“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.”

@jordanas.bsky.social on the logic of violence that permeates Australia.

I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.

This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.

You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...

Given how Deloitte and other management consultant firms have inveigled themselves into university governance in Australia and internationally … this stinks

"The trouble is thinking about universities through the lens of the balance sheet has left those in charge unable to advocate for the institutions they oversee, the staff who work there, and the students they educate in terms of their contribution to society in all of its aspects."

For the first time in Australian history, an arts and cultural policy has survived into a next term of government.
Let's keep raising the bar on what this can mean for Australia's future:
estheranatolitis.net/2025/05/08/r...

“However, the board believes a prolonged and divisive debate… poses an unacceptable risk to public support for Australia’s artistic community and could undermine our goal of bringing Australians together through art and creativity.”

Arts leadership means leading such debate courageously.

This is a complete debacle. Hard to see how our foremost arts funding body folding on its own decision five days after the big announcement bodes anything good about the future of Australian arts.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I had a bit to get off my chest in my post today: "getting good feedback during the academic apocalypse" thesiswhisperer.com/2025/02/05/g...