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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 5d

“This inquiry has… exposed what lies beneath the tip of the governance failure iceberg – overpaid and arrogant management and their largesse, opaque, unaccountable, and top-down decision-making, and governance bodies stacked with corporate appointees.” satpa.pe/LL2wwbN

Stacked boards driving ‘rotten’ university sector

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · 7d

Agree. Don’t let the door &c….

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · 16d

What? They’re not going to walk away from that deal where we give them billions of dollars for hardware they’ll most likely never have to deliver? Quelle surprise!

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · 25d

100% would watch.

Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’m firmly convinced after 25 years working in the sector, that the current deplorable state of our universities can 100% be sheeted home to Howard. Both for his educational policies and also his narrowing of the country’s appetite for any form of critical thinking.

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · Aug 27

I see what you did they’re.

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Tseen Khoo @tseenster.bsky.social · Jul 27

A thread you can direct some action to this Monday morning. The damage the policy has done, and the mindset it encourages, is significant and ongoing.

An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).

Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · Jul 27

More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students

Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

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Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 8

Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People, Volume Three includes, 'Beyond the Binary: Shapeshifting and Nonbinary Identity in Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction' by Candice Lemon-Scott.

Available: ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/article/v... #ukkidlit #academicsky #booksky #lgbtq

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · Jun 6

Possibly read ‘when the moon hits your eye’ by @scalzi.com - disturbingly prescient :)

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · Jun 4

“The election campaign focused too much on short-term offerings for voters – there was little discussion of what the respective leaders wanted our country to be in the coming decades.” https://trib.al/bTIvynH

How to fix university funding

Now the election is finally over and the parties and candidates have settled down to their new realities, national priorities must be afforded their proper place. The election campaign focused too much on short-term offerings for voters – there was little discussion of what the respective leaders wanted our country to be in the coming decades. Specifically, no one was talking

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 31

I have never voted liberal in my life, but tbh any party willing to make serious policy commitments along the lines suggested by John Hewson here would be a serious contender for my support. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

How to fix university funding

Now the election is finally over and the parties and candidates have settled down to their new realities, national priorities must be afforded their proper place. The election campaign focused too muc...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · May 3

A message for @australianlabor.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social from the Australian people 🇦🇺🦘🐨👇🏻

Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

Seriously though Labor, this isn’t the Australian people saying ‘well done Labor’ this is us saying ‘take your Trumpian bullshit and fuck off’.
Don’t lose sight of that.
#auspol #ausvotes #binnight

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

100%

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

Hey Albo, how about fixing the universities now, eh? #auspol #ausvotes #binnight

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · May 3

You've got a mandate, fucking use it

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · May 3

FUND UNIVERSITIES. PROPERLY. #ausvotes

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

Oh absolutely fuck yeah.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · May 3

One of the lessons of Liberal Party over my lifetime is that the next leader will be worse than you thought the last one was.

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

You are on fire this evening :)

Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

Seriously though Labor, this isn’t the Australian people saying ‘well done Labor’ this is us saying ‘take your Trumpian bullshit and fuck off’.
Don’t lose sight of that.
#auspol #ausvotes #binnight

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

I also want to say thanks to the Australian people for the faith they placed in Peter Dutton (ie: none) #auspol #binnight #ausvotes

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Jess McGuire @jessmcguire.bsky.social · May 3

Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”

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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · May 3

Anti-Trumpism, in Australia and Canada at least, has become a more powerful political force than anti-incumbency.

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

I really hope Labor has the sense to understand that this is as much a repudiation of trumpian politics as it is an endorsement of Labor’s performance over the last 3 years. #auspol #binnigjt

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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social · May 3

Great job Cathy. Well done.

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