Carpentaria.

Resources Minister Andrew Crippssays licence holders will try to capturemonsoonal rains in the wet season tocreate sustainable irrigated farms onthe Flinders and Gilbert rivers.

If a CSIRO review of water vol-umes allows it, more water licenc-es will be handed out. But expertswarn that the government will needto strike a very delicate balance if itwants sustainable farming.

Associate Professor Michele Bur-ford, from Griffith University's Aus-tralian Rivers Institute, says sustain-ability will depend on the volume of

water taken from rivers and how it istaken out.

"These rivers flow a lot in the wetseason and they don't flow in the dry

season," she told AAP."If you put a dam in so the river can

flow all year round, you fundamental-ly change the system and the speciesthat have adapted to live in it."

Assoc Prof Burford said specieslike barramundi, prawns and crabsrelied on freshwater flows into gulfestuaries. If that balance was upset,commercial fishers could see theircatches decline.

She said the vast flat plains aroundthe gulf flooded during the wet sea-son. sometimes for months.

"I'm no farmer, but I'm not surehow good that would be for high-val-ue crops like cotton," Assoc Prof Bur-ford said.

The University of Queensland's DrChris McGrath warned that an irriga-

don scheme might not be economical-ly viable at all.

The environmental law expertpointed to the Ord River Scheme inWestern Australia as a case in point.

"If irrigation farming is viable andsustainable in the north, why wasn't itdeveloped back in the 1960s or 70s,"Dr McGrath told AAP.

"Whether it's economically viableis a real question. People have tried inthe past and it hasn't worked."

Assoc Prof Burford agreed, sayingit would be hard for irrigation to workin northern Australia.

"It's very difficult to make moneyfrom farming in the middle of no-where," she said.

"One of the problems with the planis it depends on rain.

"The rains didn't come to the gulflast year." -AAP

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Island allure:The tax secretsof big businessWith many of Australia's largest companies owning offshoresubsidiaries in exotic locations, there are fears the structures are beingused to minimise tax, write Georgia Wilkins and Ben Butler.

ery fewAustralians willhave heard of Burde-kin Investments, oneof the thousands oflow-profile post-boxcompanies that makes

its home at Ugland House, a resort-style office building in George Town,the capital of Caribbean tax haventhe Cayman Islands.

It keeps a much lower profile thanits parent, Australia's biggest com-pany, the Commonwealth Bank,whose logo is proudly borne by thegroup's branches on shopping stripsacross the country.

But thanks to tax authorities andgovernments desperate to plugbudget gaps, tax haven companiessuch as Burdekin are getting moreattention. There have already beeninvestigations into the tax p aid bytechnology multinationals in Bri-tain and Australia, and this week theUS followed suit, with the powerfulSenate permanent subcommitteeon investigations inquiring into thetax affairs ofApple.

As the details ofApple's complextax minimisation strategies emerge,questions are being raised about thelegitimacy of Australia's own com-pany ownership structures and theirheavy use of tax havens.

BusinessDay can reveal that allbut one of Australia's top 20 corn-

panics listed on the stock exchangehave subsidiaries in low-tax or tax-free jurisdictions, including HongKong and Singapore.

At least half have subsidiaries intax havens such as Bermuda,Switzerland, Jersey and the BritishVirgin Islands. This includes theCommonwealth Bank's CaymanIslands subsidiary. Telstra, whichsays it paid $1.8 billion in federal,state and lo cal taxes last year, con-trols 20 subsidiaries across fiveremote island nations, includingJersey and Mauritius.

The Uniting Church's Justice andInternational Mission unit is pre-paring to release a report into theownership structures of top 100companies on theASX.

The report, titled Secrecy Jurisdic-tions, theASX 100 and Public Trans-parency, reveals that as ofApril2011, 61 of the top 100 companiesheld subsidiaries in "secrecy juris-dictions" that have been targeted bytax authorities for their lax stand-ards.

While many ofAustralia's largecompanies do legitimate businessin low-tax jurisdictions such asHong Kong and Singapore, whichoften act as an entry point intoChina, financial documents showmany subsidiaries existwith littleevidence of commercial activity.

