Here is a headline (a report title to be precise) which would cause no surprise in the private sector. This sort of thing goes on all the times in our capitalist markets. But to have it label a report on the financial books of a not-for-profit PUBLIC institution is the epitome of #Corruption #Ineptitude #Mismanagement and #Buffoonery

Cooking the books at the
Australian National University
An analysis of the ANU accounts

Read more:

https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/P1906-Cooking-the-books-at-ANU-Web.pdf

#ANU #BishopMustGo #ANUCouncil #NeoLiberalism #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #JasonClareMP @JasonClareMP

Is there anything else required to convince everyone that the issue and the problems with ANU’s alleged financial troubles is anything but financial trouble?

Squarely, this misapprehension is a direct result of #Mismanagement and #AccrualAccounting neither of which ought to be experienced by an education institution.

Time for the #Education #Minister Jason Clare to dismiss the council outright and implement the recommended fixes that were commended to him Including scrapping the #JobReadyGraduate #Morrison crap!

“If we believe the auditor, there is no crisis at the ANU. To be clear, as a government owned, not-for-profit entity, the ANU is under no pressure to maximise its profits so that it can maximise dividends paid to shareholders. On the contrary, when the ANU made a surplus of $89.9 million in 2024 it did so by spending less money on its students, staff and community than it received.” (Source: The Australian Institute)

#ANU #NeoLiberalism #Managerialism #BishopMustGo #ANUCouncil #AusPol #JasonClareMP #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow

Read more:

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anus-hidden-90m-budget-surplus/

AND, while on the subject of education institutions — were we not? Have a read of Jane Caro here reminding us that our society is not egalitarian at all and has a full on class warfare problem in education in our hands.

“The inequity is more profound than simply money. The “level playing field” quoted above is about much more than dollars and cents. What Australia has done over the past quarter century is create two parallel, publicly funded education systems: one with all the rights and one with all the responsibilities. Private schools can be public when it comes to the handing out of public money but private when it comes to everything else. They can charge any fees they choose. They can open schools wherever they like and refuse to open, or choose to close them, whenever they like. They can hire and fire whomever they like, because they have a statutory exemption to the Anti-Discrimination Act, and fight hard not only to hang on to it but to extend it via religious freedom bills. They can refuse to enrol and choose to expel whomever they like – or more pertinently, don’t like. They can also, if they want to, teach creationism and actively discourage girls from going to university – with the help of taxpayers.”

I urge you to read the article. And then get loud on social media because the whole thing sucks…

#AusPol #Education #SchoolFunding #PrivateVersusPublicSchools #PrivateSchools #PublicShools #JasonClareMP #AlboPM

Read more:

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/09/27/the-segregation-crisis-schools-funding

@treleanor
Again, as is amply demonstrated in the US, we are seeing typical bully behaviour from the Chancelor. Let’s be clear, nothing #Bishop has said so far (and available to me) leads me to doubt Dr Allen’s allegations. Unfortunately, in such cases, the alleged bully is unlikely to recant and will use all available means to tar opposing parties in a fierce battle for ‘perceived’ damages to ‘reputation’.

There’s been a few litigations battles doing the rounds of late. It’s going to get very long, nasty and very expensive for Dr Allen. I fear she isn’t going to come through it all without a lot of help and support. Standing up to a bully with means is not a battle to wage without steadfast backing and support. But where’s the support going to come from?

#ANU #Bishop #DrAllen #ProfBell #AusPol #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #AusPol #JasonClareMP

“Australian musicians are among the team putting pressure on ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop and the ANU Council to abandon their plans to dismantle the School of Music. The team have called on Bishop to halt job cuts, continue its performance and composition majors, and maintain one-on-one music tuition in an open letter.

The open letter was written by the newly formed School of Music Advocacy Roundtable and signed by over 40 high-profile supporters.”

This is a bit of ‘Johnny-come-lately’, esp after the CSO had already made its position very clear on any thought of closing the #ANU #SchoolOfMusic by #JulieBishop ‘s Council Fiefdom. But any additional pressure is most welcomed. Keep it up guys, let’s pile it on.

#Music #Musicians #Conservatorium #TertiaryEducation #AusPol #JasonClareMP #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow

Read more:

https://themusic.com.au/industry/jimmy-barnes-dave-faulkner-genesis-owusu-more-rally-to-save-the-anu-school-of-music/c-PJZ2ZpaGs/17-09-25