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Michelle Arrow

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FASSA. Historian. Author, The Seventies (2019). Writing a biography of Anne Deveson. President @AustHistAssoc. Views my own. newsouthbooks.com.au/books
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Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever

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By Michelle Arrow
| Inkl
Wikimedia, facebook.com @Australian Labor Party, facebook.com @Whitlam Institute, Graeme Fletcher/Keystone/Getty Images, Australian Information Service/National Library of Australia When Australians of a certain age imagine Gough Whitlam, they probably think of him standing on the steps of Parliament House, addressing the crowd after Governor-General John Kerr’s shocking decision to dismiss his government.
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Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

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By Michelle Arrow, Anna Clark, Frank Bongiorno
| The Conversation Verified
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally. Inside Sydney’s swish Fullerton Hotel, a glittering cast of vice-chancellors, politicians, public servants, journalists, and consultants deliberated at a higher education summit, sponsored by the Australian Financial Review and consultancy Nous Group.
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From the president

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By Michelle Arrow
| Taylor & Francis Online
To be an historian in 2025 is a daily exercise in cognitive dissonance. Every day, I see historians in the public eye, explaining the world to their fellow citizens, demonstrating the value of historical knowledge, skills and analysis. Browsing in my local bookshop, listening to radio and podcasts, leafing through the program for the latest writer’s festival, I find ample evidence of the enduring popularity of history: it’s everywhere.
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