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Matt Brett
@mattbrettltu.bsky.social
Post and follow things I find interesting: higher ed; policy; disability; TV; football.

Also active on Substack: "Accessible Quality" @ http://mattbrett.substack.com

Aim to do so with good humour and relentless positivity.
Assess Fest - cool panel sharing insights on how alternative credentials/learner profiles are being operationalised in school systems and in university entry
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Australia we have a problem

Great work by Tom Tanuki to highlight nationally coordinated capture of the marches for Australia by national
socialists (language warning)

youtu.be/GLRoFdeI_5Y?...
How neo-Nazis captured the March for Australia.
YouTube video by Tom Tanuki
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This first parliamentary speech from Basem Abdo is something else…. Bright future and high impact ahead

m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kW...
First Speech - Basem Abdo MP | Member for Calwell
YouTube video by Basem Abdo MP
m.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Reposted by Matt Brett
ANU cuts are impacting an innumerable amount of people. Here are just some of their stories. www.shoesofanu.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Matt Brett
Did a tiny bit for this Ange doc from my kitchen table

An Australian Story - The ABC

youtu.be/ZcwipICG8q4?...
Ange Postecoglou breaks his silence: 'I haven't got here by accident' | Australian Story
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
She matters … Stop killing women

#hosierlane
May 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The latest episode of Origin Story on Mars was just fucking brilliant

@iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social really excelled themselves with this one … best so far of what is a most excellent podcast

www.patreon.com/posts/mars-n...
Mars – The Next Frontier? | Origin Story
Get more from Origin Story on Patreon
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May 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Such a good article

At This Humble Used Car Lot, Tariffs Are Beginning to Sting www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Straining This Oklahoma Used Car Business
Antonio Austin is trying to hold his car business together as President Trump’s tariffs drive up costs — and drive his customers deeper into crisis.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Had to go to three polling places today before I could find one with a democracy sausage

Life your game Australia

#MESA (Make Elections Sausagey Again)
May 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The galactic bangers they play at Chandrilan weddings are out of this world
#Andor

The way the dance scene was shot and layered with other plot developments incredible

youtu.be/6E7gfpGql7w
NIAMOS | Season 2 Club MIX | Andor OST Cover Chandrila Wedding, Mon Mothma Dance Music #andorseason2
YouTube video by Jeremy Brauns Music
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Life imitates rock
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
My latest post on substack/accessible quality

Super Size Me ... including everyone you wanted to know about Quambatook but were afraid to ask

mattbrett.substack.com/p/super-size...
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Time to dust off 2018 defence analysis wrt Trump v1.0 which quotes 1968 committee

‘should a serious breakdown in the international order appear likely to develop, Australia might wish to reconsider the possibility of a requirement for a nuclear capacity’

www.aspistrategist.org.au/should-austr...
Should Australia develop its own nuclear deterrent? | The Strategist
Australia’s deteriorating strategic outlook raises the question under what conditions should we develop a nuclear weapon of our own? This option was seriously considered by Australian governments in t...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
March 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This review of Homicide Life on the Streets Black & Blue (S2E2) nails it
“The music stops just as someone answers the phone and says Homicide. And despite everything, you want to clap and say bravo. After all, that’s what you do when you witness a work of art”
davidbmorris.medium.com/homicide-rew...
Homicide Rewatch: Black & Blue
Season 2, Episode 2
davidbmorris.medium.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to be co-author on open access paper on 'the house of cards' metaphor we used to characterise experiences of higher ed students

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thx for having me! @ rola ajjowi; @crawfordnic.bsky.social @ Margaret Bearman; @molliedollin.bsky.social @drjot.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
New post from me at Accessible Quality on University Snakes and Ladders - with a touch of confessional scholarship

mattbrett.substack.com/p/university...
University Snakes and Ladders
A board game with a touch of confessional scholarship
mattbrett.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I ❤️ visiting the University of Sunshine Coast
January 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Watching my first ever game of Lacrosse at 2025 Women’s Asia Pacific Championship

Really entertaining sport - fast - technical - tactical

Can see the sports precinct is gonna be awesome come olympics in 2032

#APWLC25 | #Lacrosse
January 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reposted by Matt Brett
I see @seamas.bsky.social got in early with his assessment of AI yesterday.

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
December 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Matt Brett
Had to happen
December 20, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Contexto was right up my alley today - it still took me 60 guesses

contexto.me
Contexto
Can you guess the secret word with the help of AI? At each guess it will tell you how close you are to the answer.
contexto.me
December 19, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Make that 10,819 JSA mentions

Following yesterday’s Jobs and Skills Australia Roadshow
- some positive news in labour market outcomes on equity criteria
December 4, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Matt Brett
From David Pope in Canberra Times
November 29, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Deaf Festival 2024 today - fulfilling my need to connect with the Deaf community

Lovely to see kids I interpreted for back in the 90 as thriving adults with their own kids

My mum still lays it on a nice thick telling all and sundry how I ended up with a PhD

www.expression.com.au/news-and-eve...
Expression Deaf Festival 2024
Find all the information you need on this year's Deaf Festival!
www.expression.com.au
November 24, 2024 at 5:27 AM
‘Heads on pikes strategy’ and ‘declining competence’

Clear insightful analysis of public administration under incoming Trump administration

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happens Next?
The administrative state under a second Trump term
open.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:23 PM