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by Australia’s national university but cannot be funded in other ways (including ARC grants), then, when it comes to CAP, he might just find that all those functions and activities have already been axed as cost-saving measures, so he would be justified in
taking CAP’s share of the block grant away and spending it somewhere else. C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pacific.Institute [mailto:pacific.institute-bounces@mailman.anu.edu.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vicki Luker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 27 May 2016 2:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maree Tait; Nicole Haley<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michael Wesley; Julien Barbara; Michael Cookson; pacific.institute@anu.edu.au; Meg Keen<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ANU Pacific.Institute] PI statement on Future Resourcing of PacLII<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">To follow from this discussion, how are cuts to CHL viewed from the outside - including from universities sometimes regarded as ANU’s
rivals in Pacific Studies?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Here is a post from Alex Golub at University of Hawaii.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://savageminds.org/2016/05/26/canberras-loss-is-manoas-gain-as-the-anu-walks-away-from-decades-of-excellence/">http://savageminds.org/2016/05/26/canberras-loss-is-manoas-gain-as-the-anu-walks-away-from-decades-of-excellence/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Re the losses to Pacific expertise resulting from the cuts, Alex comments:
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US">‘It is, therefore, amazing to me that the university’s administration could so damage the university’s standing by scoring an own goal when it’s job is supposed to be strengthening Australia’s
international reputation, not weakening it.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US">Alex Golub is, of course, not alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US">Vicki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Pacific.Institute [<a href="mailto:pacific.institute-bounces@mailman.anu.edu.au">mailto:pacific.institute-bounces@mailman.anu.edu.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maree Tait<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 27, 2016 12:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicole Haley <<a href="mailto:nicole.haley@anu.edu.au">nicole.haley@anu.edu.au</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Julien Barbara <<a href="mailto:julien.barbara@anu.edu.au">julien.barbara@anu.edu.au</a>>; Michael Wesley <<a href="mailto:michael.wesley@anu.edu.au">michael.wesley@anu.edu.au</a>>;
<a href="mailto:pacific.institute@anu.edu.au">pacific.institute@anu.edu.au</a>; Michael Cookson <<a href="mailto:michael.cookson@anu.edu.au">michael.cookson@anu.edu.au</a>>; Meg Keen <<a href="mailto:meg.keen@anu.edu.au">meg.keen@anu.edu.au</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ANU Pacific.Institute] PI statement on Future Resourcing of PacLII<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I could not agree more. Whilst external funding has supported most of the work on the Pacific at ANU, very little has been done to maintain this work by the institution. Yet Pacific scholarship has added immensely to
the intellectual stock at ANU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It would heartening to see some response from the ANU administration to carry Pacific scholarship forward. Surely the Pacific is an area of immense interest to Australia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Maree<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 27 May 2016, at 10:29 AM, Nicole Haley <<a href="mailto:nicole.haley@anu.edu.au">nicole.haley@anu.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Miranda (and fellow Pacific Institute Members)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">As you are aware the previous round of aid cuts saw a reduction in DFAT’s funding to SSGM for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Regrettably these cuts resulted in job losses affecting eight SSGM and Pacific Institute colleagues.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">The recently announced round of aid cuts directly affect the Pacific Regional budget – from which PacLII, SSGM, the Pacific Leadership Program and a number of other incredibly important programs
are funded. All these programs are at risk, although we have been informed that no decisions have been taken yet.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">In view of the recent and impending retirements of several Pacific Institute members, the fact SSGM lost 8 Pacific Scholars as a result of May 2015 aid cuts, and at least 4 Pacific scholars in CHL
have now been advised that they will not be transitioning to the new school I hope that the Pacific Institute will make an equally strong statement about continued funding for SSGM.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">The ANU has systematically disinvested in Pacific scholarship over the past two decades by not replacing departing Pacific scholars with Pacific scholars. Instead they have sought to principally
rely on external funding to support Pacific scholarship and teaching. With the impending loss of four more Pacific scholars and the possibility of further cuts to SSGM we should all be worried about the future of Pacific Studies at ANU.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Regards</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Nicole</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Pacific.Institute [<a href="mailto:pacific.institute-bounces@mailman.anu.edu.au">mailto:pacific.institute-bounces@mailman.anu.edu.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Miranda Forsyth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 27 May 2016 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pacific.institute@anu.edu.au">pacific.institute@anu.edu.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ANU Pacific.Institute] PI statement on Future Resourcing of PacLII<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Pacific Institute members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There is news this week of a serious threat to the continued funding of PacLII, an online legal resource based at Emalus Campus in Vanuatu. See:
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-25/pacific-corruption-fighters-worried-as-online/7445926">
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-25/pacific-corruption-fighters-worried-as-online/7445926</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The PI Board has approved a statement that we have put online that expresses support for the continuation of funding and stresses the importance of the resource (see news item one on the website:
<a href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/">http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/</a>). Please use these ideas with anyone of influence to try to ensure a stable future for PacLII.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Miranda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Miranda Forsyth</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Professor | RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance | ANU College of Asia
& the Pacific | The Australian National University | Room 3.2, Coombs Extension Building | Building 8, Fellows Rd, Acton, ACT, 2601 Australia | T: +61 2 6125 1505 | M: 0429903094 | </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:miranda.forsyth@anu.edu.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">miranda.forsyth@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://regnet.anu.edu.au/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:purple">regnet.anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">
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