Australia’s Innovative Regions Centre has been opened by Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, at Deakin University’s Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP). The GTP is located on Deakin University’s Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds. The $20 million Innovative Regions Centre will offer direct support to small and medium-sized businesses in Geelong and other targeted regions.
The fine dining habits of pet cats are placing pressure on dwindling fish supplies that might be better used for human consumption, according to a Deakin University fish nutrition scientist.
Many perpetrators of child sexual abuse are escaping conviction due to the public’s lack of knowledge about this serious crime, according to a Deakin University forensic psychology expert. Dr Bianca Klettke tested the public’s knowledge and perceptions about child sexual abuse (CSA) and found a high level of uncertainty around many aspects of the crime. Dr Klettke believes that this lack of knowledge may lead to the development of misconceptions and, if not addressed, could impact on the low conviction rate of alleged offenders.
When blue gum plantations became a popular way of injecting new life into the land, dairy farmers in the dairy intensive regions of south west Victoria were predictably concerned. They worried about population decline as well as losses of productive agricultural land and infrastructure. “Dairy farmers feared the blue gums were taking over,” says Associate Professor Kevin O’Toole, co-author of a report prepared by a Deakin University research team.
Farmers in the Dairy industry in Victoria’s South West are trying to do the right thing by the environment, a Deakin researcher has found. Dr Mary Graham, from Deakin University’s Faculty of Business and Law, who has just completed her PhD incorporating economic and environmental impacts of dairy farming into farm performance analysis, believes big is not necessarily bad.
