Ms Julie Bishop has resigned from her role as ANU Chancellor, notifying the university on Thursday 7 May, 2026. Her resignation follows the controversy surrounding Renew ANU last year and intense media scrutiny throughout her two terms as Chancellor.
According to the Australian Financial Review, Bishop was of the opinion that TEQSA’s intervention to “to run the university council was unlawful, in that the TEQSA Act did not give the regulator that power it was exerting”. Bishop’s term was set to end in December 2026.
TEQSA, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, has recently stepped in to “manage the recruitment and selection process” for the next Chancellor of the ANU.
There were reports by the Sydney Morning Herald that the recent resignation of fellow former Council member Alison Kitchen was also due to TEQSA’s intervention in the Council.
Observer will be reporting on this story as it unfolds.
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