The Rt. Hon. A. Deakin [between 1900 and 1908]

1 photographic print (postcard). | Alfred Deakin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front.

#AlfredDeakin #Photograph #Portrait #Postcard #Deakin #FormalAttire #RotaryPhoto #Australia #Alfred #photography #A
https://www.loc.gov/item/99401123/

Exclusive Brethren ‘volunteers’ were everywhere during the 2025 federal election campaign. At our polling booth in #Deakin it felt like there were more shiny young white men offering Lib how to vote cards than there were voters. And Sukkar corflutes every couple of meters along the path. It was ridiculous. Plus the candidate of course, who as he always does ignored my greeting & looked over my head to speak to my husband. A charming bunch.

#AusPol #FollowTheMoney #KeepWomenInTheirPlace

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-13/greg-hunt-plymouth-brethren-liberal-party-four-corners/105767402?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Why isn’t #Deakin , which is currently held by the Libs on a margin of 0.2%, recognised with more than a mention in this list of key electorates?

Our representative has distinguished himself repeatedly by his willingness to perform all manner of dirty work in support of his party, without regard to his personal reputation or whatever ethics he may have, while maintaining a facade of smarmy respectability (reminds me wierdly of George Pell in this respect). As I recall, Sukkar won last time by something like 304 votes?

Surely the good people of Deakin can do better this time.

Like many voters I am bitterly disappointed in the Albanese government for maintaining our political ‘normal’ of plunder the planet, enrich the wealthy, screw the poor, when they could have empowered the wealth of talent within their ranks to develop & implement a responsible policy agenda. But I would NEVER preference the Libs 🤡🎪🎡 ahead of Labor. #AusPol

Battleground: the seats where the 2025 Australian federal election will be won and lost https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/28/battleground-the-seats-where-the-2025-australian-federal-election-will-be-won-and-lost?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@angryeducationworkers

Deakin Palestine Solidarity Group is comprised of #NTEU4P and Deakin #NTEU members, as well as other Deakin staff organising against our university’s complicity in Israel’s genocide.

https://overland.org.au/2024/08/we-stand-against-discipline-of-deakin-encampment/

#Palestine #solidarity #encampments #studentprotests #educationworkers #Deakin

Hung out with these awe-inspiring librarians today to chat about our favourite thing for an hour at #National24 (ALIA National), celebrating the #OER movement in Australasia and strategising our way around the challenges still ahead.

Katy Henry (CAUL) did an exceptional job facilitating our discussion while Sarah McQuillen discussed UniSA’s textbook minimisation project and navigating the barriers to integrating OER into course materials, Angie Williamson shared Deakin’s approach to ensuring quality and reliability in OER publishing, and Jennifer Hurley (RMIT) gave guidance on the institutional supports required to build sustainable open educational practice.

I spoke about measuring impact beyond cost, referring to Sarah Lambert’s insightful work on the 3Rs of social justice.

What a wonderful start to the conference! I can’t wait to dive into the other Open Ed sessions throughout the week 🤩 And am particularly keen to check out Emilia (emi-lee-ah) Bell’s session tomorrow giving us a glimpse into their PhD research “Open to diplomacy? Libraries, knowledge, and global challenges”.

P.S. Excited speaker landyard pic included because aahhh! What a vibe today!

#OEP #OpenEducation #OpenPedagogy #TruthAndDare #OEPSIG #CAUL #UniSA #Deakin #RMIT #Equity #Libraries