Australia's higher education sector was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Student and staff numbers declined, and the government assistance afforded to other sectors was all but missing for universities. In a callous example of abandonment in an hour of need, Australian's international students were similarly ignored by the federal government.

Sinophone Australia opens a new window onto Australian history by foregrounding Chinese-language sources as a lens through which to reinterpret the nation's past. Under-standing Australian history through sources written in a different language offers a familiar yet fundamentally different perspective on the Australian experience.

Sinophone Australia opens a new window onto Australian history by foregrounding Chinese-language sources as a lens through which to reinterpret the nation's past. Understanding Australian history through sources written in a different language offers a familiar yet fundamentally different perspective on the Australian experience.