Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined

Yes!!

Materialist Feminist Analyses of Fascist Capitalism International Workshop Friday, 13 February 2026 Renate von Metzler-Saal (Cas. 1.801), Goethe-University Frankfurt With Melinda Cooper, Penelope Deutscher, Clara Mattei, Vanessa E. Thompson, Vanessa Wills Please register by February 6!

Union calls for end to tax breaks that make Australian housing ‘a vehicle for hoarding wealth’ The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) wants the capital gains discount phased out for investment properties and negative gearing effectively abolished. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The richest 10% of Australian households get more money from the capital gains tax discount than the government spends on Jobseeker, the childcare subsidy, government schools or higher education - nearly $4.5bn more than it would cost to include dental in Medicare.

Happy to share that my next book 'The Fiscal Fed' will be published by University of Chicago Press in Fall 2026! Cover design pending: happy to share this beautiful poster from the Harvard Law and Political Economy Project (2023).

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Queensland appointed two Catholic strategists to Ed board, replacing union. Classic 2020s US Right politics, working through the back door to crush public education’s independence & strength. One of them: also culture warrior Advance & Classical Christian Ed. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2024/06...

She’s here!

I have a book cover!

Saiu publicado na Economy and Society @econsocjournal.bsky.social o artigo que escrevi com Guilherme Casarões (@casaroes.bsky.social), Letícia Cesarino (@letcesar.bsky.social) e Mariana Côrtes, intitulado "Occult enemies of the market order". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I spoke to Graeme Turner about his book on the crisis in Australian universities, Broken www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I wrote about the politics of immigration (non)enforcement for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/wag...

📹 Verónica Gago @veronicagago.bsky.social, intellectuelle et figure majeure du féminisme latino-américain, analyse l’Argentine de Milei comme un laboratoire du néolibéralisme mutant. Face à lui, elle mise sur la potencia feminista : le désir de tout changer. Entretien en ligne 👉 buff.ly/SMQHjdw

Powerful statement from Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social in response to vote against Pocock’s ANU OPDs. Faruqi called Labour and Coalition Senators out on “running a protection racket for the executive of the ANU” ✊

ACT Labor Senator Katy Gallagher working hand in hand with Coalition senators to prevent transparency and scrutiny of ANU’s executive and its opaque budgeting. As Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social said in the chamber today, this is "absolutely shameful.” www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904934...

The student consumer model bites back... www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Australian National University Chancellor Julie Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell are still standing – not because the storms battering Australia’s premier research institution have eased, but because no one in power wants to force a change. satpa.pe/r47ZfuC

The Albanese government, more than university managers, should be getting the blame for this. Happy to write off $20 billion in student debt because it doesn't appear in the budget deficit, but ripping off current student with high fees and service cuts. #JobReadyGraduates

Could someone - anyone - explain why @jasonclaremp.bsky.social hasn't intervened already? www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904099...

While Nous funnels public money to friends, family and associates, Jason Clare reflects on the future of higher education, courtesy of Nous. live.afr.com/higher-educa...

Its surprising how universities are now being treated as personal assets, while they are public properties. This is not only ANU ... I see similar patterns everywhere.

Save the date! MASS RALLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING When: Saturday August 2nd, 11 AM Where: State Library of Victoria More details here: rahu.org.au/public-housi... www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hands-off-... #rahu #publichousing #costofliving #auspol #vicpol #union

Melinda Cooper [FR👇] Revolutionary Conservatism by @melindacooper.bsky.social #Trump : Real estate developer becomes president of the United States 🔍 Timeline to be discovered online 👉 www.diagrammes.fr/en/program/v...

[FR👇] 🎙️ The sociologist Melinda Cooper (Univ. Paris VIII, ANU) analyzes recent shifts in capitalism. The end of neoliberalism? Not a Keynesian comeback, nor a revolution—but a new phase : rising “robber barons” and unprecedented capital concentration. 📹 Full interview online buff.ly/LRPgf95

Need an antidote to ANU exec “town halls” that are really just monologues? Come to the People’s Town Hall tomorrow at 1pm!

🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians... theklaxon.com.au/hrgd

Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social 🧵 [1/2 - FR👇] Extractivism, green and brown A brief history of #geoeconomics from the 1970’s to #Trump 2.0 🔍 Discover the full timeline online 👉 www.diagrammes.fr/en/program/c...

Dean of ANU’s College of Arts and Social Sciences claiming we have an operational deficit of $250 million. ANU’s VC says it’s $200 million. S&P Global say we run a surplus. ANU economists say we run a surplus. Who do you believe? www.canberratimes.com.au/story/901291...