Dr MarkZirnsak, director of thejustice unit and author of the report,says he is concerned about the rolesecrecy jurisdictions play in theglobal economy and how connectedthey are to Australian business.

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laws, and on tax law co-operation,"he says.

The report comes at a crucial timefor the federal government, which isstruggling to fund essential serviceswithout making cuts.

"If the government has lessrevenue, as we've seen at the latestbudget, then tough decisions needto be made about what money isspent where," Zirnsak says.

"Does money go into health?Does it go to people with disabili-ties? Is there enough money to helppeople with mental health prob-lems? We end up trimming moneythat goes to helping people in devel-oping nations overseas to fund dis-ability services."

CBA says it is looking to close Bur-dekin Investments, which is incor-porated in the Cayman Islands butdeemed a British company for taxpurposes. Westpac has confirmed itheld subsidiaries in Luxembourgand Jersey, in the Channel Islands.

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A Westpac representative says theJersey entity, Mayfair AustraliaInvestments, was closed lastyearand it is preparing to wind down theLuxembourg subsidiary, Codring-ton Sarl, believed to be used to fin-ance the bank's British operations.

According to recent annualreports, Telstra alone controls20 subsidiaries registered in taxhavens - 10 in the British VirginIslands, four in Bermuda, four in Jer-sey, one in Mauritius and one in theCayman Islands.

But the company defends the longlist, with a spokesman saying:"Some of the subsidiaries are oper-ating entities, others are companiesholding investments in other com-panies, some are dormant and someare being liquidated.

"We pride ourselves on operatingto the highest standards of corpor-ate governance and on creating sig-nificant social value, throughemployment, investment and busi-ness activities."

The heavy use of offshore units bybanks, particularly Macquarie Bank,to minimise tax, has led the federalgovernment to clamp down in thebudget on the practice.

This month, as it sought to minim-ise its deficit, it announced measuresto save $4 billion by closing down"loopholes and abuses" in taxlaws,which Assistant Treasurer DavidBradbury says are being abused.

The measures include tighter thin-capitalisation laws, which governhow much debt an offshore parentcompany can load into an Australiansubsidiary; a crackdown on"dividend washing", which allowsinvestors to earn two sets of frankingcredits on the same shares; and anincrease in Tax Office compliancechecks on offshore marketing hubs.

The measures follow the govern-ment's earlier moves to amendtransfer pricing and tax avoidancelaws in legislation now beforeParliament.

Bradburywarns that Australia'scorporate tax base is under threatfrom aggressive tax planning bymultinational companies.

"If we see gaping holes in our laws,then we need to do our best to legis-

late to close them," he says. "Some ofthe measures that we proposed docrack down on loopholes. Some ofthe practices that we're targetingwith measures introduced in thebudget - they are straight out rorts."

The elaborate tax-minimisingstrategies ofApple and Google,which have come under focusbecause of their sheer scale, haveconfounded Western governmentsgrappling with the fallout of theEuropean debt crisis and soaringunemployment.

They have also drawn attention tothe "double Irish-Dutch sandwich",a strategy thatApple, Google andmany other big multinationals useaggressively to bolster profits.

A Treasury paper said last monththere was "serious concern" thatAustralia's tax system was failing inthe digital age, as companies, par-ticularly those dealing with intan-gible products, such as onlineadvertising, took advantage of low-tax jurisdictions.

This week's US Senate inquiryinto Apple's use of tax havensrevealed products sold in Australiawere handled by several offshoresubsidiaries to prop up Apple's off-shore profits.

The revelation was one of manycontained in congressional docu-ments that outlined how Apple used aglobal network of subsidiaries,including in Ireland and Singapore, toavoid paying higher taxes elsewhere.

Documents filed by US congres-sional investigators showAppleproducts manufactured in Chinaare resold to Apple retailers inAus-tralia after an Irish subsidiary, AppleSales International, takes "paper"ownership of the products mid-transit.

The process, which allows Appleto dodge foreign sales tax rules andto concentrate profits from the salesrevenue in the tax havens, has beencome in for scathing attacks fromthe British, European and US gov-ernments.

Jason Sharman, a professor ininternational political economy atGriffith University, warns it is notjust technology companies thatimplement these strategies.

