Monday, October 17, 2016

Newcastle Uni appoints its first chief digital officer and other top stories.

  • Newcastle Uni appoints its first chief digital officer

    Newcastle Uni appoints its first chief digital officer
    The University of Newcastle has reshuffled its senior leadership to create a new chief digital officer role and has welcomed a new chief information officer as it begins executing its digital strategy. The changes will see Sanjay Kalra, who since 2014 has served as the university’s CIO and digital futures leader, move across to the newly-created CDO position. Newcastle Uni has also recruited Anthony Molinia, who was previously principal of strategic development and design at management consulta..
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  • Newcastle scientists working to crack the code of deadly lung ...

    Newcastle scientists working to crack the code of deadly lung ...
    Newcastle scientists working to crack the code of deadly lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Updated October 12, 2016 14:43:17 Scientists in Newcastle are helping lead world research into the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).IPF is an interstitial lung disease, which is believed to be derived from excessive scarring in the lungs which causes them to stiffen, making it difficult for patients to breathe."It is a really nasty disease, with average ti..
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  • Transfer news: Reds sign former Jets defender

    Transfer news: Reds sign former Jets defender
    Adelaide United have announced the signing of Taylor Regan for the Hyundai A-League 2016/17 season as an injury replacement for Jordan Elsey, subject to a final medical. Most recently, Regan was playing in Malaysia for Negeri Sembilan FA and Captained the side, after leaving the Hyundai A-League, where he played for five years with the Newcastle Jets.  Regan, an established central defender with ample experience in the Hyundai A-League, has played 68 games, scoring one goal.  Hyundai ..
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  • Household guide to surviving exam time

    Household guide to surviving exam time
    With more than 77,000 students enrolled in one or more HSC subjects this year, many households across NSW will have a child in their final stages of preparing for an exam. With more than 77,000 students enrolled in one or more HSC subjects this year, many households across NSW will have a child in their final stages of preparing for an exam. Having survived an HSC household in the past few years, I know first hand how stressful HSC exams can be for Year 12 students and their famil..
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  • Red flags over Wambo threat to quoll, parrot

    Red flags over Wambo threat to quoll, parrot
    Federal environment department raises biodiversity concerns with new Hunter coal mine. Wambo coal mine, 2014, Dean OslandTHE Federal environment department says it can’t sign off on a new open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley because not enough is known about what the “super mine” will do to the Hunter’s biodiversity. The Wambo United coal mine - a joint venture between Glencore and Peabody – would combine and expand two existing mines to extract up to 10 million tonnes of coal ..
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  • Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez has dig at Real Mad...

    Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez has dig at Real Mad...
    Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez has taken a dig at Real Madrid. Benitez says he has a good relationship with the Toon board. “I think that everyone here is pretty happy, but at the same time they can voice their opinion," he said. “I'm not just talking about the board. I also ask them for advice." Benítez advises and takes advice at Newcastle, but at the end of the day the final decision is his. “I take decisions once I have all the information," he said. “Things go well if we win, do th..
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  • Daracon's expansion plans for Martins Creek Quarry go on public ...

    Daracon's expansion plans for Martins Creek Quarry go on public ...
    Expansion plans for Martins Creek Quarry will go on public exhibition for six weeks from October 13. Martins Creek Quarry in 2014.Expansion plans for Martins Creek Quarry will go on public exhibition for six weeks from October 13.The plans, which have caused concern for some residents of nearby towns, will allow the quarry to increase its maximum output five-fold to 1.5 million tonnes a year.The plans will be available online through the state planning department and a public foru..
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  • 'Wasted 45 minutes': Ange's verdict | photos

    'Wasted 45 minutes': Ange's verdict | photos
    Australia have fought out a tough 1-1 draw with the Samurai Blue in a gripping World Cup qualifier in Melbourne. ‘Wasted 45 minutes’: Ange’s verdict | photos exitSocceroo boss Ange Postecoglou could only bemoan a "wasted 45 minutes" after his Australia side laboured through a poor first half to eventually earn a 1-1 draw with Japan in a World Cup qualifier at Etihad Stadium.Postecolou made no attempt to play down his disappointment at a dreadful opening peri..
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  • Self-serve supermarket thief opens up as one-third of shoplifting in ...

    Self-serve supermarket thief opens up as one-third of shoplifting in ...
    ACT: It all started with a bag of potatoes. It all started with a bag of potatoes.A Canberra man didn't plan on stealing them when he put them in his basket during his weekly grocery shop, but had a sudden urge not to scan them when he got to the self-serve checkout."I had never stolen from anywhere else," he said."But I just thought about how much the big supermarkets were ripping off farmers and under-paying staff and decided not to scan them."Two years later, he estimates he re..
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  • Shining star a fitting label

    Shining star a fitting label
    REBECCA Duffy is a wife, a mother to spirited six- and seven-year-old sons, Tasmania’s 2016 Rural Woman of the Year and the 2015 winner of the inaugural Australian Women in Wine Awards owner-operator of the year title. REBECCA Duffy is a wife, a mother to spirited six- and seven-year-old sons, Tasmania’s 2016 Rural Woman of the Year and the 2015 winner of the inaugural Australian Women in Wine Awards owner-operator of the year title.AWARD-WINNING: Rebecca Duffy samples one of the ..
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Woman awarded more than $300000 after garden chair collapse at Kmart .Selfies and prayers as Pope lifts Italy quake survivors .
Woolworths petrol sale under ACCC scrutiny .Port Hedland locals feast on Pilbara property wreckage .

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