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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d

The ANU says it's in crisis. Does this look like a financial crisis to you?

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Marija Taflaga @marijataflaga.bsky.social · 13d

open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE...

In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.

It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution

A thread🧵

Universities in crisis

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27d

"The core problem is a vacuum of accountability. In the university sector, no one is held responsible for failure, at least no one at the top."

@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times

Read:
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...

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Francis Markham @francismarkham.bsky.social · 27d

Unless the structures of university governance are fixed, we will see the same failures repeated but with different personnel.

Incisive op-ed from @jack-thrower.bsky.social

Bell's departure is overdue, but this crisis is not all her fault. Here's why

It's a symptom arising at many of Australia's universities.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Sep 3

Tickets are on sale now for our Revenue Summit 2025!

Speakers include Steven Miles, David Pocock, Kate Chaney, Jordan van den Lamb, and more!

📅Wed 29 Oct
📍Parliament House, Canberra

Get your tickets! 👇👇 #auspol

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Francis Markham @francismarkham.bsky.social · Sep 3

The government's proposed FOI Act amendments are out.

Media has focused on the new submission fee, but far more alarming are changes making it easier for govt to block access to public information.

Two in particular stand out:

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm speaking at Monash Uni tomorrow about Australia's gas policy mess and Woodside in particular.
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social

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Jack Thrower @jack-thrower.bsky.social · Aug 10

Proof that we're different people (mostly...)

Michael Thrower Chowdhury @bevansadvocate.bsky.social · Aug 9

Picked my brother up from the train station and feeling like a unique individual

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jul 22

"Australians should insist that the country’s leaders represent the interests of Australians, not multinational gas corporations," writes @markogge.bsky.social.

Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? – @thenewdaily.bsky.social

Why is the PM gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf?

Given Labor's climate-change assertions, its approval extension of the most climate destroying fossil project in Australia is shocking.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jul 22

Fix the GST to unlock more than $2 billion for SA

Noah Schultz-Byard, director of the Australia Institute South Australia asks whether South Australia will accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030, or will we fight for tax reform. #sapol

Fix the GST to unlock more than $2 billion for SA - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

Will South Australia accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030? Or will we fight for tax reform?

www.indailysa.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jun 30

Today is the LAST CHANCE to make your tax-deductible donation before the End of Financial Year, and double your impact!

Thank you to everyone who has already donated!
🧡 theaus.in/EOFYbsky1

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jun 25

Nearly a quarter of the seats in parliament are "non-classic" contests - where either 1st or 2nd is not a major party - incl the seats held by the ALP, Lib & Nats leaders #OffTheCharts @browne90.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/for-maj...

Chart showing the growth of seats where a crossbench party or indep either came first or 2nd.

IN 1990 it was 3, in 2025 it was 35.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jun 16

ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret

@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times, writes on the ANU's scandals and lack of transparency.

ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret

Staff trust is necessary for any successful project.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Jun 16

“In other words, the ANU is saying that the success of their work depends on the public staying in the dark about how ANU staff members are actually feeling.”

@jack-thrower.bsky.social with yet more evidence of opacity and poor governance at ANU.

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899301...

ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret

Staff trust is necessary for any successful project.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jun 16

Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.

We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.

✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · Jun 13

Members of the crossbench have written to Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles, calling for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. In April, polling by @australiainstitute.org.au found 56% of Australians support such a move.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt could approve a brand new coal mine in the next 10 days. @australiainstitute.org.au #CoalMineTracker 1/2

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 2

"Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax is misguided and misdirected."

Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...

Don't let the confected outrage fool you, the super tax reform is good for women

Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax on their super is misguided and misdirected.

womensagenda.com.au

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · May 27

Very excited that @ketanjoshi.co is working with @australiainstitute.org.au!!!

Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism...

australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · May 26

Presumably he will tell him there is no way his government will approve a 50-year extension Woodside’s climate destroying North West Shelf gas EXPORT terminal that will cause 4.3 BILLION tonnes of emissions and make floods more frequent and extreme….

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · May 26

Woodside’s North West Shelf gas EXPORT terminal has caused WA gas and electricity prices to triple since @walabor.bsky.social stupidly let them to export WAs domestic gas reserves from Waitsia

Will @australianlabor.bsky.social approve a 50-year extension- decades of higher energy bills for WA? 🧵👇

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · May 26

Claims that North West Shelf (NWS) extension are necessary for firming electricity are pure gaslighting.

NWS is about EXPORTS

It exports more of WA’s domestic gas reserves than it supplies to WA.

NWS = LESS gas for WA

Receipts in 🧵👇

thewest.com.au/politics/fed...

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · May 26

Read that again.

One giant gas export project, worse than all Australia’s coal power stations. 6 BILLION + tonnes of emissions.

Will @australianlabor.bsky.social approve it?

If so, their climate climate credentials will be in tatters. Worse than Morrison.

reneweconomy.com.au/new-legal-ch...

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · May 22

Approving this would be the greatest giveaway of Australia’s natural resources ever.

$200 billion +of Australia’s gas given royalty free to Woodside.

It is against Australia’s national interest.

Selling Australians out to corporate interests.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · May 27

"The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell had "the most complex count in Australia's history", but almost nobody was talking about it before the election.

Why? Only four journalists live in the seat, the least of anywhere in Australia.

@rodcampbell.bsky.social writes ⤵️ #auspol

Why the election’s closest seat went unnoticed: Too close to Calwell - The Australia Institute

The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell was named “Australia’s most unpredictable seat” by The Age after the election and was – aside from those going to a recount – the last seat to be called. The ...

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