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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to AHA member Marnie Hughes-Warrington for being named as a finalist in the Women in Innovation SA awards!

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 6d

Joel Barnes is working with us at the University of Sydney on a university truth telling project, which stimulated this important research. The value of real historical sleuthing... More to come, I hope
#austhist @sydney.edu.au @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social

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Tamson Pietsch @capandgown.bsky.social · 7d

Important research here from Joel Barnes tracing the origins of philanthropic wealth in Australia. How should institutions reckon with these legacies?

theconversation.com/the-dixson-f...

The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour

The legacy of the Dixson family reveals a complicated history of interconnected global capital and racialised exploitation.

theconversation.com

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to AHA member Geraldine Fela, who last week won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History for her book "Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis" (UNSW Press)! Read more about the winners here: creative.gov.au/news-events/...

Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Celebrating outstanding literary talent in Australia and the valuable contribution Australian writing makes to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.

creative.gov.au

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 13d

Thinking of applying for the Allan Martin Award, Kay Daniels Award, Serle Award, or the Hancock Prize? EOIs close next Tuesday, so make sure you reach out in time! Find all the information here: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 14d

Still one day to register in time for tomorrow's workshop on teaching history and AI! This one's for AHA members, so it's a perfect reason to join if you haven't already! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 23d

ECRs: Don't forget that applications for the 2026 AHA ECR Fellowship close THIS WEEK! Get all the details here: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 26d

Wondering how AI will (and does already) impact history teaching? Register for this upcoming workshop, presented by the AHA, exploring just that! Follow the link for all the details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 12

AHA Vice President Kate Fullagar appeared on RRR today in a long conversation about the campaign to repeal JRG. Listen in from the 1hr, 9 minute mark! linktr.ee/aushistorica...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Every Australian academic should sign this, imo, historian or not. Job Ready Graduates fundamentally disrupted the whole HE funding and enrolment ecosystem for the worse. It's not just about who does Arts.

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

www.openpetition.org

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Margaret Cook @mcookhistory.bsky.social · Aug 6

Please consider signing to achieve affordable Arts degrees.

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

www.openpetition.org

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 7

All the links relating to the current campaign to repeal Job-Ready Graduates are housed here. Please feel free to share widely! We'd especially love people to sign the petition. Thank you for your support! linktr.ee/aushistorica...

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Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · Aug 4

Signed. Please consider doing the same.

#StudentDebt #HECS #AcademicSky #JRGNeedsToGo

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

www.openpetition.org

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · Aug 1

This year has not gone as planned; my work/career plan was a cactus by February. As I reflect on this for my contribution to the @austhistassoc.bsky.social ECR panel, I'm starting to think that a determined, oddly optimistic, resilient, and perpetually curious historian is emerging as a result.

AHA Workshops: From HDR to ECR

What happens after you finish your PhD? What is the Early Career Researcher stage, and how do you make the most of it? The AHA is hosting two events with panels of historians who have successfully n...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

www.openpetition.org

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Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Jul 31

@austhistassoc.bsky.social taking a lead here. Pls sign this petition and share it around:) www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

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Melanie Swalwell @melswal.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you @austhistassoc.bsky.social for addressing the abomination that is Job-Ready Graduates and petitioning the Albo Labor Government to repeal it #auspol. We need more grads and esp. lawyers from Indigenous and other minority backgrounds, not fewer!

Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very cool. Though much of this research undertaken by @austhistassoc.bsky.social Help take action by addressing our petition: :) www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/open-letter-to-australian-govern...

www.openpetition.org

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Jul 31

Taking 20% off old HECS debts won't really help current humanities students whose debt has doubled because of JRG. They're still much worse off.

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 31

Labor's bill to cut HECS debts by 20%, which passed this morning, leaves unchanged the structural inequalities built into tertiary education through Job-Ready Graduates. Sign our petition calling for the repeal of this destructive and unfair policy here: www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

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Clare Corbould @clarecorbould.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'd urge anyone keen to see the student contribution to tertiary education costs in Australia reduced to sign this petition.

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 31

Labor's bill to cut HECS debts by 20%, which passed this morning, leaves unchanged the structural inequalities built into tertiary education through Job-Ready Graduates. Sign our petition calling for the repeal of this destructive and unfair policy here: www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 31

Labor's bill to cut HECS debts by 20%, which passed this morning, leaves unchanged the structural inequalities built into tertiary education through Job-Ready Graduates. Sign our petition calling for the repeal of this destructive and unfair policy here: www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks Sharon!

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Prof Sharon Crozier-De Rosa @scrozierderosa.bsky.social · Jul 29

It absolutely kills me & my devoted colleagues to be teaching beautiful cohorts of bright, engaged, inquisitive young people, knowing that they are being unfairly burdened with a massive debt because of ideological views. Sign here to petition the Albanese gov't to act on this now ↓

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 28

Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp.bsky.social calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistorica...

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you for your support!

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A/Prof Narrelle Morris @narrellemorris.bsky.social · Jul 29

I’ve signed the petition and calling on Australian academics in our law schools to get behind this too. Law is arts and the humanities too, regardless if you’re formally within some business faculty. And business academics, you should be signing it anyway.

AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 28

Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp.bsky.social calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistorica...

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Olga Prokopis @olgaphoos.bsky.social · Jul 28

From the Australian Historical Association: Open Letter to the Prime Minister: Restoring Equity in Higher Education
@austhistassoc.bsky.social

"We urge you to abolish JRG and to institute a new fee regime which does not punish students who choose to study the humanities and social sciences."

theaha.org.au

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