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At first blush, Peter Dutton’s crackdown on rainbow dress-ups in the Australian military is a groan-worthy storm-in-a-teacup. But look closer, and you’ll see the teacup’s bobbing on deeper political currents.
In case you blinked and missed it, the Australian Defence Force last week held a morning tea marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia – the acronym, IDAHOBIT, is just as catchy – to which staff had been encouraged to wear rainbow clothing in support of the cause. This prompted the Minister for Defence, and Morrison government’s chief cultural warrior, to ban events involving “particular clothes in celebration”.
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ACU historian shortlisted for Ernest Scott Prize
ACU historian Professor Noah Riseman has been shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize for his book Pride in Defence: The Australian Military & LGBTI Service since 1945.
The book, written with Shirleene Robinson and published by Melbourne University Press, is one of only six books from a list of 67 shortlisted for the prize.
The Ernest Scott Prize for History is awarded annually to the book judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation published in the previous year.
The judges’ citation reads: “Pride in Defence is a disturbing and powerful book, showing how conservative institutions work and change – especially those shaped on gendered ideologies in the midst of intense social pressure. It explains the process of change in such institutions which, although separate from their wider societies, are nevertheless regarded as emblematic and a