Victoria’s city build policies fall critically short as climate crisis intensifies

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Current policies determining how Victorian cities are being built will not achieve the Paris Agreement commitment of net zero emissions by 2050, new research from the University of Melbourne has revealed.

The study, published in Climate Policy and

Goulburn Valley change-makers poised to boost community impact

Sarah Pain, Mary Reema Antony and Hayley Rowan represent the inaugural Goulburn Valley cohort of the University of Melbourne’s Social Equity Institute of Community Fellows for 2025.

Community champions who are pioneering projects in women’s healthcare, multicultural youth engagement, and place-based support for children and young people in the Goulburn Valley have all been announced in the University of Melbourne’s Social Equity Institute cohort of Community Fellows for 2025.

Mary Reema Antony (Women’s Health

$7.5 million for Melbourne University to continue to host CEBRA to 2025

• The Australian Government will provide $7.5 million to the University of Melbourne to continue to host the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) to 2025

Australian farmers will continue to benefit from world-class biosecurity research following confirmation the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) will remain at the University of Melbourne for a further four years, to 30 June 2025.

Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency