The University Of Sydney has this morning announced that Barry Spurr has resigned from his tenured position as a heinously boring lecturer and noted racist in the university’s School of Letters, Arts and Media.
Good riddance.
The SBS are reporting that Professor Spurr had tendered his resignation, which was accepted. They’ve released an uncharacteristically concise statement reading, “At Professor Spurr’s request, the university will provide no further comment on this matter.” Refreshing.
If you’ll indulge a brief #tbt, you may remember Spurr from a compendium of vile emails leaked by New Matilda in October which referred to, amongst many things, a procedure “(resembling stapling) reversing that which is used to separate Siamese twins: Abo-lover Tony Abbott and Adam Goodes“; described Spurr’s longing for a time in the 1950s without “Abos, Chinky-poos, Mussies… Not a woman to be seen in a sanctuary anywhere. And no obese fatsoes [sic]. All the kiddies slim and bright eyed,” and contained the graphic description of a sexual assault laced with misogyny and transphobia, all of which resulted in Spurr being suspended from his post.
You may also remember Spurr for his role as an advisor on the National Curriculum Review and for his subsequent legal woes with New Matilda, whom he took to court on the belief that he could have emails that were published and widely circulated on the Internet retracted and handed back to him.
Barry, pls. Enjoy your retirement. You’ll have plenty of time for whimsical linguistic games now.
