I am a leading consultant in Australian archaeology and a Visiting Fellow with the Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. I feel obligated to make some comments in support of Dr D Rindos.
Several points come immediately to mind.
The first, and perhaps most obvious, is that many of the difficulties experienced by Dr Rindos were, in a sense, predictable. The circumstances of the last two years are consistent with a general pattern of behaviour for which the Department of Archaeology is well known. The department has, without doubt, a most curious and eccentric reputation. It is a department known for its difficult and conspiring personalities and its questionable professional activities. When Dr Rindos applied for and was awarded a teaching position in the department he was forewarned of the procedural and personal difficulties he was likely to face.