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Meanjin has been resurrected by QUT, in a clever move

Literary journal Meanjin has been resurrected. The 85-year-old journal will return to its origins in Brisbane, where it was founded in 1940 by editor Clem Christesen.

The Conversation · Feb 11

Literary journal Meanjin back from the dead

The axed literary journal Meanjin is back, to be run out of the city where it was originally founded 85 years ago.

AAP · Feb 11

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money

This month, the board of Melbourne University Press (MUP) announced it would abruptly discontinue 85-year-old Australian literary journal Meanjin. The reasons? “Purely financial.”

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2025

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Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest

Critics want Melbourne University Publishing to transfer ownership of Meanjin rather than dissolve it. But CEO says ‘the journal is not for sale’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2025

'Pass the torch': writers protest over journal's demise

Supporters of one of Australia's oldest literary journals have staged a protest against a "purely financial" decision to close it down.

AAP · Sep 11, 2025

The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better

Last week’s announcement of Meanjin’s closure marks a poignant moment for Australian culture. Meanjin is a nationally significant cultural institution with a storied history. Closing it suddenly, without warning and with no consultation, on “purely financial grounds”, is a very deliberate act.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating

MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2025

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Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’

Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2025

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing. Editor Esther Anatolitis and deputy editor Eli McLean have been made redundant and the final issue will appear in December. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), which has housed the magazine since 2007, has cited “purely financial grounds” for…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Scotland raises minimum alcohol prices by almost one third

Minimum price of bottle of whisky set at £18.20 as ministers mull health tax to retrieve higher revenue from shops

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024

'Frustrating' Scotland does not have full power over alcohol advertising

IT is “frustrating” the Scottish Government does not have full power to control alcohol advertising, a campaigning charity has said.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 21, 2023

Alcohol cost to rise as ministers plan to increase minimum unit price

THE price of alcohol in Scotland looks set to increase after the Scottish Government published plans to increase the level of minimum unit pricing…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2023

Alcohol deaths would have been higher without minimum unit pricing – minister

The figures showed 1,276 people died from alcohol last year, the highest since 2008.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

MSP complains over ‘misleading’ claims on minimum unit price for alcohol

Dr Sandesh Gulhane has written to the head of the UK Statistics Authority over Scottish Government

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2023

Minimum unit pricing achieves 'main goal' of reducing alcohol harm, report says

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) has reduced more deaths from alcohol than anticipated and cut hospital admissions while there has been no clear negative…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2023

Minimum Unit Pricing reduces alcohol deaths by 13 per cent in Scotland, study finds

THE mother of a young girl who died after drinking cheap cider has called on the UK Government to emulate Scotland’s Minimum Unit Pricing laws,…

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Minimum unit pricing has had positive impact but not for poor alcoholics – study

Alcohol deaths fell by 13.4% because of minimum unit pricing, the evaluation by Public Health Scotland suggested.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 21, 2023

Minimum unit pricing saving 'significantly more lives than expected', says charity

Alison Douglas, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said the results of the study were “absolutely amazing” and go way beyond what was…

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The National (Scotland) · Mar 21, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon says minimum unit pricing 'one of her proudest achievements'

NICOLA Sturgeon has hailed the policy of minimum unit pricing (MUP) as one of her proudest achievements in office as a study linked it to a 13 drop…

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Sturgeon hails minimum alcohol pricing as one of her proudest achievements

The outgoing First Minister said minimum unit pricing for alcohol is ‘saving lives’.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 21, 2023

'Encouraging' minimum unit pricing research shows reduction in alcohol-related deaths

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) has been linked to a 13 drop in deaths from alcohol consumption, according to a study.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol linked to ‘significant’ reduction in deaths

Research published in The Lancet suggested 156 deaths a year in Scotland have been saved by the policy.

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

MUP has commissioned a history of itself. The result is illuminating, but in striving for 'neutrality' it falls short

Privately commissioned histories sit oddly within the Australian book market. Often produced as acts of institutional vanity or exercises in public relations, many are no doubt read only by members of the institutions themselves, and ignored by the wider reading public.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 22, 2022

Minimum unit pricing cuts alcohol consumption, according to new report

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) has been effective in reducing alcohol consumption in Scotland in the three years since it was implemented, according to…

Wales Online · Nov 22, 2022

Minimum pricing ‘effective’ in reducing alcohol consumption, study finds

Public Health Scotland says their strategy is achieving what it was meant to do

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