"If you are a bigAustralian mining

firm, based in 15 countries, you maywant to book all the loans and leas-ing agreements out of a low-taxj ur-isdiction," he says.

"Even if you are BHP, it's not as ifmost people employed at the firmare swinging a pit or driving a truck.Most of them are doing intellectual,white-collar work."

Many holding companies used bytheASX top 100 are likely to be usedfor holding intangible things such aspatents, intellectual property, treas-ury operations or financing loans,Sharman says.

"Any physical firm is still going toinvolve a lot of intangibles."

This week's grilling ofApple by USlegislators followed an EU summitin Brussels that called for effectivemeasures against tax avoidance andfraud, listing 10 steps to be in placeby D ecember. The EU estimates taxevasion and avoidance costs itEl trillion ($1.33 trillion) a year.

And the OECD will present a draftaction plan on tax-base erosion andprofit shifting to the G20 financeministers meeting in July.

Bradbury says the issue needs tobe tackled at a domestic, multi-lateral and global level. "I think asgovernments come under pressureto consolidate their finances, toreduce spending and to shore uptheir tax basis, this is an obviousarea of focus because it is clearly anarea where some multinationals arenot paying their fair share of tax."

It's not just a question of the law,Bradbury says. "There's a broaderquestion about the morality of thesepractices. Many companies havesaid 'if you think this is wrong,change the laws and deal with it'."

Corporate TaxAssociation exec-utive director Frank Drenth sayslarge companies will always pursueways in which to boost their profitsthrough favourable tax treaties.

"It is true that different multina-tional groups will go harder thanothers in exploiting tax planningopportunities, because there aredifferences between the tax systemsin different countries."

He warns that compulsory dis-closure of company taxes would res-ult in a witch hunt, and says tax

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subsidiaries in low-taxjurisdictionsare often legitimate.

"Australian companies will usethese locations but they're generallyfor sound business reasons," hesays. "Some companies may decideto clean up their act sooner ratherthan later, but mainly because it'snot a good look."

Bradbury admits that global taxlaws have not kept up with the digit-al age, and are in dire need ofreform. "The basic problem here isthat the rules of international taxa-tion were developed for the indus-trial age," he says. "They are failingabysmally in keeping up with thechanges of the information orknowledge economy.

"If we let these practices go onunchecked, we are allowing somebusinesses to gain an unfair edgeover their competitors. Because ifyou're a small business that's onlylocated in one jurisdiction, youdon't have the capacity to transfer

The rules weredeveloped for the

industrial age.David Bradbury,

Assistant Treasurer

profits and shift profits offshore,and you certainly don't have thecapacity to engage the best legal andtaxation minds in the country tominimise your tax.

"There's also the question that ifsome of the most profitable multi-national companies are not payingtheir fair share, that is going to meanthat other taxpayers, not just otherbusinesses, but individuals - house-holds, mums and dads, pensioners -are going to have to carry the can."

A fundamental principle of taxlaw is that the affairs of all taxpayers,from individuals to big companies,are confidential.

Sharman says that while a com-pany's headline tax rate is usuallyabout 35 per cent, the effective taxrate is about 12 per cent or muchlower. "You have a lot of companiesthat are paying 3 per cent of tax orno tax at all, depending on how theystructure these things," he says.

"If you look at the gap between a

company's headline taxrate andwhat it actually pays, it's pretty sub-stantial."

A network of not -for - profit organ-isations is pushing governments toact not only to shore up their owntaxbases, but also those of develop-ing nations. Corporate tax evasioncosts poor countries $US160 billion($165 billion) ayear, ChristianAidsays. In Australia, Oxfam is urgingresource companies in particular topay a "fair share" of tax in develop-ing countries.

Too many resource companiesshift profits out of developing coun-tries into secrecy jurisdictions, saysOxfam mining advocacy co-ordin-ator Serena Lillywhite, who wantsmultinationals to "actually pay theirtaxes in the countrywhere the eco-nomic activity is taking place, orwhere the investments are located,rather than trying to shift their pro-fits into low tax regimes".

