Murdoch University Act 1973

The functions of the University include the following —

to provide courses of study appropriate to a university, and other tertiary courses;

to encourage and participate in the development and improvement of tertiary education to meet the needs of the community;

to undertake and support scholarship, pure and applied research, invention, innovation, education and consultancy, and to apply those matters to the advancement and application of knowledge —

to the benefit of industry, business and government; and

to the benefit and wellbeing of the Western Australian, Australian and international communities;

to commercially develop or commercially use, for the University’s benefit, any facility, resource or property (real or personal) of the University or in which the University has a right or interest (including, for example, study, research, knowledge and intellectual property and the practical application of study, research, knowledge and intellectual property), whether alone or with others;

to generate revenue for the purposes of funding the carrying out of its functions;

to serve the Western Australian, Australian and international communities and the public interest by —

enriching cultural and community life; and

raising public awareness of educational, scientific and artistic developments; and

promoting critical and free enquiry, informed intellectual discussion and public debate within the University and in the wider society;

to provide the facilities that are necessary or conducive to the attainment of the objects of the University and the performance of its functions.

The University has all the powers, rights and privileges that are reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its functions.

The University may carry out its functions and exercise its powers, including the power to enter into business arrangements, within or outside the State.