Mariah Chang and Lewis Pope are running for Treasurer of the ANU Students Association. Candidates have presented policies on how to better spend ANUSA’s funds, support student clubs, and have clashed on how best to financially secure ANUSA against the […]
PARSA electoral ticket ANyou has received electoral penalties for multiple potential offences, with a candidate temporarily suspended from campaigning and two Facebook posts ordered to be altered, Observer understands. PARSA Returning Officer Ian Walker took action yesterday after a complaint […]
Sebastian Rossi is running independently for ANUSA VP, Gen Rep and NUS delegate, under the brand of ‘Vision’. His policies mirror much of Stand Apart, the anti-NUS ticket which he recently departed in dramatic fashion after alleged bribery attempts. Rossi […]
Jason Pover & Skanda Panditharatne Staff and students protested today against imminent cuts to tertiary education funding in an event organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The cuts, apparently worth $15 million for ANU, will go before the […]
Skanda Panditharatne & Michael Turvey ‘Stand Apart’, the Liberal aligned ticket contesting the ANUSA election, has ousted policy writer and candidate Sebastian Rossi less than three hours after the ticket’s launch. The conflict occurred after an ANU Liberal Club executive […]
Stand Apart, an anti-National Union of Students (NUS) ticket, launched today. The ticket will run Gen Reps, NUS delegates and an International Students’ Officer. “The NUS is past its use-by-date,” said ticket convener Ashish Nagesh. Stand Apart seeks to remove […]
Update: While Observer received explicit confirmation from PARSA’s events director that undergraduate students could ride the balloon, PARSA has since said this statement was incorrect, and rides will be “limited to postgraduates and their families” due to “limited capacity”. We apologise for this inaccuracy. PARSA […]
Observer has obtained previously unseen plans for the new Union Court. Skanda Panditharatne & Michael Turvey Why is this Happening? Union Court at present was not exactly planned. It was originally the carpark for Chifley Library, but over the years was […]
UPDATE 24/5: ANUSA has condemned violence at the protest and committed to “greater inclusivity” in future events. ANUSA focused on the “generally good nature of the event” in a statement posted on their Facebook page. However, they reminded students that […]
ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt defended ANU’s remaining fossil fuel investments on Q&A tonight, in a program dominated by debate over free speech, university fees and climate change policy. Schmidt argued for a broad liberalisation of speech, the detriment of higher […]
