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Now that the malign VC and Chancellor have been removed, and the ANU Council has said “sorry we can’t investigate the five Code of Conduct breaches found by Thom because we don’t have jurisdiction over former members”, it falls on Senators Pocock and Faruqi to hold them to account.

The solemn responsibility of a witness in the Senate is to tell the truth, not to try to “spin” it. Brown is the only ANU
witness who understood this. Bishop spun; Bell spun; the CFO spoke in embarrassing riddles that showed he didn’t (or chose not to) understand basic Australian Accounting Standards; Churchill flat out lied even when confronted with unassailable evidence. And in the background Amy Capuano coached them in misdirection, astroturfing, gaslighting and avoidance (Amy of the super cringey LinkedIn Bio “I bring clarity to complexity”).

What a journey it’s been. We’ve collectively brought down a malign VC and now a malign Chancellor. This has not been easy, fast or enjoyable. At times it has appeared a hopeless cause; at times we have felt under personal threat. But we stayed the course, trusted the process and ultimately prevailed over the evil being wrought upon our beloved institution.

There have been many people here who have contributed to the effort. Some in positions of power, some with information and insight and some with encouragement and hope that there must be a way through the madness of Bell and Bishop. Everyone has played a vital part. Without this reddit forum, we would not have been able to coordinate and share information and views of how to correct course so widely and have direct access to the many journalists, ministerial staffers, regulators and ANU executives who view this forum.

I do want to make special mention of PlumTuckeredOutski who has relentlessly consolidated in this forum all of the media reporting (much otherwise inaccessible) over the last 18+ months which has kept the whole topic front of mind.