When five members of the Melbourne University Publishing board resigned, high-profile Australians made their feelings known
It’s not every day that the internal machinations of a university press should be felt at the top echelons of politics. But as news broke on Wednesday that five members of the Melbourne University Publishing board had resigned, along with its chief executive, Louise Adler, in a coordinated protest against a proposed new direction for the publishing house, some of the Australia’s highest profile public figures started letting their thoughts be known.
On Twitter, the shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, called the move “a very serious blow to quality writing about Australian politics, history and culture” and implored the University of Melbourne to “seriously reconsider this terrible decision”. Bowen has had two books published by MUP; he told Guardian Australia that while he didn’t agree with all their publishing choices, MUP was making “a valuable contribution to the body politic” and the university was making “a fundamental error”.
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