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Submissions to the next National Cultural Policy have started to be uploaded to the Office for the Arts website, you can view them via https://www.arts.gov.au/have-your-say/new-national-cultural-policy?page=8

A major step forward in shaping the tertiary education system of the future has been taken with the formal establishment of the permanent Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC), following the passage of legislation through Parliament in March.

The establishment of the ATEC was a key recommendation of the Australian Universities Accord (the Accord) and is central to strengthening the system’s ability to respond to Australia’s future skills and knowledge needs and deliver on long-term national priorities.

You can read more about it via https://www.atec.gov.au/news/australian-tertiary-education-commission-formally-established

CHASS recognises the urgency of addressing antisemitism in Australia. It also sees social cohesion, in the sense of a society where different cultures, religions, and communities are able to live together with respect and harmony, as essential to Australia’s present and future. An increase in antisemitism is often an indicator of social fragmentation and democratic decay, but it also contributes to declining social cohesion and democratic resilience, and is associated with other expressions of violence, prejudice and hatred.

In this submission CHASS wishes to highlight the importance of scholars in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) and their expertise in helping to understand the complex phenomena of antisemitism and social cohesion with nuance.

https://chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id=1775118

CHASS recognises the urgency of addressing antisemitism in Australia. It also sees social cohesion, in the sense of a society where different cultures, religions, and communities are able to live together with respect and harmony, as essential to Australia’s present and future. An increase in antisemitism is often an indicator of social fragmentation and democratic decay, but it also contributes to declining social cohesion and democratic resilience, and is associated with other expressions of violence, prejudice and hatred.

In this submission CHASS wishes to highlight the importance of scholars in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) and their expertise in helping to understand the complex phenomena of antisemitism and social cohesion with nuance.

https://chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id=1775118

CHASS made a submission to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee inquiry into ‘Australian Research Council Amendment (Ensuring Research Independence) Bill 2018’. We recommend ending the Ministerial veto. See https://chass.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=239946&module_id=464739

As President of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in Australia, I write on behalf of the CHASS Board to give our perspectives on the University Research Commercialisation Scheme.

The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration regularly provides financial and in-kind support to research in our areas of interest. These areas of interest are:

- Indigenous justice as it relates to the administration of justice.
- Technology as it relates to the administration of justice.
- Vulnerable communities as they relate to the administration of justice.
- Paths to excellence in judicial administration.

For details, visit https://aija.org.au/research/