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GLORYANDGRIMEExperiences add ‘attitude’ to Sally Breen’sExperiences add ‘attitude’ to Sally Breen’s stories, writesFranMetcalf

GLORY

Breen’s stories, writesFranMetcalf

FIRST, amemoir about her popculture-fuelled adolescence and nowa gritty novel on the seedy underbellyof the Gold Coast. By her ownadmission, author Sally Breen likesstories ‘‘with attitude’’.

She describes her new book,Atomic City, as neo-noir and creates adangerously sexy perpetrator in19-year-old Jade. Self-destructive anddamaged, Jade is on the run fromhercountry upbringing and in search of anew identity.She teams upwith TheDealer, a

casino croupier with a shady past, andtogether they thrive on ‘‘the sting’’,devising scams to out-play and out-smart fellow swindlers. First, there’sHarvey the self-important

courage to walk the talk, to get inthere and play with other people andcome out on top,’’ Breen says. ‘‘It’s

Harvey the self-importantbusinessman and then there’s thebrutal conman, PJ.Nothing is toomuch for Jade when

it comes to reinventing her identityfor each sting – she has sex withbrutal men, takes drugs, lives inpalatial highrises and enduresviolence. But just as light plays off theglassy highrise towers that lineSurfers Paradise beach, so too doshadows in theGold Coast’s criminalunderbelly begin to blind Jade andTheDealer.Who can be trusted?What’s their

nextmove?When should they cutand run?‘‘For them, it’s all about having the

courage to walk the talk, to get in

that idea that you are the best player.There’s a lot of that talk in pop culture– the whole gangster thing.’’Breen has personal experience with

some of theGold Coast’s nocturnalcharacters, having run a nightclubcalled The Arc in the early 2000s. Shemoved to the glitter strip fromBrisbane to study creative writing atGriffithUniversity in the 1990s.‘‘TheArc was a space where young

artists and writers could listen to livemusic and do readings but it beganattracting other people,’’Breen says.

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‘‘I remember (Gold Coast conman)Peter Foster came in one night andwas appalled he had to drink out of aplastic cup. Lots of different peoplelike that would come in to see whatwewere doing and somehow try totap into it.’’For Breen, Jade is likemany young

womenwhomove to theGold Coastfor a new beginning and her characteris based on a real-life 19-year-old whobled a friend’s company dry throughscams.‘‘I was so intrigued by her story and

wonderedwhat wouldmotivatesomeone to come to theGold Coastto reinvent themselves,’’ Breen says.‘‘I think it’s quite possible to do it in

a city where people don’t ask a lot ofquestions, where it doesn’t matterwhere youwent to school.‘‘TheGold Coast is a strange town

in that you can find yourself caughtup in a wave of different people at anytime. I went from living in a red brickblock on the Broadwater to a highriseatMain Beachwith 360 degree views.

atMain Beachwith 360 degree views.There were totally different peopleliving at those places – somanydifferent worlds on theGold Coastbut they’re so close to one another.’’Now 39, living atMermaid Beach

and lecturing in creative writing atGriffithUniversity, Breen sees theGold Coast in all its glory and grime.‘‘There’s a perception by some that

it’s ugly and vacuous, and there arecertainly parts that are trashy, butwhen the sun hits those buildings in

the afternoon, it’s spectacular and it’sa very clean city with a lot of gardensand trees,’’ she says. ‘‘TheGold Coastcan be very seductive.’’ButAtomic City is more than a

narrative on people and places of theGold Coast. Breen draws directparallels between her characters andcontemporary economies like theGold Coast, Las Vegas andDubai.Jade, TheDealer and the othercharacters inAtomic City are graspingthis new-style capitalism and playingwith it to their own ends.

with it to their own ends.‘‘The voice of Jade is the voice of

theGold Coast – it’s young and it’sencouraging the players to keepgoing, to keep playing,’’ Breen says.‘‘And PJ is Los Angeles – he’s the

international conmanwho canmovestuff around the world.’’Breen’s 2011 memoirThe Casuals

was also a social commentary of sorts– about living through the 1980s and1990s when the new-found internetshrunk the world to a globalcommunity and a generation ofyoung people squeezed between theX-ers and Ys struggled to find theirplace in the world.And her next book, to be calledThe

Midnight Zone, will be another storyof neo-noir fiction that explores thegood, the bad and the ugly ofcontemporary life.‘‘But I’ll be taking it to the end point

– themidnight zone is the point in theoceanwhere light no longerpenetrates,’’ Breen says.

