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Monash University Weekly Bulletin

By Monash University, Gippsland - 22nd April 2005 - Back to News

Mark the Calendar

‘Town and Mine: Rebuilding the Pilbara’s Iron Ore Unions’ will be presented by Associate Professor Bradon Ellem, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney at the Institute for Regional Studies Seminar on Tuesday, May 3 from 1.30pm-2.30pm. Last year the new Pilbara Miners Union published a pamphlet called ‘Hard Ground –Unions in the Pilbara’ which covered the story of workers and their families caught up in the industrial laboratory of global mining companies made possible by excessively pro-business state and federal governments.

Have you invented something? If so, enter the Gippsland Inventors Competition. Entrants need to complete the registration form by May 1^st to win cash prizes and plaques. Prizes will be awarded to winners of each category – Junior, Backyard and Business Inventors. A prize will also be given to the winner of the Peoples’ Choice category. All Gippslanders can vote for their favourite entry after registrations close on May 1^st. For further information go to www.mrcict.monash.edu.au or phone 5122 6508.

Australian Sustainable Industry Research Centre (ASIRC) at the Gippsland Campus will be showcasing its involvement in the development and evaluation of technologies which can be commercialised through an interactive display at the Baw Baw Shire Council Civic Centre, Warragul on Wednesday, April 27 from 10.30am-5pm. This is a free event as part of the Innovation Festival and no bookings are required. For further information contact Kirsent Schliephake on 51226973 or Kirsten.schliephake@asirc.org.au

The School of Applied Sciences & Engineering Postgraduate Seminar will discuss how a fungus has been proven to be potent against mosquitoes, especially in temperate countries.

Making the Grade

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