Government fails transparency test on UTAS Bill

New blog post & text of letter to the Premier at: theutaspapers.com/government-f...

Inappropriate for Parliament to consider the UTAS Bill until Min Ogilvie and DPAC respond to 4 Dec 2024 RTIs.
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The latest Commonwealth statistics highlight problems at UTAS.

Continuing brain drain to other unis

Increased on-line learning

Student concerns

See my blog post: theutaspapers.com/tasmanias-br...

Much more is wrong!

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The Tasmanian Ombudsman has decided another Right to Inforrmation (RTI) case in my favour against UTAS - that's 5 out of 5 now.

See my blog post at: theutaspapers.com/another-ombu..., including commentary on UTAS' lack of transparency.

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Bizarre appointment of UTAS VC, Rufus Black, to Deloitte Board raises questions

See my latest blog post at: theutaspapers.com/appointment-...

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See my new blog post at: theutaspapers.com/utas-relatio...

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(I have been asked to repost).

If you live in Clark and want UTAS to remain at Sandy Bay, but are still intending to vote Liberal in the State election, see the advice below.

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For further background to my advice, see: theutaspapers.com/corresponden...

How to vote:

If you live in Clark and want UTAS to remain at Sandy Bay, but are still intending to vote Liberal in the State election, see the advice below.

For further background, see my blog post at: theutaspapers.com/corresponden...

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How to vote:

See my new blog post "RTI documents raise questions about the selection of Rufus Black as UTAS VC in 2017", at: theutaspapers.com/rti-document...

The future of UTAS is the future of Tasmania in a way no other issue is.

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UTAS is proposing to axe 13 staff in the Arts.

A statement by the student group Save UTAS Arts is at: theutaspapers.com/statement-by...

Please support the Save UTAS Arts campaign if in any way you can. You can start by going to @save_utas_arts.
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UTAS management will kill the University - more redundancies coming

The full 'change proposal', which has just been released, can be read at: theutaspapers.com/utas-managem...

If this goes ahead, UTAS will no longer support a strong program in Arts. Staff & students will leave/not come.
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Meg Webb's questions on notice re UTAS

On 10 April, Meg Webb asked Education Minister Palmer, Infrastructure Minister Vincent and Treasurer Barnett a series of key questions about UTAS. See: megwebb.com.au/questions/

The answers, if & when they come, will make for fascinating reading.

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RTI documents raise major issues on UTAS-Hodgman contracts

See my new blog post at: theutaspapers.com/rti-document...

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A damning critique of UTAS' move to sell off part of its Sandy Bay campus is attached, together with the plaque referred to in the article.

UTAS' campus at Sandy Bay is ranked among the top 10 most photogenic universities in the world - a point of difference UTAS should use to the full.

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Ogilvie’s Santa Claus strategy for funding STEM at Sandy Bay

Why rely on Santa Claus when UTAS’ STEM facilities at Sandy Bay can be refurbished/upgraded now?

See my new blog post at: theutaspapers.com/ogilvies-san...

RTI docos incl.

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RTI reveals UTAS and Labor Opposition collusion preceded Government backflip on UTAS Bill

See my new blog post at: theutaspapers.com/rti-reveals-...

This tawdry story shows UTAS overstepping the mark in playing politics to apply pressure to the (weak) Government.

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On 21 January 2025, I wrote a detailed letter to the Premier about the Government's appalling policy backflip on its UTAS Land Bill - a total abuse of process and power.

A copy of my letter and attachments are here:

theutaspapers.com/premier-rock...

I have not yet received a reply.

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Conduct of Ms Alison Watkins AM, the Chancellor of the University of Tasmania and Member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

On 2 February 2025, I emailed the attached self-explanatory letter to the Governor of the RBA, Ms Michele Bullock.

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