As the home ownership dream fades, Australians may be open to a frank conversation about house prices One of the most basic axioms in Australian politics is that voters support rising house prices. John Howard expressed this axiom when he infamously remarked that no one had ever told him “I'm angry wi...

Great piece from my colleague @alistairsisson.bsky.social exploring the implications of our voter data on the ##HousingCrisis
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Most Australians agree there’s a housing crisis. But they differ on what’s causing it – and how to fix it New research shows older voters believe immigration is crunching housing supply, while young voters blame high interest rates and low wage growth.

What do voters think about the housing crisis? Just out in @aunz.theconversation.com our piece (w @shaunwilson.bsky.social @alistairsisson.bsky.social Kristian Ruming and Adam Stebbing) for MQ's Housing and Urban Research Centre exploring #Housing attitudes
theconversation.com/most-austral...

Research funding body suspends grant to pro-Palestinian academic Controversial academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has said Zionists “have no claim or right to cultural safety”, has had her $870,000 research grant suspended.

This is a ridiculous and damaging move from the ARC which should cause all academics here and abroad substantial concern. www.afr.com/policy/healt...

Open Letter on Academic Freedom We, the undersigned, write to express our condemnation of the decision by the Education Minister Jason Clare to request the Australian Research Council (ARC) to investigate the Future Fellowship of M...

Open letter in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and condemning the latest attempt to silence her — please sign & share docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Incarceration doesn't make for safer communities - this carceral "common sense" needs critical examination so we can understand what prisons are really for, & the impact they really have, in the colony

Thanks @emmakrussell.bsky.social @francismarkham.work @blatmannaama.bsky.social Andrew Burridge!

Yeah as always the action didn’t live up to the rhetoric

Came to Brian Howe’s archives to read housing stuff, stayed for his hatred of cars

Palestine: Spaces and Politics Introductory Curriculum

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.

Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.

#menasky, #geosky

palestine.araburbanism.com

Why we boycott Israel: ‘One day everyone will have always been against this’ ⋆ The Breach More than 6,000 literary workers have pledged to stop working with institutions that support the horrors in Gaza

"Boycotts are effective, and ending complicity is a profound ethical obligation that Palestinians have asked us to fulfill."

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robyn Maynard on the "largest cultural boycott from writers since the South African anti-apartheid movement"

breachmedia.ca/why-we-boyco...