We are a politically independent, interdisciplinary organisation devoted to furthering research and scholarship concerned with Australia. (maintd by @drstaff13)
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CALL FOR ISSUES | The open-access Australian Studies Journal (ZfA|ASJ, ISSN 1864-3957) invites proposals for special issues focussing on specific themes or topics related to Australia. #AustralianStudies #CfP #Journal #Australia #Migration buff.ly/3MhIRQ4
»The move was immediately slammed as expensive and wasteful by both Murdoch and Curtin universities, while #UWA Vice Chancellor Amit Chakma praised the ›aspiration‹ of the plan and its desire to improve the sector.« #HigherEd #University buff.ly/sAkTOu7
»Murdoch #University has honoured three leaders whose work has shaped the law, strengthened communities and expanded #educational opportunities in Australia.« buff.ly/Ga8lAGc
»The shift from open woodland to dense forest after #colonisation led to more intense fires, changes consistent with the loss of cultural burning practices and the removal of traditional owners, the #Gunaikurnai people, from the land.« buff.ly/TIprBFW
»From dardy and Fremantle doctor in WA, to cheerios in QLD, Darwin rig in the Top End and turbo chook in TAS, regional vocabulary is as diverse as the country itself. The ANU is asking AUSns to help uncover even more local words and phrases.« #Linguistics buff.ly/mKqPKO2
»›Visa hopping‹ international #students, migration agents and lawyers trying to ›game‹ the migration system will be targeted by the federal government, as Labor unveils a further crackdown.« buff.ly/ofG2dXI
CALL FOR ISSUES | The open-access Zeitschrift fuer Australienstudien | Australian Studies Journal (ZfA|ASJ, ISSN 1864-3957) invites proposals for special issues focussing on specific topics related to Australia. #AustralianStudies #CfP #Journal #Australia buff.ly/qDQRgu8
»Although #campus architecture has constantly changed and shifted over the past 175 years, we need to be careful that new developments don’t destroy what came before.« #Universities #Australia buff.ly/eEbGuJ0
»I’ll have the noise and these attacks going on [again]. But you know I’m loved by my family, and I’m loved by my Country … Once again there’ll be a storm, you know. I’ll be accused by some of eating kittens. And eating them slowly, which is worse.« buff.ly/PdkSJDX
»Warmun has the most distinctive history of all the Aboriginal art movements in Western Australia« buff.ly/zW2bkNG #FirstNations #Art
»Can AUS prevent the footage of someone being killed by a firing squad from being accessed online? [...] According to our Online Safety Act, the government does have the legal power to block content depicting ›abhorrent violent conduct‹. « buff.ly/pZ4KUcY #OnlineSafety
»Concerns have been raised about whether Australia is particularly vulnerable to autonomous AI agents because so much of our digital infrastructure depends on outdated or ›legacy‹ software.« buff.ly/7lXrcxB
»Founded in 2019, the #NISA program is now in its eighth year and boasts an alumnus of 29 program participants. In 2026, NISA received national recognition at the Australian Space Awards, acknowledged with two Group Category honours« buff.ly/0eNdqqm
»Australia cannot meet its equity ambitions in higher education if students are being priced out of participation. That is the uncomfortable truth at the heart of the student experience right now.« #HigherEd buff.ly/FWoHUnM
»Have you ever found your lawn riddled with holes or heard a little sneeze from your backyard bushes? [...] #Bandicoots are native to #Australia and New Guinea, but are recognised as a globally #threatened group of #animals.« #Extinction #RedList buff.ly/KqVedEQ
»We have been clear with all sides of politics: cutting international #student numbers too hard comes with real consequences for Australia«, said #UniversitiesAustralia Chief Executive Officer Luke Sheehy. buff.ly/Vz9iXMv
»What are the five forces reshaping Australia’s economy and society over the next four decades? What it will take to keep Australians’ faith in government alive while managing them? What can younger Australians expect from future governments?« buff.ly/M2WACdN
AI distortion of archaeology & Ind knowledge: »GenAI works at scale, compressing vast quantities of information into statistical patterns. Indigenous Knowledge works the other way. It is local, place-based and bound to particular Country and communities.« buff.ly/qO7NG4A
»While many on the Left support the national broadcaster, the ABC, many on the Right see it as a waste of taxpayers’ money.« #AustralianCulture buff.ly/ehjpYLq
»Australians are becoming increasingly lonely and socially isolated, according to new University of Sydney #research that found rates of social #isolation nearly doubled over the past 23 years.« buff.ly/1sit6Js
»The Coalition has proposed changes it says would strengthen the teaching of Western values and AUS’s civic traditions. It also wants to make #Indigenous history and culture, and sustainability discrete subjects« #FirstNations #Whiteness buff.ly/YzcQ4f0
