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Australian Nationwide College walks again on cuts to music and humanities
Caitlin Cassidy
The Australian Nationwide College has walked again on a significant restructure to its arts and social sciences faculty after going through a backlash from employees, college students, politicians and stakeholders over the dealing with of its controversial $250m cost-cutting plan.
ANU has right this moment launched its up to date implementation plan for the faculty after the preliminary proposal, launched this July, was extensively panned. It included shutting the Australian Nationwide Dictionary Centre, the Centre for European Research, the humanities analysis centre and the ANU college of music, along with job cuts.
In September, days earlier than the resignation of the college’s then-vice-chancellor, Prof Genevieve Bell, virtually 30 employees stopped work after an inner report warned of psychological hazards of their office associated to the restructure.
The interim vice-chancellor, Prof Rebekah Brown, stated on account of “higher-than-expected voluntary separations, employees attrition, retirements and emptiness administration, the college’s monetary place has improved” and humanities faculties might be saved.
Its dean, Prof Bronwyn Parry, stated the Dictionary of Biography and the Australian Nationwide Dictionary Centre secured its future by way of philanthropic generosity, whereas no structural adjustments could be made to the college of music, which might function a brand new efficiency hub.
Parry stated the up to date plan mirrored the “intensive suggestions obtained throughout session and demonstrates that we’ve got listened and responded”.
The Australian Nationwide College campus in Canberra. {Photograph}: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
One Nation threatens Liberals, not simply Nationals: Canavan
Luca Ittimani
Matt Canavan, the Nationals backbench MP, has warned rising recognition of One Nation threatens the Liberal occasion in addition to the Nationwide occasion.
The junior Coalition associate final week confronted the departure of its former chief, Barnaby Joyce, who has hinted he could be part of Pauline Hanson’s more and more in style rightwing minor occasion.
Canavan stated One Nation was threatening the Coalition not solely in rural seats but in addition in outer suburban Australia, which is usually represented by Liberals extra typically than Nationals. He advised the ABC’s 7.30 :
Pauline Hanson began her profession [and] is from the outer suburbs of Brisbane. There’s a false impression that in some way One Nation is simply or solely a regional, nation phenomenon … The discontent we’re seeing throughout Australia could be very a lot concentrated in our outer suburbs, and sure, in our bigger regional cities.
Canavan additionally praised his ally and former employer as an efficient politician and mourned his departure from the Nationwide occasion.
I’m disenchanted in that, expressed that disappointment to Barnaby, to no avail.
Learn extra on Joyce’s transfer right here, from political editor Tom McIlroy:
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Matt Canavan, the Nationals backbench MP, advised ABC’s 7.30 final evening that the rising recognition of One Nation threatens the Liberal occasion in addition to the Nationwide occasion as a result of it may take outer suburban seats from the previous in addition to regional ones from the latter. Extra particulars developing.
The Australian Nationwide College has carried out a U-turn on its unpopular determination to slash its arts and social sciences faculty. “Employees attrition” and donations had enabled the humanities faculties to be saved, the college says. Extra developing.
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