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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 6d

Catri walked so Beejay could run

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton review – ocker crime caper plagued by more than a beleaguered ballsack

The bestseller’s fourth novel could have tackled timely questions about true crime – but instead it offers a bleakly retrograde fable about being a good bloke

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 20d

Not now Justine

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 20d

Justine McCarthy: I’ve had enough of other people’s rudeness

On buses, trains, in cafes and shops, the most common engagement is no longer with other humans but with phones

www.irishtimes.com

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 23d

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23d

New:
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?

Who killed Meanjin?

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 23d

The Department of Defence has announced a new $467,000 contract with yet another Israeli weapons manufacturer.

Australia hands half a million to Israeli weapons company, Tesla chair's salary, and an AFL star on Charlie Kirk

Plus an Aussie tech founder simply loves the media!

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 23d

Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.

Who killed Meanjin?

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 23d

"Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP. Its report, delivered a month before the publisher’s controversial axing of the 85-year-old journal ... did not include closing Meanjin."

—@nickfeik.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...

Who killed Meanjin?

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 23d

A piece from me and Sean Johnson at @openpolitics.bsky.social today on where this parliament is investing. Plenty of graphs for you to play with, have a poke around!

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...

The company they keep: Where do your MPs invest their salaries? Search our database

See which companies and industries are popular with MPs and their families, and check out parliament’s biggest shareholders.

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · 28d

Not today cupcake

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Catriona Menzies-Pike @catrionamp.bsky.social · Sep 8

I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 8

Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social‬ writes.

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 8

Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social‬ writes.

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excellent, probing piece today in Crikey by Catriona Menzies-Pike on the closure of Meanjin
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

www.crikey.com.au

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...

The Death of Meanjin

Price of everything, value of nothing dept.

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great piece by Crikey's readers editor Crystal Andrews today:

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/05/h...

How to report on neo-Nazis without giving them what they want

Media coverage of the anti-immigration marches was a 'propaganda triumph' for Australian neo-Nazis, who use media-baiting tactics to spread their message.

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 4

Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Sep 3

This strangely brings me much sorrow but also much joy

Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Sep 3

wake up new Dan Andrews gif dropped

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bloody (literally) great photo essay of the March for Australia rally in Melbourne by Emily Grace and Alex Zucco for Crikey.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...

In pictures: The reality on the ground at Melbourne's anti-immigration March for Australia

'Not my cup of tea,' one anti-immigration protester said of the neo-Nazi presence at the rally. But that didn’t stop attendees from marching behind them.

www.crikey.com.au

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Jack Callil @jackcallil.bsky.social · Jun 12

Great piece by Ben Eltham today on implications of the ombudsman's investigation into the system that administers income support payment cancellations for jobseekers: www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/12/a...