So much for Coalition university policy - a government that perfected the art of failure.

Normal country

“Shirts Don’t Iron Themselves”: Tony Abbott on Why The Liberal Party Needs More Women

theshovel.com.au/2024/04/08/shi…

Also - but not importantly - a homeless man is dead.

Dear #Twitterstorians ,

⁦National Library of Australia⁩ is desperately trying to locate a typescript or recording of any kind of Jill Roe’s 2007 Seymour Biography Lecture.

Anyone who can point the NLA (or me) to it is in for a (yet to be determined but delightful) reward. Thank you. 🤞🙏

Did you (or someone you know) complete a PhD in Australian Studies (broadly defined) between 2022 and 2023? Consider applying for the Lyndall Ryan Thesis Prize! As well as a fantastic accolade, the winner also receives $1000 prize money! inasa.org/home/lyndall-r…

Perth friends and colleagues!

Join us and Chifley Research for the Perth launch of the 2nd edition of Nick @Dyrenfurth and Frank Bongiorno 's A Little History of the Australian Labor Party (@newsouthpub). Special guest speaker is former Deputy Prime Minister and Labor icon the…

Hear hear!

An excellent appointment and how wonderful that our British king has given it the green light. But would it be so outrageous for an independent nation to cut out the middle man and either vote or have parliament appoint someone without needing royal permission? #AusRepublic

Well said.

Brilliant choice and mercifully an end to the bizarre singing ritual.

Looks incredible!!!

A great privilege to be in conversation with my friend Dr Kena Wani about Toward a Free Economy.

No spoilers but I was reduced to cheating on #wordle this morning. I get that it is a perfectly cromulent word but come on. 🙄

Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, I have a simple message to all trans Americans:

I see you.

You are made in the image of God, and you're worthy of respect and dignity.

Aside from everything else that is weird andconcerning here, it's interesting that the Oz have no issues with the term 'yellow peril'.

An odd stance from someone who would smash every solar panel in the country with a lump of coal if he could.

'As long as we continue to extract our children from government schools, or avoid certain segments of the population [...] the funding disparity between public and private schools will only become more acute.' A lovely piece on the value of public education:

Absolute belter too. Get in! #GoSocceroos 🚀🥅⚽️