Making a difference through research

Read about some of the ground-breaking research projects our faculty members are leading.

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Firms fudge figures to achieve cash bonus

Chief executives can receive an extra $200,000 in income on average by exploiting weak regulations around measurement of their corporate social responsibility performance. Changing the rules of the game retrospectively allows them to be seen as still meet...

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Burnout to balance in the aged care workforce

Aged care workers face concerning rates of burnout and stress that can impact the care delivered to some of the most dependent and vulnerable older Australians. These superheroes do work that many others can’t. A project led by Professor Denise Jeps...

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GenImpact success for mitochondrial disease

The Department of Health and Aged Care’s Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) recently endorsed an application for the approval of whole genome sequencing for use in diagnosing primary mitochondrial disease. The recommendation is now with the ...

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Working toward a truly guilt-free treat

Chocolate’s feel-good factor is a big part of the joy if its consumption. But exploitation of cocoa producers, including women and children in West Africa, can result in entrapment in poverty, a factor not usually taken into account when choosing th...

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How to decarbonise the transport sector

A tool that is sufficiently refined to identify whether a heavy-footed driver would be better suited to a different vehicle to reduce carbon emissions within a business’s fleet vehicles is just one outcome of a project to give workable options to in...

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