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It’s all wrapped up in ‘managerialism’ currently seen as the way to run universities (borrowing from Prof #Quiggin) which in my mind is just extending the debunked #neoliberal economic theory to a sector in which it ‘cannot’ logically apply.

#TertiaryEducation is Not a Business, it is a public responsibility, a govt duty to the society they purportedly represent. Politicians of all stripes have the hardest time to imagine any system which is not in some way directed by neoliberalism’s false dogma. They seem blind to other possibilities, struck dumb when offered alternative systems, and nailed in place by their economic biases.

What can I say, electorates the world over have been hoodwinked for so long they can no longer apply objective judgement at the polling booths.

I despair…

John Quiggin recently wrote in The Guardian:

“Breaking with the US will be painful in all sorts of ways. But the break is coming whether we like it or not. Rather than pretending that the return of US democracy is just around the corner, we should welcome the opportunities of becoming a full participant in the most dynamic region in the global economy.”
(Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/04/breaking-with-the-us-will-be-painful-for-australia-in-many-ways-but-its-inevitable?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other )

In the closing paragraph quoted above #Quiggin narrows it down to an opportunity and it surely is. But this is not the first time Australia has had the opportunity to show its mettle and chart a foreign policy course which takes it away from the comforting far-away shores of distant allies. From 1942 onwards, Australia showed the world it was punching above its weight and as the war ended and the retreat of empires from our area of interest occurred with alarming rapidity, it had ample opportunities to strike out on its own. Instead, while still managing to punch above its weight Australia did so from behind the shadow of a new, powerful ally. An opportunity missed.

I wager that the #Trump debacle will also be an opportunity missed. We see the writing on the wall . A reluctance to call out the #TrumpAdministration and its disastrous rule by fiat. The persistent bi-partisan support for #AUKUS, fear mongering about hungry bears and pandas lurking about and the ever present #ForeignAffairs ‘ small target syndrome. All of which (and many more indicators) reflect an electorate-wide view that we’re not up to playing in the yard with the big boys/bullies. I don’t know that Australia ever will, it’s just not in its genes.

Australians are such self deprecating souls when it comes to what they can achieve all by themselves in the neighbourhood.

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Canadian Muslim charity wins 'milestone' settlement after being falsely accused of funding terrorism.

Thomas Quiggin, a Vet , Benjamin Dichter, and Joseph Hazelton of Nova Scotia, in the Pierre Poilievre international Lie, Hate and Siege Convoy found guilty of lies, slander and hate .Usual Con Traits

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/islamic-relief-muslim-charity-canada-terror-1.6870177

Reforming the Productivity Commission https://johnmenadue.com/reforming-the-productivity-commission/ #auspol #quiggin