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From alumni starting game-changing businesses, to students (literally) kicking goals in sport, to research breakthroughs, there’s always something happening at Bond. See what Bondies have been up to and explore latest news from campus, the community and beyond.  

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Australia's long losing streak on gambling

Australians lose more money on gambling per capita than anyone else in the world, and clinical psychologist Dr Cher McGillivray says advertising is partly to blame.

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Tips to reduce back-to-school stress

Dr Cher McGillivray offers practical strategies for parents to help children cope with school refusal and anxiety.

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Order of Australia award for Professor Redfern

The Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University, Professor Julie Redfern AM, is named on the 2025 Australia Day Honours list.

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From Cleopatra to Wellington, leaders have always taxed beer

Australia’s ever-higher beer taxes are linked to a tradition that dates back thousands of years, says Assistant Professor Anthea Gerrard.

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Research news

$1m to study diabetes patients left to their own devices

The $1,093,405 from the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund has been awarded to a multidisciplinary team led by Professor Nick Zwar, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine.

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Uncomfortable truth about women in uniform

Women are increasingly seen as the right fit for police and military forces around the world but uncomfortable body armour can make work a pain.

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Demolishing the great wall keeping Chinese tourists from Australia

Tourism operators should be using virtual reality and augmented reality technology to entice COVID-weary Chinese tourists back to Australia, a new study suggests.

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Hope: The secret ingredient in courageous volunteerism

New research from the Bond Business School could help arrest the decline in volunteering in Australia.

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Sporting news

Picture gallery: Bond wins rugby grand finals

The Bond University Bull Sharks make history by winning the club’s first men's Queensland Rugby Premier Grade Grand Final.

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The truck driving the premiership campaign

Affectionately known as the 'truck', Matt Leskiw is the most beloved and toughest player on the Bull Sharks footy field.

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Bull Sharks eye history at Ballymore

Rugby Grand Final preview: Bull Sharks chase a hat trick of premierships in Premier Men, Premier Women and 2nd Grade grand finals.

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Happy to be scrappy

Jordan Lenac on why the Bull Sharks have embraced being a team of 'scrappers'.

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