I assume that was meant as a joke. Universities regularly put out utter nonsense in press releases (the marketing departments at universities are often ground zero for the most atrocious exaggerations that end up in the press). And I doubt universities in Australia are specially immune from this.

Yes it was meant as a joke but unfortunately my prose was a bit too deadpan, I edited it to add a warning, sorry.

It's from the University 'Newsroom' department, and AFAIK these are pretty notorious for over-hyping University research. It essentially is a marketing department for the University.

Yes, sorry, as I mentioned to somebody else I though my sarcasm would be self-evident, but maybe I just dripped with too much caustic fluid... sorry.