Alice Grundy
@alicektg.bsky.social
Managing Editor, Australia Institute Press
Research Manager, The Australia Institute
Austlit editing and publishing aficionado
Opinions own
Research Manager, The Australia Institute
Austlit editing and publishing aficionado
Opinions own
"I realised then that bravery is not about having all the answers. It’s about making the hardest decision in the loneliest room and walking out still able to look yourself in the mirror."
Senator Fatima Payman on crossing the floor. The first extract from A Time for Bravery, up for preorder now
Senator Fatima Payman on crossing the floor. The first extract from A Time for Bravery, up for preorder now
The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"I realised then that bravery is not about having all the answers. It’s about making the hardest decision in the loneliest room and walking out still able to look yourself in the mirror."
Senator Fatima Payman on crossing the floor. The first extract from A Time for Bravery, up for preorder now
Senator Fatima Payman on crossing the floor. The first extract from A Time for Bravery, up for preorder now
The abrupt and indefensible closure of Meanjin makes me ask, what can be done to shore up the future of literary journals in this country? How about funding the arts to the OECD average. That would mean an extra $5b per year.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for her ever-excellent edits on this
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for her ever-excellent edits on this
Meanjin was closed – but new Australian literary journals are springing up around the country
Literary journals are breeding grounds of talent – including the new Splinter, rebooted Southerly, and First Nations journal Sovereign Texts, launching next year.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The abrupt and indefensible closure of Meanjin makes me ask, what can be done to shore up the future of literary journals in this country? How about funding the arts to the OECD average. That would mean an extra $5b per year.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for her ever-excellent edits on this
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for her ever-excellent edits on this
Did Kath and Kim come from the mother daughter duo in Patrick White’s Twyborn Affair or is that just a coincidence? An idle google bore no fruit
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Did Kath and Kim come from the mother daughter duo in Patrick White’s Twyborn Affair or is that just a coincidence? An idle google bore no fruit
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"Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
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What if we took the billions saved by not hosting the COP and gave it to the Pacific who we keep saying the COP was supposed to help? #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251121-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251121-...
COP failure delivers a billion dollar opportunity to finally deliver for Pacific family
New analysis of Australia's foreign aid spending recommends a more direct way to help our Pacific neighbours, following the failure to win the right to host next year’s COP climate talks.
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What if we took the billions saved by not hosting the COP and gave it to the Pacific who we keep saying the COP was supposed to help? #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251121-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251121-...
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This morning at #COP30 in Belém, Australian joined a group led by Colombia that will plan a fossil fuel phaseout outside the UN process, with the first meeting to be held next year in Santa Marta. It is the most significant statement AUS has made on future of fossil fuels to date.
Story to come.
Story to come.
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This morning at #COP30 in Belém, Australian joined a group led by Colombia that will plan a fossil fuel phaseout outside the UN process, with the first meeting to be held next year in Santa Marta. It is the most significant statement AUS has made on future of fossil fuels to date.
Story to come.
Story to come.
"Our national debate pretends as though all jobseekers can simply try harder and land a job. It is an argument that wilfully ignores the reality of a labour market where entry-level jobs have nearly collapsed." Kasy Chambers on @thepointau.bsky.social today
We're having the wrong conversation about unemployment
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Our national debate pretends as though all jobseekers can simply try harder and land a job. It is an argument that wilfully ignores the reality of a labour market where entry-level jobs have nearly collapsed." Kasy Chambers on @thepointau.bsky.social today
If you're feeling despondent about the world right now, this is the antidote.
New from Australia Institute Press, a book on what it looks like when Australians are brave with contributions from @amythunig.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Amy Coopes, and lots of people who aren't called Amy.
New from Australia Institute Press, a book on what it looks like when Australians are brave with contributions from @amythunig.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Amy Coopes, and lots of people who aren't called Amy.
PREORDER NOW IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
What would happen if Australia chose bravery?
