Ben Eltham
@beneltham
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Writer, journalist, researcher, unionist. Not much here anymore, find me at Bluesky
Regional Vic
Joined November 2009
Me in Crikey today, on Creative Australia
crikey.com.au
Creative Australia will send Khaled Sabsabi to the Venice Biennale after all. The review into the decision reveals cowardice and incompetence.
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Picking up quite a bit of buzz about Sheree Joseph’s forthcoming memoir Juicy.
Okay going to push through the shadow ban because Arab joy is important too - my first ever book has a birthday! I can’t wait for you to read my memoir ‘Juicy’ in 2026 🥹🙏❤️
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RT @chrisrudge: More than 15,000 Australians were wrongfully convicted for social security offences between 1991 and 2011. My research, out….
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RT @fbongiornoanu: Someone should do a Monthly-style extended piece on the phenomenon of the professional board member in Australia: that i….
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RT @antloewenstein: "So, let me say that I’ve been working on this field of famine, food crisis and humanitarian action for more than 40 ye….
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RT @fbongiornoanu: National advocates for arts education urges ANU to reconsider restructure via @LimelightArtsAu.
limelight-arts.com.au
Representing more than 10,000 arts educators, the National Advocates for Arts Education calls for a rethink on cuts to ANU's School of Music.
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RT @heimbergecon: More than 600,000 mostly young, highly educated Greeks left Greece between 2010 and 2021. In 2023, Greece saw a net infl….
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RT @JoshBBornstein: To defend our democracy, Albanese must disavow and abandon dangerous Segal report
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Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.
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RT @JoshBBornstein: A reminder that when Jillian Segal was President of ECAJ in November 2023, she put out a statement criticising the fede….
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After spending years investing in their relationships with the foreign minister, Jewish leaders are nervous she is being swayed by pro-Palestinian Labor MPs.
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RT @Jeff_Sparrow: The difficulty is that by far the most egregious racism at unis is directed at international students but no one wants to….
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RT @Stopworkplacebu: Workplace Bullies often target employees who are fair, honest, and ethical or have strong morals and integrity. Especi….
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RT @DiversityArtsAu: 🔥 Huge thanks to everyone who came along to our panel, 'How to Keep Your Fire Burning – Strategies for Artistic Wellbe….
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RT @NTEUACT: No vision. No strategy. No confidence. As more opposition mounts against @ourANU job cuts, @NTEUnion will be holding an open….
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Prominent professor tears into leadership at his own university
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RT @fbongiornoanu: The ANU proposes to abandon the study of Australian English - but cybernetics is on the up and up! Truly, the worst Univ….
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For almost 40 years, the words the nation uses in speech, newspapers and books has been mapped by a small team at the Australian National Dictionary Centre.
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RT @MAstronomers: NEWS🚨: NASA saves Voyager 1 mission by successfully reviving frozen thrusters from almost 24 billion kilometers away http….
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RT @daanysaeed: As a bloke who had "FUCK OFF MUSLIMS" alongside a massive swastika painted on his front fence as a kid - fair dinkum it wou….
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I hear it’s building autobahns and a big stadium in Nuremberg.
Grok 4 is the first time, in my experience, that an AI has been able to solve difficult, real-world engineering questions where the answers cannot be found anywhere on the Internet or in books. And it will get much better.
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Yet another university has engaged in wage theft, with the Federal Court today finding that Monash Uni underpaid casual teachers and failed to keep pay records.
Ending the week with a big win for our union against wage theft and bad governance! 🥳. “This is an enormous victory for staff who have bravely stood up against appalling conduct that is symptomatic of the governance crisis engulfing Australian universities.”.@AlisonBarnes25
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