Melbourne has been named as Australia's top city for students, and the fourth in the world, in the QS Best Student Cities 2012.

Published by the research specialists behind the QS World University Rankings, the new ranking is based on 12 criteria, taking into account the quality and number of internationally-ranked universities, as well as affordability, livability and the reputation of local universities among domestic and international employers.

Australians are eating themselves to death and our food choices are one of the nation’s leading causes of environmental damage, according to new report released by the Public Health Association of Australia.

At launch of A Future for Food 2, PHAA made an urgent call to Federal Government to take responsibility for crisis in our food system and establish dedicated Ministry of Food with position within Cabinet to drive cross-portfolio efforts.

Coles' move to drop popular fruit and vegetables prices by 50 per cent will attract budget-conscious customers but leave the local greengrocers' business largely untouched, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) marketing expert says.

Dr Gary Mortimer said the discount was another step in Coles' strategy to up their market share by winning over traditional Woolworths customers to their new-design refreshed stores, and keeping them.

A group of crafty Queensland University of Technology (QUT) fashion graduates have been chosen to represent Australia in the 2012 La Biennale di Venezia International Kids' Carnival, in Venice, Italy next week.

Kiara Bulley, Bianca Bulley, Priya Cox, Anna Hickey, Madeline Taylor and Carla Binotto from The Stitchery, an arts collective based in Fortitude Valley, will run a number of workshops at the historic festival alongside representatives from as far afield as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Romania and the UK.