Let's fucking go.

Australian history: lots of sheep

Opinion | Why Virginia Roberts Giuffre Would Not Stop Talking About Jeffrey Epstein

‘Why do we, as a society, ask those who have been weakened by abuse to do the heaviest lifting… Instead of requiring the wounded to endlessly recite their worst memories on repeat, why don’t we bear down more forcefully on those they accuse of wrongdoing?’

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No bots about it, government can't even identify if an FoI request is AI-generated | Region Canberra Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they…

Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they are any, despite that being a reason given for changing FoI laws region.com.au/no-bots-abou...

My, my, my. How the tone has changed.

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Teal book cover with title Journal of Australian Studies. Features an image of a red desert scene with scattered low green bushes and a blue sky with a trail of white clouds.

🚨New issue 49.3 out now!🚨
Featuring: a special section on Australian deserts guest edited by Andrea Gaynor and Gary Reger as well as articles on Aus-US public relations, environmental protest, and gender in Australian visual arts.
Stay tuned for feature posts!
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John Menadue in conversation with David Marr In a wide-ranging discussion, P&I editor-in-chief John Menadue discusses a life full of achievement driven by conviction, and nominates seeing off the White Australia policy and establishing P&I as hi...

"The ABC says it will allow the word genocide if someone else uses that word, but it won’t use it the word itself. The media—want us to believe—the current genocide started on 7 October—Israel is an occupying power & Palestinians/Hamas have a right to resist."
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perfect vibe for the cover!

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

Did you hear @AlboMP on ABC Radio the other day being sneery about academics not being part of the real world? Read on, PM!

Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

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ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇

BHP pushes mine fleet electrification plans into next decade, blames tech delays BHP has deferred plans to electrify its mining fleets into the next decade, citing technology delays, in stark contrast to Andrew Forrest's real zero target for 2030.

BHP has deferred plans to electrify its mining fleets into the next decade, citing technology delays, in stark contrast to Andrew Forrest's real zero target for 2030.

‘Dump it, or we’ll dump you’: secretive consultancy group sends Liberal MPs barrage of emails over net zero policy Some MPs received more than 100 emails within 48 hours from the same address criticising the party’s energy policy

In which Advance Australia owns its advocacy of making the planet uninhabitable, for some reason. Clever to use GenAI to try and hasten the process.

Fkn clowns

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Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada. www.theguardian.com/world/2...

Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

BREAKING WSJ:

The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"Western politicians like to describe violence that they have no intention of doing anything to stop 'senseless'
There was nothing senseless about what Israel did. The country’s military and its troll acolytes on social media spent months defaming Anas, in an attempt to justify his eventual murder"

Thanks, I missed that

Just like the 730 story, they only interview opponents of WFH, with a partisan reporter - this time it's Dick Willingham - joining in.

To paraphrase Dick's line, the reporting 'sends a clear message about who the ABC values most' (hint - it's not their own audience)

#auspol

The story that ran before it on the ABC 7pm news had even more to answer for iMHO. A really concerning display by the ABC.

Israel has targeted food sources – orchards, greenhouses, farmland and fishers since Oct 7

This famine has been planned from the very beginning and the UN has been warning us against it since early 2024

Still, the world releases statements and does nothing effective to stop this slaughter

Robert Reich Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert Reich

Project 2025’s roadmap for dismantling American government is 47% complete, according to the website Project 2025 Tracker.

Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? https://youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=shared

Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’ Author, who takes home $60,000, says finding out he won Australia’s most esteemed literary prize left him ‘in such shock that I lost all feeling in my hands and legs’ * Audacious, stimulating and ‘utterly bonkers’: Siang Lu, the thrilling new face of Australian literature * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Siang Lu found out he’d won the Miles Franklin literary award, he had a physical reaction. “I was in such shock that I lost all feeling in my hands and legs,” the Brisbane-based author says. “I teared up. I lost my voice a little bit. It was the first time in my life that I’ve ever had to ask someone with a straight face, ‘Can you just please confirm to me that I’m not dreaming?’” The feeling Lu describes is akin to the surreal nature of his experimental, prize-winning novel, Ghost Cities. Set between modern and ancient times, and inspired by the vacant megacities of China, the sprawling, ambitious novel is shot through with absurdist humour, cultural commentary and satire in what the Miles Franklin judges describe as “at once a grand farce and a haunting meditation on diaspora”, and “a genuine landmark in Australian literature”. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’

Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott

Congratulations #APO on your new ACE Evaluation Library, a digital library of Australian government evaluations. Looks like it will be very useful for researchers and advocates. apo.org.au/collection/3...

he Stanford Daily covers news related to Stanford University, publishing short- and long-form articles along with editorials. Since the October 7, 2023, attack, The Stanford Daily has included coverage of student opinions and campus protests related to the conflict in Gaza. Since March 2025, fearing Secretary Rubio will revoke their visas under the Revocation Provision or Case 5:25-cv-06618 Document 1 Filed 08/06/25 Page 4 of 36 –4– VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF CASE NO. 5:25-cv-06618 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 render them deportable under the Deportation Provision, many of the paper’s noncitizen writers who are lawfully present in the United States have self-censored by declining to cover pro-Palestinian student protests at Stanford, refraining from covering topics related to the conflict in Gaza, and seeking removal of their previous articles about it

Stanford's student paper sues Noem and Rubio, saying their policies cause non-citizen students to avoid expressing themselves freely in the Daily's pages due to fear of detention and deportation

h/t @joshgerstein.bsky.social

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Jim Chalmers, academics' scholarship is also massively at risk from these frightening suggestions that weakening our copyright laws is somehow OK.

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?

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A large pro-Palestine protest has won legal right to march across Harbour Bridge. How will the shutdown affect Sydney? Here are some answers to questions you may have, including its planned route, transport disruptions and potential risks * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A pro-Palestine protest that plans to march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge will go ahead with legal protection after its organisers won a supreme court challenge. The court heard up to 50,000 people were expected to attend – the same number of people who marched across the bridge for World Pride in 2023. Continue reading...

A large pro-Palestine protest has won legal right to march across Harbour Bridge. How will the shutdown affect Sydney?