An ANU @ouranu academic co-authored a paper with none other than Mohammad Javad Zarif urging Western governments to “reduce their sanctions pressures” on Tehran and revive the 2015 nuclear deal (which Zarif himself negotiated).
This paper was put out under an ANU byline and indexed in ANU's own “research output” portal.
This seems to be an example of soft power foreign influence par excellence.
Both ANU and the Australian security agencies must investigate the academic concerned. How does he have access to the former Iranian foreign minister? How was it that they came to co-author an article together which, not coincidentally, advances Tehran's agenda on sanctions under the guise of scholarly 'research'?
As any academic who touches on Iran will tell you, this sort of thing is just the tip of the iceberg. Universities are the soft underbelly, and continuing to do nothing about foreign interference and transnational repression is no longer an option.
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@taipan168 Good on the Nats for calling this out in their ads. I cannot believe Pauline Hanson blamed the media for not giving this “reformed” man a second chance and implied this was just a political stunt. Sorry, Pauline in my view, rapists should spend life in prison.
🇦🇺 Absolute queen at Bondi Beach sunbathing, she couldn’t be bothered to even look up as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry walked right past her.
And yes, they were with their entire entourage, lifeguards, cameras, and fans.
She stayed flat on her towel like they were invisible.
Meghan wanted to be treated like a normal person. Well… mission accomplished
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@Whannydman@taipan168 Here’s a perfect example of Trump’s lies - Trump claimed Iran’s nuclear capability was “completely obliterated” after the strikes last year, yet now he’s justifying fresh bombing on the basis that Iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons. You can’t have it both ways.
@Whannydman@taipan168 It is more likely than you think. He wanted to invade Greenland but was only called off because a large part of his Republican base would have revolted against it. Albo is weak and lacks vision for Australia, but he doesn’t shamelessly tell so many lies like Trump does.
After losing two Federal Court cases, Chalmers wants to rewrite tax law retrospectively. That destroys legal certainty and creates uncertainty even for investments made decades ago. No wonder why more and more foreign investors are reluctant to invest in Australia.