Fifty years later, what impact has the Dismissal had on Australian democracy?

UC to establish the Vice-Chancellor’s Centre of Public Ideas, and Prof Frank Bongiorno AM to take up Donald Horne Professorship as Centre director.

Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.

Get tickets on Humanitix - Meet the author - Hugh Mackay. Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Tangney Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Monday 3rd November 2025. Find event information.

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026

We explore the outcomes of the 2025 Australian federal election and consider whether it signals a fundamental rupture or realignment in the political landscape

Wattle fairies, talking magpies, excursions to the South Pole, unbreakable dolls, flesh-eating monsters, toddler kings, and underground playgrounds. Is there anywhere the childhood imagination cannot ...

Book Launch of Playtime : A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

Book Launch of Playtime : A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

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.

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...

The only people ignoring the urgent need for major university reform are the people that are running them.

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (about:blank). We also write as individuals with a range of political beliefs. We are de...

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

Manatū Taonga is going ahead with cutting the jobs of most of its historians.

Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts

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.

ANU restructuring of humanities & social sciences programs warning that the cuts pose a threat to Australia’s sovereign capability

Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Michelle Staff on her new book Miles Franklin Undercover The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career – A powerful story of a young woman...

Full time, fixed term for 3 years Opportunity for research in Pacific history in the Discipline of History First Nations and Pacific Nations candidates strongly encouraged to apply Academic Level A6-8...

The party is taking a long time to understand its plight

Is Peter Dutton’s energy plan going the way of a succession of nuclear pushes?

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Governance at Australia’s universities is in a dire state.