In letter vice-chancellor requested committee not publish joint submission by two academics and redact parts of second submission ‘unfairly’ critical of CDUUniversity asked a federal inquiry not to publish submissions by three of its staff after the academics criticised the university’s support for a gas and industrial development on Darwin Harbour.
In one letter, professor of nursing Marilynne Kirshbaum wrote she “was dismayed by Charles Darwin University’s submission” and had been asked by many staff and students to register their “opposition to the official perspective of Charles Darwin University”. The letter also claimed there had been no internal consultation with staff before the submission was created and expressed concern about “the possible existence of conflicts of interest between the university and the fossil fuel industry”.In a right of reply to the inquiry, Bowman asked the committee “to not publish the supplementary joint submission” by Enciso and Murta and “redact the sections of Prof Kirshbaum’s submission where it criticises, I believe unfairly, CDU”.