FOI shows MUP’s decision to close Meanjin was a fait accompli

this is the way meanjin It ends not with a bang but with a whimper.

Despite claims that the Australian literary magazine was closed for financial reasons after 85 years of publicationcricket It may turn out that the University of Melbourne’s finance committee’s first formal discussion of the issue was a nod to a decision that had already been made.

When the committee meets Japanese Room At the university’s elegant Glyn Davis Building late on Aug. 5, members were not asked to discuss shutting down the journal or explore alternatives to continue publishing, records show. cricket Under freedom of information (FOI) laws.