" Students and academics at the University of Melbourne are mobilising against the opening of a Liberal-aligned research institute on campus that counts conservative commentator Peta Credlin and the chairman of right-wing think tank the Institute of Public Affairs as board members.
The Morrison government has contributed $7 million of the $7.5 million gathered for the Robert Menzies Institute, set to open in September at the university’s Parkville campus, where it will host a library dedicated to the former Liberal prime minister, organise public lectures and be “a centre for research into Australian liberal democracy”.
The new institute, announced in April without widespread university consultation, is a joint initiative of the university and the research centre, a self-described “independent think tank associated with the Liberal Party of Australia”.
