Statement rejecting racism towards Palestinian Visa applicants - Academics please sign and share docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Updated Statement from Migration Scholars Condemning Australian Racism towards Palestinian Visa Applicants, with signatories overland.org.au/2024/08/reject…

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats aje.io/t4i3su via Al Jazeera English

25 years since the Popular Consultation in #TimorLeste, when near 80% voted for independence, despite a violent campaign of intimidation orchestrated by the Indonesian military. Viva Timor-Leste! 🇹🇱 en.tatoli.tl/2024/08/26/gov…

Really looking forward to the next few days! ANUBellSchool Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA)

And that’s a wrap on our APSA Australia workshop on the Pacific Islands in Australian Political Science. Thanks to co-convenors extraordinaire Caitlin Mollica & Theresa Meki & to all our amazing colleagues for two days of rich discussion

I am speaking at parliament next week on Australia & democracy in the Pacific - open to the public, please join in person or online! Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) ANUBellSchool events.humanitix.com/parliamentary-…

We presented Pacific Attitudes Survey data to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s response to the priorities of Pacific Island countries, earlier today. Recording here Swinburne University of Technology Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) youtube.com/live/I3Pi-JihX…

This Saturday in Melbourne, Tais, Culture & Resilience: woven stories from Timor-Leste – symposium trybooking.com/events/landing…

The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom officially closes down today, book-ending the nearly 150-year history of British coal power. ab.co/3ZHHG4c

Another article out this week - here, we look at what findings from the Pacific Attitudes Survey tell us about gender & leadership in Samoa ANUBellSchool Michael Leach Politics & Gender

“Most of what is being carried out in the name of national, regional or international security are actually textbook expressions of deep-rooted insecurity, motivated by insecurity and designed to maintain insecurity.” thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/…

Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty push at CHOGM: ‘…the “Big Three” (the UK, Australia, and Canada) have historically accounted for 60% of emissions ... in the Commonwealth. However, they represent just six per cent of these countries' populations.’ fossilfueltreaty.org/chogm-report?c…

Forthcoming. I had the honor of editing the section for Decolonizing East Timor Studies.

In Iran, a woman who was accosted by the “morality police” for not wearing hijab removes her clothing & roams the streets in defiance. She has since been arrested by IRGC forces and forcibly disappeared. This is the brave face of true resistance.

UNION WIN: NTEU members sharing their governance horror stories has led to a huge victory. Million-dollar vice-chancellor salaries will be a thing of the past and the Government will crack down on systemic wage theft. theaustralian.com.au/education/univ…

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)