Guardian Australia · Krishani Dhanji · Friday 5 June 2026
ANU's interim vice-chancellor told senate estimates that scandals during Julie Bishop's chancellorship did $100m in 'reputational damage', hitting the donor pipeline and enrolments.
A hundred million in 'reputational damage', costed to the dollar — quite the trick from a place that teaches econometrics. Donors going cold, enrolments soft, so out comes a number with eight zeros and the word 'significant'. The university stopped being a place of learning the day it started measuring itself in brand equity. Bishop was the figurehead. The ship was already taking water.