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The fallout from the Schapelle Corby case is a reminder that Australia ___cannot have it both ways___ when it comes to human rights. This is the telling observation of Professor Colin Brown (pictured), an adjunct member of the Griffith Asia Institute. “In Indonesia, Australia’s reputation on human rights issues is a decidedly mixed one,” Professor […]

How social media is changing the way terrorists operate will be explored in a public lecture presented by Australia’s Counter Terrorism Ambassador, His Excellency, Bill Paterson today. “Despite a significant record of counter-terrorism success, jihadist terrorism has endured and has diffused and dispersed,” Mr Paterson said. He said social media were increasingly key terrorist communications […]

One of the Gold Coast’s finest young minds, Griffith PhD student Prue Plummer has taken out the 2012 Rotary Gold Coast Young Achievers in Vocational Excellence Award. Prue’s prize, presented by former Griffith Vice Chancellor Graham Jones, was awarded for her exceptional work on the origins and development of tumours with a view to preventing […]

The Director of the Griffith Asia Institute says the decision to grant clemency to convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby signals a good day for relations between Australia and Indonesia. Professor Andrew O’Neil (pictured) believes it is likely a deal was struck between the two countries, which will also factor in Indonesian minors who have been […]

The development of an anti-infective agent and also an analgesic pain relief from an Aboriginal plant remedy are just two of the potential drugs that Professor Quinn has discovered by extracting compounds from native species such as sponges and plants. The development of an anti-infective agent and also an analgesic pain relief from an Aboriginal […]

Unless drastic action is taken to ensure rock art sites are preserved, Australia’s unique heritage could be lost forever, according to Griffith University Chair in Rock Art Research Professor Paul Taçon. Professor Taçon, head of Griffith University’s new Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), warns there is an urgent need to protect the […]

The eleven-floor Griffith Health building will be completed in 2013, opening the doors to an interdisciplinary learning environment that will also give students the opportunity to use facilities at the new Gold Coast University Hospital across the road. The $1.76 billion hospital and health centre will reinforce teaching and research collaborations between Griffith and the […]