So when did the University of Queensland and the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation start dating? The University’s announcement negotiations for the latter to fund degrees at the former on Monday mentioned an October meeting but a learned reader suggests an earlier introduction.

It seems in September Ramsay Centre CEO Simon Haines visited the university’s Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities for a symposium on the future of the liberal arts. A future which could be characterised by cash, and lots of it, if Ramsay and the university come to terms.