Jane Nicholls

@Higgo74 🙋‍♀️

I can't be the only one who still thinks it's weird that the tennis is on ch9 and the cricket is on ch7.. Stop messing with my childhood

My daughter, who has queued at Lune and beyond to bring us goodies, explains why Gen Z has a let-us-eat-brioche mindset. 😍🥐 With sweet, Instagrammable treats like these, who needs a house? @GraceLagan smh.com.au/national/with-…

I’m in the @smh today writing about my (somewhat grudging) love for the metro. Progress pics attached. smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…

I wrote about how USyd's Special Considerations system lets down the most vulnerable in this week's edition of Honi Soit honisoit.com/2025/08/please…

WILD FOOTAGE of Sydney Harbour Bridge (2.15pm) with huge protest taking place right now.

‘So long as our exams test students on being right rather than becoming right, the quality of their learning is still be ing eroded.’

One (smart, ethical, farsighted) student’s view of AI in the academy right now. A must read from ⁦@GraceLagan⁩ #AFR afr.com/policy/health-… #highered #highereducation #AI #auspol

In which my firstborn writes her first op-ed for the @FinancialReview 😍 no #AI was armed in this process.

‘Professor Chris Wallace argues the decline in both enrolments in, and the offering of history and other humanities subjects at Australian universities has resulted in a loss of capacity for historical thinking.’ Have a listen. abc.net.au/listen/program…

While I protested silently and peacefully today against genocide in Gaza, DFAT security told me I wasn’t welcome. They said I was trespassing. They called the cops. Australia’s silence and acquiescence are complicity. Read more here. 👇🏽 lyrebirddreaming.com/post/silence-a…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells us the arguments in #Abundance by @ezraklein and @DKThomp are “very, very compelling”. Young economist* @GraceLagan says the govt needs to be more about hard policy, less bestseller bandwagoning (*also my daughter) #auspol open.substack.com/pub/theworldin…

“A project like this is not for the faint of heart,” he said. “You just have to look at it and go, OK, it’s going to be a big adventure. Otherwise you’d have a nervous breakdown.” nytimes.com/2025/06/26/rea…

A treat for anyone feeling a bit nostalgic for the creative genius and humanity of John Clarke. #auspol #TheGames #JohnHoward #SorrySpeech #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

full piece here newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

David told me one of the things that cheers him up is receiving a letter. So please write and tell him how much you appreciate what he did. 2/2 David McBride. Locked Bag 7775, Canberra BC, ACT 2609. The senders name & address must be on the back of the envelope.🙏

Hi everyone. Reactivating twitter to share this I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA at the end of last week because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne on Sat 6am and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

@cheryl_kernot @c_s_wallace Any chance of a link to relisten?

Good listening!

@GraceLagan @LMesterovic Purely so? (Changes locks)

@LMesterovic Staying over at my parents house purely so I can try this (sans meat) at haberfield maccas as god intended

Prometheus did not steal fire from the gods and gift it to humanity for us to make the McGriddle

A deeply reported and insightful feature on your final #auspol @abcnews … @latingle Now standing by for the 😭 farewell and hoping you will pop in now and then from international land. All best for the new gig — you’ll still be here and that’s the only salve for this loss. ⭐️