Nothing like a Friday afternoon to try to bury bad news. Even better if it’s hidden at the end of a lengthy email on irrelevant topics. Over at the Australian National University, acting vice-chancellor Rebekah Brown took the double whammy approach.Brown emailed 5000 university staff and 20,000 students last Friday with what looked to be a missive on the importance of NAIDOC Week. Except those with the inclination to read down then caught Brown reminding staff that as a Commonwealth entity, ANU was bound by the Archives Act and Freedom of Information legislation. Huh, OK?Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles