Short Film - 'The Aunties' (Kuranda, QLD) YouTube video by DesertPeaMedia

So proud!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdh...

Australia's universities have found themselves in crisis. But it has been decades in the making | Hannah Forsyth Rather than a set of teaching and learning relationships, universities have become a bunch of metrics to be gamed. Unwinding these systems will take effort

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It’s time to axe the Morrison-era policy strangling Australia’s humanities degrees 'Unless we have lawyers from all class backgrounds, we will have a legal system that is shaped by a particular narrow set of perspectives and assumptions and blind spots.'

It’s time to axe the Morrison-era policy strangling Australia’s humanities degrees www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/16/s...

Performed for Gina too. No morals.

Settler colonialism: what it can tell you about the Israel/Palestine conflict In spite of a last minute venue cancellation by Adelaide University, a sold-out Adelaide crowd heard from Chris Sidoti, Francesca Albanese, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour on lessons and links for Aust...

Chris Sidoti, Francesca Albanese, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour on lessons and links for Australia on settler colonialism and the Israel/Palestine conflict.
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Extreme rhetoric in right-wing political circles deserves more attention The rhetoric in Australia's right-wing political circles is getting more extreme and the media should be paying more attention.

"The ABC contacted the office of Jillian Segal, Australia's antisemitism envoy, to see what her response to those comments was. It's been almost a week now, and there's been no reply."

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

DAY 15:
“The strength of Australian democracy is built on trust in our institutions. When these organisations lose trust, they can’t function and lose relevance." - @rodcampbell.bsky.social

@australiainstitute.org.au what did Andrew Forrest receive with his donation to you? #AndrewForrest #AusPol

Ellis Rowan's artwork on the cover:

Botanical women artists in northern Queensland: science, art, and entanglement, 1880–1999 This article explicates the contributions of two women botanical artists, Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) and Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912–1999) to botanical science in northern Queensland. Despite the...

All you need to know about:
Botanical women artists in northern Queensland: science, art, and entanglement, 1880–1999 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky @jcucase.bsky.social

Tim Wilson walks back suggestion Liberals would rethink RBA full employment mandate New shadow treasurer accused of ‘extreme ideology’ that would result in higher interest rates and unemployment after suggesting RBA’s ‘core purpose’ should be to lower inflation

Took Wilson less than a day to trip over his ego.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Enjoy this little round up of Angus Taylor's many talents

. . . and yes, it's from the tiktok pages of Rupert's Australian

(apologies for the aspect ratio, my converter refused to do anything better than this 😎)

a man in a suit and tie is carrying a large pot . Alt: Kevin from The Office struggling then dropping a massive pot of chilli all over the carpet.

Sussan Ley and the Australian Liberal Party:

#ClimateCriminals and #FascistFluffers of #auspol - #Australia

Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up [HQ Sound] YouTube video by Jersild & Hammer

Subtle resistance: youtu.be/X2W3aG8uizA?...

Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned? Native predators like owls and goannas are dying from eating poisoned rats and mice. Wildlife experts are shocked the government won’t ban these toxic compounds.

The authority that regulates pesticides finds ‘second generation’ rat poisons present unacceptable risks to Australian native animals. theconversation.com/household-ra...

Great work! Thanks Rachel.

Primrose Spider Orchids are endemic to the south-west region of Western Australia and they're so beautiful 🤩 #painting #watercolor #botanicalart #botanical #orchid rachelhollis.com/product/prim...

Quilt with squares within squares intricate design and flower like motifs

'Rajah quilt' ,1841 by English female convicts as they were transported to Australia, typically for petty crimes due to poverty, sailing from Woolwich to Hobart, Tasmania. The quilt was named after the ship in which they sailed #womensart

Hit the big time now. #AcademicSky #AustralianHistory

JCU: Discover JCU: James Cook University, Australia research has revealed the tale of two pioneering botanical artists, who used their exquisite paintings of Australian tropical plants to inspire, break through...

Head to fb for my latest media release: www.facebook.com/JCUdiscover/...

Peter r Broelman in Canberra Times

Aboriginal Society in First Fleet Art: Australia Day Reflections The earliest records of British colonists shows Aboriginal people as skilled and knowledgeable custodians of the land.

This #australiaday2026 post draws upon “The Art of the First Fleet & Other Early Australian Drawings”, it explores Indigenous society as portrayed in these artworks, delving into the Eora’s physical & cultural world - it shows terra nullius to be fiction.

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A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Australia Day is such bullshit. NSW proclamation day at best. At worst a celebration of the crimes of colonisation.

If you have to acknowledge that the day is a source of pain for many, that’s a damn good sign it’s a shit day to have as your national day.

Trump’s ‘new normal’ leaves Australia marooned. We can no longer pretend otherwise | Zoe Daniel The rules-based global order is rapidly disintegrating. It’s time for middle powers to stand together The French president Emmanuel Macron borrowed some lines from Hugh Grant about bullies at the World Economic Forum in Davos. His target was Donald Trump, who had leaked a conciliatory text message from Macron who, evidently, was trying to get the US president to the table to shore up the rapidly disintegrating global order. In the love-it-or-hate-it Christmas film, Love Actually, Grant – playing the foppish British prime minister of the day – confronts the US president, saying: “A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend, and since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger.” Zoe Daniel is a three-time ABC foreign correspondent and the former independent member for Goldstein. She is the chair of Mental Health Victoria Continue reading...

Trump’s ‘new normal’ leaves Australia marooned. We can no longer pretend otherwise | Zoe Daniel

Photo of a single leafy stem with an extraordinary cone-like inflorescence of orange flowers with very long, exserted styles. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Up this week: Proteaceae. Flowers are 4-merous, stamens fused to the uniseriate perianth, 1 carpel with a long style & pollen presentation. This Gondwanaland family is found throughout the S. Hemisphere but is most diverse in Australia. 📷: Leucospermum sp/cv. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Australia women’s captain Alyssa Healy to retire from cricket in March Alyssa Healy, the captain of Australia’s women’s team, has announced she is to retire from cricket in March and so will not play in the T20 World Cup in June

Legend:
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Brilliant cartoon:
@cathywilcox.bsky.social

‘A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised We need a society that values its visionaries, those who go against the grain to create new dreams that reveal other ways of being

In the 21st century, one of the wealthiest societies in human history, yet diminished and lost: a nation of rich cowards without even the courage to acknowledge our origins and far less the possibility of a better future than the nightmare daily growing around us. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...