@stanleyhistorian.bsky.social makes many good points in this interview, including the lack of recognition for the Les Carlyon Prize shortlistees www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Questions over the Australian War Memorial literary prize. Please look at the pic & read my note re shortlist recognition.

The ANU was set up to be a ‘national asset’. Here are 3 ways it can return to its original mission After months of pressure, Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned. This creates a unique opportunity for the federal government.

"If the ANU is not committed to research that tells the Australian story then well may we ask, what is the point of a national university?"

theconversation.com/the-anu-was-...

Pressure mounts for ANU to 'come clean' amid speculation about Vice-Chancellor's position | Region Canberra

Leadership must ‘come clean’ on speculated VC ousting, for the sake of the University community’s psychosocial safety. Shocking staff and students have had no official communications. Media is the only source of information atm. Incredibly bad governance. region.com.au/pressure-mou...

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

Melbourne Uni needs to explain this bullshit. This is destroying critical cultural infrastructure.

Unimelb axing Meanjin, ANU scuttling the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and then universities wonder why they can’t seem to exert any influence over the national discourse.

The Egg, a cricket trophy awarded to the winners of Overland vs Meanjin matches, alongside a copy of Jim Davidson's Emperor in Lilliput, the book about magazine founding editors Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith.

Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

This is an absolute disaster for the literary community, writing writ large, for Australia, the world. I cannot emphasise how bad this is

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Graham Greene in Dances with Wolves

Graham Greene in Maverick

Graham Greene in The Last of Us

Graham Greene in Marvel’s Echo

RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.

Petition to ANU Council In support of our petition, we observe that: • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks will…

To restore confidence in #ANU:
1️⃣ Cease Renew ANU job cuts.
2️⃣ Cease Renew ANU cuts to disciplines and areas.
3️⃣ Dismiss the Chancellor.
4️⃣ Dismiss the VC.

Sign the @nteunion.bsky.social petition to ANU Council - open at all staff, students and broader community.

Petition to ANU Council In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...

Please sign and share this petition for ANU Council to:

🛑Stop forced redundancies

🛑Stop proposed school/center closures and amalgamations

🛑Sack the Chancellor and VC

It’s open not only to students and staff but also to all members of the broader ANU community.

nteu.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

Statement on risks to national social and cultural research infrastructure and capability at the Australian National University | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has deep concerns about the current risks to critical research infrastructure that underpins the work of Aus ...

Statement on risks to national social and cultural research infrastructure and capability at the Australian National University | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Congratulations to @ozworders.bsky.social director @alaugesen.bsky.social. Her book 'Australia in 100 Words' has just been shortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australian History). It is a brilliant book - one of my top 2024 reads. A greatly deserved honour.

The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.

The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters
theconversation.com/the-anu-is-m...

Open letter: Concerns Regarding the Treatment of Casual Sessional Academics at ANU This letter is now open for signatures, and will be sent on August 18, 2025. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter to Minister for Education Jason Clare, Se...

Important open letter concerning the poor and rapidly worsening treatment of our casual sessional colleagues at @ouranu.bsky.social

ANU staff please read and consider adding your signatures.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘The story of our language is the story of us: Will the Australian National Dictionary Centre go bung?’ by Amanda Laugesen and Frank Bongiorno The proposed abolition of the Australian National Dictionary Centre represents a significant retreat from the Australian National University’s long-standing commitment to supporting a national public ...

“The proposed abolition of the Australian National Dictionary Centre represents a significant retreat from the Australian National University’s long-standing commitment to supporting a national public culture.”

www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...

‘The story of our language is the story of us: Will the Australian National Dictionary Centre go bung?’ by Amanda Laugesen and Frank Bongiorno The proposed abolition of the Australian National Dictionary Centre represents a significant retreat from the Australian National University’s long-standing commitment to supporting a national public ...

www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c... It's only words, but words are all we've got... #SaveOurDictionary @ouranu.bsky.social

Australian National Dictionary Centre could be shut down Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

STRIKE back against ANU job cuts CASS people’s town hall

Rally tomorrow 12pm. We’re protesting ANU cuts. Come join us and make some noise!

And at 1pm come hear personal stories of senseless cheap cuts at the arts and social sciences people’s town hall. ✊

Oh no! The Australian National #Dictionary Centre is an incredibly important group. Disbanding it would be a disaster.

From bluey to bogans: Researchers who help define how the nation speaks to lose their jobs For almost 40 years, the words the nation uses in speech, newspapers and books has been mapped by a small team at the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

I can't believe ANU is proposing to disestablish ANDC @ozworders.bsky.social‬. Over the last 20 years of writing I've often consulted staff over the origins of obscure words and phrases. We need the dictionary to record and explain our changing language. www.smh.com.au/national/fro...

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...

Australia can’t withstand further humanities cuts. Civil society depends on it.
While universities have the right to determine their education & research priorities, no one in Australia has a handle on the effects of cuts & their impact on our national skills & knowledge capabilities. bit.ly/3TqI4jn

This will be my first in-person presentation for almost six years! If you are in town, please come along. I will be talking about the post-liberation experiences of ex-Stalag Luft III POWs. You might find some of them surprising!

Mae Jemison wears a bright orange NASA space suit and holds her helmet for a photo

Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space

We have lost one of the true giants of the screen. Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe. That’s how powerful an actor he was. He will be missed, but his work will live on forever.

RIP Gene Hackman, 1930-2025

Thanks Kristen!

an informal social occasion at which guests smoke and chat, and at which light entertainment is frequently provided. It's also used in NZ.

Yep, smoko in this sense is pretty common. Aust. National Dictionary has 'smoko' in this sense from 1918 (and I've seen lots of examples of WW1 veterans' reunions having smokos), and it is an abbreviated form of 'smoke concert' (1883), 'smoke night' (1882), 'smoke social' (1884) - all defined as ...

Lovely photo, Rachel!!

Our Word of the Year for 2024 is 'Colesworth': used in reference to the perceived duopoly of Australia's largest supermarket retailers, Coles and Woolworths. For more about our choice, and shortlist: tinyurl.com/yeyn5tkp

Monique Rooney | Substack I’m a literary studies scholar and writer at ANU. I am working ontwo projects: Brow Network (Iowa UP) and a biography of Ruth Park. On Substack, I share research, writing-in-progress, and thoughts on ...

I’ve started a Substack! I’ll be writing about my two current projects: Brow Network, which explores how “taste” is changing in a world of dissolving hierarchies, and my biography-in-progress of the brilliant Pacific region writer Ruth Park. Follow along here: substack.com/@moniquerooney.