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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Statement on Recent Parliamentary Investigation into ARC Grants
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The Cultural Studies Association of Australasia supports the independence of the ARC and opposes political or other interference in the awarding of grants and once grants have already been awarded.
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The CSAA welcomed the Education Minister Jason Clare’s strengthening of the ARC’s independence in the removal of ministerial veto in 2024. This was supported by a number of universities and peak academic associations.
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The CSAA reaffirms its support of the peer-review and expert-led independence of the ARC and trusts these principles and policies will be upheld in the investigation of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s receipt of ARC funding.
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<b>Associate Professor Holly Randell-Moon</b></div>
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</i><b><i>Wiradyuri</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>Ngunawal</i></b><i>, </i><b><i>Gundungurra</i></b><i> and</i><b><i> Birpai</i></b><i> peoples</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(196, 89, 17);"><i>of Australia who are the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which CSU’s campuses are situated. I pay my respects to all First Nations Elders and I honour
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<p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Randell-Moon, H. (2025). 'So, are you Indigenous?’ Settler responsibilities when teaching Indigenous Australian Studies. In B. Lythberg, C. Woods & S. Nemec (eds.),
<i><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Settler-Responsibility-for-Decolonisation-Stories-from-the-Field/Lythberg-Woods-Nemec/p/book/9781032736631#:~:text=Drawing%20from%20experiences%20in%20the,reconcile%20their%20place%20in%20colonialism." id="OWA7e8abfd1-063d-df41-6395-b7a7d9d44960" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.routledge.com/Settler-Responsibility-for-Decolonisation-Stories-from-the-Field/Lythberg-Woods-Nemec/p/book/9781032736631#:~:text=Drawing%20from%20experiences%20in%20the,reconcile%20their%20place%20in%20colonialism." style="margin: 0px;">Settler
Responsibility for Decolonisation: Stories from the Field</a></i>. Routledge.</p>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm 0px 0.0001pt;">Randell-Moon, H. (2024). Seeing like a settler: place-making, settler heritage, and tourism in Dubbo, Australia.
<i>Tourism GeoGraphies</i>, <i>26</i>(6), 993–1011. <span style="color: rgb(0, 109, 180);">
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