29 leading thinkers from Australia and abroad to make the case for a braver, more courageous future.
Save $5 by using the code 'SAVE5' at checkout.
Find it here: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
What would happen if Australia chose bravery?
29 leading thinkers from Australia and abroad to make the case for a braver, more courageous future.
Save $5 by using the code 'SAVE5' at checkout.
Find it here: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you're feeling despondent about the world right now, this is the antidote.
New from Australia Institute Press, a book on what it looks like when Australians are brave with contributions from @amythunig.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Amy Coopes, and lots of people who aren't called Amy.
New from Australia Institute Press, a book on what it looks like when Australians are brave with contributions from @amythunig.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Amy Coopes, and lots of people who aren't called Amy.
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Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
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That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
Reposted by Alice Grundy
We’re back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Just a reminder - even if the LNP had not decided to dump the net zero target, they would still be irrelevant to what the Govt can do.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just a reminder - even if the LNP had not decided to dump the net zero target, they would still be irrelevant to what the Govt can do.
Interested in the future of higher ed and Western Sydney? You should probably come to this chat on Wednesday in Parramatta with Profs George Williams and Azadeh Dastyari and local member Andrew Charlton (and me)
Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Interested in the future of higher ed and Western Sydney? You should probably come to this chat on Wednesday in Parramatta with Profs George Williams and Azadeh Dastyari and local member Andrew Charlton (and me)
@marquelawyers.com.au with a take you need to read on copyright and AI on @thepointau.bsky.social
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@marquelawyers.com.au with a take you need to read on copyright and AI on @thepointau.bsky.social
"the landlord pricing [Gen Z] out of housing and the property developer sitting on land banks are local elites, not foreign workers. When conservatives try to redirect economic anxiety toward xenophobia – the playbook that worked brilliantly with older voters – Gen Z simply doesn’t buy it."
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"the landlord pricing [Gen Z] out of housing and the property developer sitting on land banks are local elites, not foreign workers. When conservatives try to redirect economic anxiety toward xenophobia – the playbook that worked brilliantly with older voters – Gen Z simply doesn’t buy it."
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We have put a lot of effort recently in making available the entire archive of OVERLAND’s 70+ year history.
In that spirit, on the penultimate day of Subscriberthon we bring you this previously unpublished interview with historian Humphrey McQueen on state violence and the arming of the police.
In that spirit, on the penultimate day of Subscriberthon we bring you this previously unpublished interview with historian Humphrey McQueen on state violence and the arming of the police.
Back when they armed the police: an interview with Humphrey McQueen - Overland literary journal
In this interview with Rock Chugg, commissioned some twenty years by then-editor Nathan Hollier for a monographic issue that didn't eventuate, Australian historian Humphrey McQueen discusses the armin...
overland.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We have put a lot of effort recently in making available the entire archive of OVERLAND’s 70+ year history.
In that spirit, on the penultimate day of Subscriberthon we bring you this previously unpublished interview with historian Humphrey McQueen on state violence and the arming of the police.
In that spirit, on the penultimate day of Subscriberthon we bring you this previously unpublished interview with historian Humphrey McQueen on state violence and the arming of the police.
Reposted by Alice Grundy
Big thanks to the folks over at Global Roaming pod for their Aiming Higher shoutout!
In the latest Vantage Point essay, Professor George Williams unpacks the necessary changes to Australian higher education to tackle the big issues of the future!
🧑🎓🧑🎓🧑🎓
#auspol
In the latest Vantage Point essay, Professor George Williams unpacks the necessary changes to Australian higher education to tackle the big issues of the future!
🧑🎓🧑🎓🧑🎓
#auspol
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Big thanks to the folks over at Global Roaming pod for their Aiming Higher shoutout!
In the latest Vantage Point essay, Professor George Williams unpacks the necessary changes to Australian higher education to tackle the big issues of the future!
🧑🎓🧑🎓🧑🎓
#auspol
In the latest Vantage Point essay, Professor George Williams unpacks the necessary changes to Australian higher education to tackle the big issues of the future!
