By Jessica Whiting The ANU Board Game Society (BGS) today sought to have the Clubs Funding Policy amended to allow the purchase of assets with event funding. The club also moved to have its maximum funding increased. Both motions failed. […]
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Jason Pover, Taz Hudson and Jessica Whiting CW: Disturbing Violence, Sexual Assault, References to Terrorist Acts, Mental Illness. The trial of Alex Ophel, who allegedly attacked students and a staff member in a tutorial with a baseball bat in August […]
By Jessica Whiting Content Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and institutional betrayal. Term 3 marked one year since the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report Change the Course, which highlighted the need to address sexual assault […]
Even though no joke tickets will appear on your online ballot this year, it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the memes. Observer has compiled a round-up of 2018’s most prominent ANUSA election Facebook pages. The Hon Charles Smith MLC for […]
The Turnbull Government successfully swayed crossbench votes in the Senate to secure a decrease in the HECS repayment threshold. After being first introduced to House of Representatives in February, the ‘Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018’ […]
Jason Pover and Jessica Whiting In this year’s ANUSA elections, the only contested race amongst the college representative positions are for the College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP). Refresh ANUSA, whose candidates have taken out all the other College […]
Content Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and institutional betrayal. By Jessica Whiting and Skanda Panditharatne. Students today expressed their frustration and stood in solidarity with survivors at a Speak Out and vigil, one […]
Eliza Croft and Jessica Whiting ANU has announced that it will guarantee accommodation to first-year postgraduate students from 2021. The Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA) has been pushing for the change in a number of campaigns this year. PARSA […]
Content Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and institutional betrayal. ANU has released a progress report outlining its response to sexual assault and harassment on campus. The report, released on 17 May at a Respectful […]