Joanne Wallis

A sad joke The conditions at one inner-city Melbourne high school highlight the absurd level of under-resourcing of state schools around the nation

The under-funding of state schools has reached an absurd stage at one inner-city Melbourne high school cum office space

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Navigating geopolitical upheaval: what does Trumpism 2.0 mean for SIDS? President Trump’s return to the White House in 2025 signals an upheaval in global politics and erosion of the post-1945 world order. ODI hosts, Emily and Matt, ask what this means for small island dev...

New "Small Islands Big Picture" podcast out now!

Myself and @emilycwilkinson.bsky.social talk to William Waqavakatoga, Jack Corbett, @joannewallis.bsky.social @knight54.bsky.social, Xiaotong Zhang and HE Ali Naseer Mohamed about #Trump 2.0 and #geopolitical upheaval

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Well said

Paragraph 278 of Australia's 1975 Strategic Basis Paper which includes the words "Were circumstances to indicate a developing military threat to Australia, defence policy would be actively seeking to develop military capabilities in a manner calculated to avert or deter it, irrespective of the support that might be expected from the United States and other powers..."

by 1975...

Paragraph 6 of the 1968 Australian Strategic Basis paper which stated that Australia must be prepared to deal with situations ‘which directly threaten our territorial interests and which we could not reasonably rely on receiving help from our allies

Just dusting off Australia's 1968 Strategic Basis Paper...

There was a Minerva topic on the Pacific in the last round that my uni was encouraging me to apply for - luckily the election happened before the closing date, so I knew not to bother

Good point - this explains stuff that happens in the Pacific tol

Agreed. A lot of Chinese foreign policy is curiously counterproductive and incompetent. Their diplomats must have a very poor feel for domestic politics in the countries they are posted to

Really interesting given the constitutional arrangements - I wonder what the NZ government will actually do if this is a security agreement

I'm on my second pot!

🚨 Last chance to submit your abstracts for #OCIS2025🚨

I'm whelmed

Thankfully it keeps going - if I'm ever feeling down, our kids always give me a lift with their ability to get excited about even the smallest and most mundane things

Wow! Chuffed to hear this. Thank you @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social! It was a great publishing experience with fantastically constructive reviewers and helpful editorial advice

If it was just understood, then the security deal would be redundant

We could have just not attached the security requirement

🚨#OCIS2025 CfP extended to 13 January 2025!🚨

More time to submit those exciting abstracts! :-D

👀 Given the conflicting scuttlebutt I've heard, I'm keen to see this one!

YouTube video by New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Australia and New Zealand: Natural Allies?

Are Australia and New Zealand 'natural allies'? Watch the recent expert panel discussion co-hosted with AIIA, featuring much needed analysis of the Trans-Tasman relationship. @davidcapie.bsky.social @joannewallis.bsky.social, @limdarrenj.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=M40q...

At first glance, Australia’s new treaty with Nauru seems to be a win-win. But questions remain The new deal between the countries seems to offer Nauru an economic lifeline while giving Australia security in the region. But the details reveal issues still to be resolved.

In this piece for @aunz.theconversation.com Jack Corbett and I give our initial thoughts on the Nauru-Australia Treaty theconversation.com/at-first-gla...

Um, never heard of them.. But I am old

I never get tired of Glass's violin concerto no. 1

YouTube video by The Wiggles - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes Go Santa Go! 🎅 Kids Christmas Songs and Carols 🎄 The Wiggles

My kids are unfortunately just aging out of this Wiggles Christmas banger
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Apologies - they may be, I just know that I put the same project in for a Marsden and an ARC DP (got the DP, wasn't within a cooee of the Marsden)

Yes, they are equivalent to our ARC DPs, so this is huge

In this piece Anna Powles and I ask: has the Australia-New Zealand alliance become irrelevant? [of course it hasn't, but we also don't want to take it for granted]
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Helpful starter pack with international organizations on bluesky 👇

At a quick glance I could see Andrew Rosser (IR/IPE) and Darren Halpin (Political Science), but as an IR person I might have missed Political Science & Policy people. I'm sure both try their best, but they're pretty out-numbered

It's interesting that their project, and Lisa Hill's, both went up under Philosophy, even though they could equally be classified as political theory. Maybe the answer is just abandoning 4408 entirely!

Agreed - really depends on how uni treats it for workload. Editing @austjia.bsky.social means I'm already at my limit of my good citizen 'service to the discipline' - we're on track for 300 submissions this year