🧑🎓🧑🎓🧑🎓
#auspol
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"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts
If he doesn’t change course, the Prime Minister may end up leading exactly the kind of 'shadow government' that he derided his predecessor for.
thepoint.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
If you're trying to puzzle out the future of books as we see more mergers, cost of living pressures, changing habits and the behemoth of AI, you should read the new issue of @austbookreview.bsky.social
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
Current Issue
In this special issue of Australian Book Review, we look at the future of the book in Australia. What do the rise in audiobooks, Silent Reading Clubs, and Gen Z’s preference for physical books tell us...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you're trying to puzzle out the future of books as we see more mergers, cost of living pressures, changing habits and the behemoth of AI, you should read the new issue of @austbookreview.bsky.social
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
You'll find @millicentweber.bsky.social, Melissa Lucashenko, Elizabeth Weiss & me (among others)
Reposted by Alice Grundy
The main source of illegal guns in Australia isn’t 3D printers or imports, it’s thefts from Australian homes. And the more guns there are in our homes, the more guns get stolen…but decades after Howards gun reforms there is no national register of legal or stolen guns
thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...
Every four hours a gun is stolen in Australia: new research
Gun violence has been in Australian headlines regularly in recent months.
thepoint.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The main source of illegal guns in Australia isn’t 3D printers or imports, it’s thefts from Australian homes. And the more guns there are in our homes, the more guns get stolen…but decades after Howards gun reforms there is no national register of legal or stolen guns
thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...
Reposted by Alice Grundy
New Australia Institute research shows that the theft of legally owned guns is the cause behind the high number of illegal firearms.
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
New Australia Institute research shows that the theft of legally owned guns is the cause behind the high number of illegal firearms.
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.
📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
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Here's ten articles on democracy & governance that you can read right now on @thepointau.bsky.social:
1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" --
Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...
1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" --
Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...
New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents
The proposed laws preventing public access to key government documents directly contradict a key Robodebt Royal Commission recommendation.
thepoint.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Here's ten articles on democracy & governance that you can read right now on @thepointau.bsky.social:
1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" --
Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...
1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" --
Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...
New from your friends @australiainstitute.org.au: The Point! Get the news, fact checks and explainers you need on everything from international relations to climate change.
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thepoint.com.au
The Point
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thepoint.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
New from your friends @australiainstitute.org.au: The Point! Get the news, fact checks and explainers you need on everything from international relations to climate change.
thepoint.com.au
thepoint.com.au
The ever-sensible James Curran poured some cold water on the AUKUS excitement in the AFR today.
He reminds us of "The inescapable reality is there remain plenty of off-ramps for future administrations to break the pledge to transfer the nuclear-powered submarines in 2032"
He reminds us of "The inescapable reality is there remain plenty of off-ramps for future administrations to break the pledge to transfer the nuclear-powered submarines in 2032"
AUKUS remains a ghost fleet for Trump and Australia
The inescapable reality is that there are still plenty of off-ramps for future administrations to break the pledge to transfer the nuclear-powered submarines in 2032.
www.afr.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The ever-sensible James Curran poured some cold water on the AUKUS excitement in the AFR today.
He reminds us of "The inescapable reality is there remain plenty of off-ramps for future administrations to break the pledge to transfer the nuclear-powered submarines in 2032"
He reminds us of "The inescapable reality is there remain plenty of off-ramps for future administrations to break the pledge to transfer the nuclear-powered submarines in 2032"
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"What this Bill would do is make it harder and more expensive for Australians to get information from the government."
"FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse."
- Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac
#auspol @skyelark.bsky.social
"FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse."
- Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac
#auspol @skyelark.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"What this Bill would do is make it harder and more expensive for Australians to get information from the government."
"FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse."
- Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac
#auspol @skyelark.bsky.social
"FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse."
- Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac
#auspol @skyelark.bsky.social