Atomic City

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‘‘I remember (Gold Coast conman)Peter Foster came in one night andwas appalled he had to drink out of aplastic cup. Lots of different peoplelike that would come in to see whatwewere doing and somehow try totap into it.’’

For Breen, Jade is likemany youngwomenwhomove to theGold Coastfor a new beginning and her characteris based on a real-life 19-year-old whobled a friend’s company dry throughscams.

‘‘I was so intrigued by her story andwonderedwhat wouldmotivatesomeone to come to theGold Coastto reinvent themselves,’’ Breen says.

‘‘I think it’s quite possible to do it ina city where people don’t ask a lot ofquestions, where it doesn’t matterwhere youwent to school.

‘‘TheGold Coast is a strange townin that you can find yourself caughtup in a wave of different people at anytime. I went from living in a red brickblock on the Broadwater to a highriseatMain Beachwith 360 degree views.There were totally different peopleliving at those places – somanydifferent worlds on theGold Coastbut they’re so close to one another.’’

Now 39, living atMermaid Beachand lecturing in creative writing atGriffithUniversity, Breen sees theGold Coast in all its glory and grime.

‘‘There’s a perception by some thatit’s ugly and vacuous, and there arecertainly parts that are trashy, butwhen the sun hits those buildings in

the afternoon, it’s spectacular and it’sa very clean city with a lot of gardensand trees,’’ she says. ‘‘TheGold Coastcan be very seductive.’’ButAtomic City is more than a

narrative on people and places of theGold Coast. Breen draws directparallels between her characters andcontemporary economies like theGold Coast, Las Vegas andDubai.Jade, TheDealer and the othercharacters inAtomic City are graspingthis new-style capitalism and playingwith it to their own ends.‘‘The voice of Jade is the voice of

theGold Coast – it’s young and it’sencouraging the players to keepgoing, to keep playing,’’ Breen says.‘‘And PJ is Los Angeles – he’s the

international conmanwho canmovestuff around theworld.’’Breen’s 2011 memoirThe Casuals

was also a social commentary of sorts– about living through the 1980s and1990s when the new-found internetshrunk the world to a globalcommunity and a generation ofyoung people squeezed between theX-ers and Ys struggled to find theirplace in the world.And her next book, to be calledThe

Midnight Zone, will be another storyof neo-noir fiction that explores thegood, the bad and the ugly ofcontemporary life.‘‘But I’ll be taking it to the end point

– themidnight zone is the point in theoceanwhere light no longerpenetrates,’’ Breen says.

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Social media buzz is behind swarm of red runnersSTEPHANIE [email protected]/GCBedo

THE power of social media will seean ocean of red take over the GoldCoast Airport Marathon.

Griffith University has morethan 500 staff, students and alumnitaking part in the event - the big-gest team to be involved - and theyare all wearing red shirts.

It is a massive increase on the189 people the university enteredlast year, all thanks to getting theword out there on social media.

"The power of marketing andsocial media," co-ordinator JennyLongrigg said.

"There is going to be a lot of red,

so hopefully we'll be taking over."Physiotherapy and exercise sci-

ence students will be on site offer-ing massage and minor treatmentsto team runners.

Interestingly more than 300 inthe team are females and one fam-ily has a group of seven, all fromGriffith Uni, entering a differentevent each.

Staff member Kate Grattanshould be leading the pack havingwon a silver medal in the worldtriathlon championships last year.

Ms Grattan is now focused onthe running side of things and has

been training about 100km a weekfor the event.

"I guess that's where my love fortriathlons began - with the run-ning," Ms Grattan said.

The university was able to getsuch a big team because the vice-chancellor offered a 75 per cent dis-count for staff registration fees andthe student guild allowed 50 percent for students.

There is estimated to be 6500runners in the marathon held onSaturday and Sunday, with theSouthport Broadwater Parklandsdesignated as "race central".

Triathlete Kate Grattan leads the red-clad pack of Griffith University students and staff who make up the biggest team running in the Gold CoastAirport Marathon this weekend. Photo: GLENN HAMPSON

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