If you are under 35 and have a piece of writing in the arts, humanities and social sciences, please consider submitting to Australia's Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Future Leaders Writing Prize. Deadline is 30 November 2024. chass.org.au/content.aspx?p…

The government giving a one-off, 20% cut to HECS debts is all well and good, but it’s short-termism at best; a pre-election cash splash at worst … Why aren’t they doing anything about $50,000 arts degrees? afr.com/work-and-caree…

Vice-chancellors who used the proposed caps as a smokescreen to threaten jobs must now abandon their terrible plans and apologise to the staff whose livelihoods were used as a political football.

The perverse corporate priorities of an unaccountable and obscenely remunerated senior executive class is eroding our great public unis and driving uni staff job cuts. A public inquiry is urgently needed. ⁦NTEU⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

Not only do VC's earn an extraordinary amount, ours has his fancy accommodation supplied (as well as a personal driver). Please disabuse me of this notion if it's incorrect Macquarie University ? What are these legacy 80s perks? And why aren't they being challenged?

Tomorrow, we’ll be announcing the outcomes of Discovery Projects 2025. All Lead Chief Investigators will receive a notification email to check RMS regarding applications. Stay tuned for an update.

Topped the list for Animal Behaviour and Ecology this year!

Note that this group is representing Catholic Schools. Who benefit from funding. And fees. It's disingenuous to suggest our school funding is in any way equitable, and that public schools aren't suffering from limited capacity and resourcing. Jason Clare MP Prue Car MP NSW Dept of Education

Saw in The Age today that private schools are asking for more government funding. In my area, Aquinas College in Ringwood has pristine new basketball courts, while Ringwood High, a public school, is left with rundown facilities. The inequality is striking.

It is 870 Kms from #Sydney to #Melbourne. It is 916 Kms from #Brisbane to #Sydney. It is 1374 Kms from #Sydney to #Adelaide. It is 1496 Kms from #Darwin to #Alice. It is 2695 Kms from #Adelaide to #Perth. Direct fast trains the revolution we need.NOT submarines. Catherine King MP

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But he was interrupting? How is that ok? Question time was coming. Politics aside, if it was a free for all, Blinken wouldn’t have got one word out.

I Do Not Like This Dutton Twit I Do Not Like Him One Bit SHARE If You Feel The Same Way. 🤪 #auspol Australian Labor #AusUnions

We need to be reminded right now that resistance is alive in the US, hallelujah.

This really is an extraordinary visualization of the outrageous increase in university executive remuneration since the 1980s. Utterly indefensible

Future proofing is fine; but ignoring the issues right now is a tragedy. Students deserve better and so do staff. Macquarie University #FundEducation Jason Clare MP

Bills tabled! Jacqui Lambie and I are pushing to end the obscene salaries paid to university vice-chancellors and fat cat bureaucrats. We’ll drag them into parliament to interrogate them on why they think they should retain their million dollar salaries. #FatCats #auspol

Now is the time for our Palestinian activists to step up and speak out against this rife antisemitism in Australia. Regardless of the issues at play, or anyone's fight for justice, hate speech isn't ok, ever. Randa Abdel-Fattah #Gaza abc.net.au/news/2025-02-1… via ABC Australia