Queensland appoints former chair of rightwing group Advance to school curriculum board as union leaders ousted Catholic education leader also appointed in changes that come amid breakdown in teacher pay negotiations … Stephanie Convery Thu 13 Nov 2025 15.07 AEDT The Queensland Liberal-National government has ousted two union-linked board members from the state's curriculum body and will replace them with conservative figures, including the founding chair of the rightwing lobby group Advance.

Lucy Hamilton The Right's war to control education June 29, 2024 in inD凶 The corporate world is afraid of youth demanding change, particularly as rapacious business practices look set to drive us over the climate cliff into a frightening future. One solution the Right has implemented is the Christian Classical Education movement.

Queensland appointed two Catholic strategists to Ed board, replacing union. Classic 2020s US Right politics, working through the back door to crush public education’s independence & strength. One of them: also culture warrior Advance & Classical Christian Ed. #auspol

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The Contested Domain by Lise Vogel edited by me, displayed on my grandmother’s kitchen table from the 1950s

She’s here!

I have a book cover!

Occult enemies of the market order Post-crisis transformations have sparked debates about a new authoritarian stage and/or post-neoliberal tendencies within neoliberal societies. Drawing on the Brazilian case, this paper analyses th...

Saiu publicado na Economy and Society @econsocjournal.bsky.social o artigo que escrevi com Guilherme Casarões (@casaroes.bsky.social), Letícia Cesarino (@letcesar.bsky.social) e Mariana Côrtes, intitulado "Occult enemies of the market order".
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Is our university system broken? - ABC listen Students are dropping out, academics are burning out, so is enough being done to save higher education? It's a multibillion-dollar sector, employing and educating millions, with expectations it can de...

I spoke to Graeme Turner about his book on the crisis in Australian universities, Broken www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Wages of Citizenship | Michael Macher US immigration enforcement and the cannibalization of labor law

I wrote about the politics of immigration (non)enforcement for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/wag...

LE LABORATOIRE ARGENTIN - DIAGRAMMES "Javier Milei s'est présenté comme le résultat final de la crise de représentation du système."

📹 Verónica Gago @veronicagago.bsky.social, intellectuelle et figure majeure du féminisme latino-américain, analyse l’Argentine de Milei comme un laboratoire du néolibéralisme mutant. Face à lui, elle mise sur la potencia feminista : le désir de tout changer.
Entretien en ligne 👉 buff.ly/SMQHjdw

Powerful statement from Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social in response to vote against Pocock’s ANU OPDs.

Faruqi called Labour and Coalition Senators out on “running a protection racket for the executive of the ANU” ✊

Pocock's Senate fight to unveil secret ANU documents quashed by major parties Genevieve Bell would've had three days to table a list of documents.

ACT Labor Senator Katy Gallagher working hand in hand with Coalition senators to prevent transparency and scrutiny of ANU’s executive and its opaque budgeting.

As Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social said in the chamber today, this is "absolutely shameful.”

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ANU students threaten legal action claiming breaches of consumer law School of Music students say proposed changes breach the legislation under which the university operates and amount to misleading and deceptive conduct.

The student consumer model bites back... www.afr.com/work-and-car...

ANU crisis: Pressure mounts on Bishop and Bell As an inquiry hears evidence of alleged bullying and mistreatment, sources confirm there is no desire to change senior management at the ANU.

Australian National University Chancellor Julie Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell are still standing – not because the storms battering Australia’s premier research institution have eased, but because no one in power wants to force a change. satpa.pe/r47ZfuC

Uni staff told to 'wash delicates' for stress management as 146 courses suspended The University of Technology Sydney is suspending more than 100 courses as it prepares for a controversial redundancy program to save $100 million.

The Albanese government, more than university managers, should be getting the blame for this. Happy to write off $20 billion in student debt because it doesn't appear in the budget deficit, but ripping off current student with high fees and service cuts. #JobReadyGraduates

ANU's horror show only has one fitting ending now This is a wake-up call for Bishop and Bell.

Could someone - anyone - explain why @jasonclaremp.bsky.social hasn't intervened already? www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904099...

While Nous funnels public money to friends, family and associates, Jason Clare reflects on the future of higher education, courtesy of Nous.
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Its surprising how universities are now being treated as personal assets, while they are public properties.
This is not only ANU ... I see similar patterns everywhere.

At some point we will need to recognise Labor's role in "letting" the university crisis happen

Clare ducks for cover over push for Bishop to stand aside The education minister has rebuffed Senator David Pocock’s push for Julie Bishop to stand aside as ANU chancellor during an investigation.

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Composite image of a hand holding a block of flats. text reading SAVE PUBLIC HOUSING MASS RALLY.

Save the date!

MASS RALLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

When: Saturday August 2nd, 11 AM
Where: State Library of Victoria

More details here:

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#rahu #publichousing #costofliving #auspol #vicpol #union

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Revolutionary Conservatism by @melindacooper.bsky.social

#Trump : Real estate developer becomes president of the United States

🔍 Timeline to be discovered online 👉 www.diagrammes.fr/en/program/v...

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🎙️ The sociologist Melinda Cooper (Univ. Paris VIII, ANU) analyzes recent shifts in capitalism. The end of neoliberalism? Not a Keynesian comeback, nor a revolution—but a new phase : rising “robber barons” and unprecedented capital concentration.
📹 Full interview online buff.ly/LRPgf95

Poster with image of a loudspeaker. Text reads: “CASS People’s Town Hall. 1-2pm, 15 July 2025. Lecture Theatre 3, Level 5, School of Music. Protest the proposed cuts to CASS and stand in solidarity with our community.”

Need an antidote to ANU exec “town halls” that are really just monologues?

Come to the People’s Town Hall tomorrow at 1pm!

Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.

🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians...
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social
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Extractivism, green and brown
A brief history of #geoeconomics from the 1970’s to #Trump 2.0
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Unfortunately, some cuts are necessary. But there is an opportunity we can't miss This college is beloved and I want it to thrive.

Dean of ANU’s College of Arts and Social Sciences claiming we have an operational deficit of $250 million.

ANU’s VC says it’s $200 million.

S&P Global say we run a surplus.

ANU economists say we run a surplus.

Who do you believe?

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