The ransomware attack on the National Tertiary Education Union was an excellent opportunity for its leadership’s opponents to get stuck in. A prominent one didn’t

Anastasia Kanjere, (La Trobe U) who is running for union general secretary, took to Twitter yesterday to comment on the hack of member records (CMM yesterday). “While there may be a few less than ideal practices occurring, this is very unlikely to be the union’s fault … Cybersecurity experts tend to say “when, rather than if” and these kinds of breaches are very difficult to be completely immune from,” she stated.

Dr Kanjere did add there are “good practices” which could minimise damage and, “for those interested in change in union leadership, rest assured that we talked about these strategies and I’m ready to implement best practice.” But overall her message was about members’ interests.

Which makes it grown-up politics – a contrast to that other campaign we are all enduring.