On 11 September 1998, I felt compelled to leave the university that had been my namesake for decades. There were many reasons for this decision, but they all have to do with my sense of despair at the appalling treatment of higher education being meted out by Monash University's administration and the Federal Government's West Review.
Exclusive: photo of those who accompanied me on my escape (52k)
Find out why I decided I could no longer stay at Monash
See what I've been up to since liberating myself
Look at what the newspapers are saying
Look at the article in Arena Magazine (111k image)
Look at the debate within the Monash Arts Faculty
Read some of my early fan mail (Also text-file (noframes) version)
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