Julie Bishop has resigned from ANU. She leaves a tattered legacy

Julie Bishop has finally resigned as chancellor of the Australian National University following scandals and allegations of mismanagement during the years the university was under her authority.

When I published the first of my many articles about the developing crisis at the ANU and vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell in early December 2024, I spoke to Bishop for 20 minutes on a Sunday afternoon.

From the very beginning, he attacked me with a gun and accused me of being a sleazy and biased journalist who didn’t know what he was doing.