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John Quiggin
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Economist & blogger @ http://johnquiggin.com, http://crookedtimber.org. http://johnquiggin.substack.com/?utm http://mstdn.social/@johnquiggin
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Coming soon: how the EPBC deal with the Greens (and the failure of the LNP to make a deal) is both an outcome of this process and a possible path to breakdown
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This one came up quickly and I doubt that many students are aware of it. But in general, student representation is limited, and (particularly undergrad) students aren't very active. I spent a long time with some postgrads working on divestment policy a couple of years back, but not a big group.
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
But it can only happen if Putin starts to fear that he will lose ground
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The "quickening pace" is an advance of perhaps 10km in a year. Quite literally, slower than a snail's pace. And that's on the part of the front Russia has given top priority. Elsewhere lines have been almost completely static. A ceasefire on existing lines is the only plausible path to peace
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Good question. Not present in the minds of these guys.
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It seems as if this terrible move was undertaken by the management of the Go8 without bothering to inform (at least some of) the VCs who supposedly make up its board. That suggests an organisation that needs a radical overhaul, or preferably dissolution.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More a capitulation/collaboration
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Mike Brock contrasts Walt and Elon www.notesfromthecirc...?
Two Boys Who Never Grew Up
The Boy Who Built Magic for Children—and the Boy Who Fed Them to the Machine
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The rest are career managers. The same is true of the Chair of the Go8, Mark Scott, parachuted in as VC of Sydney Uni. These are people who see themselves as (actual or potential CEOs) and see the leaders of groups like the BCA as their natural community
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
As an aside, has anyone followed up with the signatories to see if they still think "cancel culture" is the big threat to free speech?
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM