Aussie Diplomat: 2 years in Turkey, Kenya, & UK on its Joint Intelligence Committee, long-serving CEO IDP, CABI, & Crawford Fund, Visiting Fellow ANU. Writer.
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I went to uni to train as a chemistry teacher, did a PhD, met Colombo Plan students, got involved in student politics & was recruited to DFAT. I led IDP in recruiting foreigners to study in Australia contributing to a now $29 billion industry. Uni did that for me and my country. teapaw.org/vanonselenp/status/951…
The intractable conflict twixt Israel and Palestine requires the world not to pick sides but to impose a solution to be implemented over time under international supervision.
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Sobering thought from the UK HEPI: Just look at what happened in #Australia and #Canada with the imposition of caps and quotas on international student numbers when they got mixed up with calls to clampdown on #immigration.”
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“nytimes.com/2024/09/23/world… via @NYTimes”
But we should not get too excited by the apparent failure of the latest missile test.
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Supporting developing countries and “last but not least” the Australian wheat sector. @CrawfordFund
CIMMYT is in full force at #IWC2024Perth. We hope to demonstrate our impact on smallholder farmers in developing countries, solving global challenges, driving scientific innovation, and last but not least, supporting the Australian wheat sector.
🤝Thanks to @MU_CCFI_Biotech.
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nytimes.com/2022/03/31/busin… via @NYTimes
And yet, globalisation continues!
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Are America’s right and left converging on foreign policy? - johnmenadue.com/are-americas…
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Record numbers of temporary graduates in immigration limbo - johnmenadue.com/record-numbe…
Temporary graduate visas allowed graduates to stay after graduation for a limited period to gain work experience then to return home. A proportion applied to immigrate, many are now in limbo.
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From Aussie politics to Henry Lawson: the story of how ‘Australian studies’ spread across China - johnmenadue.com/from-aussie-…
Great to the spread of in China of Australian Studies.
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Dr Denis Blight AO retweeted
Being a member of Hamas would be an automatic visa refusal under s501 of Migration Act. But just about every Palestinian would support some Hamas objectives (eg a Palestinian state). That would not be a breach of s501. @QandA
What does China really want from Myanmar? - Nikkei Asia
Stability? asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/What…
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nytimes.com/2024/08/09/world… via @nytimesmusic
A review of ray gun
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Do 84 percent of overseas students go home? - johnmenadue.com/do-84-percen…
I am not sure of the sums in this article but I share the conclusion for both government and provider action.
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‘Alien invasion’: researchers identify which exotic animals may soon hitchhike into Australia theconversation.com/alien-in… via @ConversationEDU
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Dr Denis Blight AO retweeted
To understand how slanted @nytimes coverage is now - see the French elections headlines:
@washingtonpost 'Far-Right suffers unexpected blow'
@CNN 'Leftists beat Far Right'
@nytimes 'French Election Yealds Deadlock'
almost as bad as @FoxNews's predictable 'Riots erupt'
@"UK general election, ATEC, ESOS Bill: Latest rundown of higher education"linkedin.com/pulse/uk-genera… on @LinkedIn
Meanwhile in Australia, UA Says the crackdown on international student visas is not helping stability in higher education.
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Dr Denis Blight AO retweeted
Not one Labor figure,including any Muslim Labor MP, has come out to condemn Dutton’s racist slurs yesterday. Imagine the firestorm if the possibility of other religious MPs from Western Sydney had been described in that way
These Labor figures are lost
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Senator Payman, Palestine, and caucus solidarity - Pearls and Irritations
Caucus Solidarity Forever Until it is Changed johnmenadue.com/senator-paym…
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“Australians get the benefits of migration, even the doubters | Lowy Institute”
But attitudes may vary according to the form of immigration. If different forms of immigration are conflated in the data with NOM is the distinction twixt each being lost?
lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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