Telegraph.co.uk | Australia's first professor of poetry resigns over leaked racist emails Telegraph.co.uk Australia's inaugural professor of poetry, Barry Spurr, has resigned from Sydney University over a series of racist and sexist language emails in which he called women "whores", Tony Abbott an "Abo-lover" and referred to Aboriginal people as "human rubbish ... Barry Spurr quits after reaching settlement with New Matilda Professor Barry Spurr resigns from University of Sydney after email leaks Spurr resigns from University of Sydney |