Executives showing on behalf of the University of Melbourne earlier than a Senate inquiry have denied that the publication of an essay by Jewish Council of Australia govt Max Kaiser in spring 2024 contributed to the controversial resolution, first reported in Crikey, to shut literary journal Meanjin earlier this 12 months.
Professor Michael Wesley, performing vice-chancellor, instructed the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the standard of governance at Australian greater training suppliers that the essay’s publication in Meanjin, extensively rumoured to have upset some govt employees on the University and on its numerous councils and boards, was not associated to the closure resolution.
