Abstract: IN the issue of NATURE for March 16, which has just reached Australia, there is a leading article on the Melbourne University Bill. That Bill was drafted more than eighteen months ago, and though we have a Government in sympathy with the highest ideals of our University, it is still a Bill and has not yet become an Act of Parliament. In the article in question reference is made to a statement drawn up by the University Association of Teachers, in which the council of the university is criticised for failure adequately to protect the interests of the university and its staff.