By Tom Kersten Nearly 19 months after Prime Minister Scott Morrison closed Australia’s International Borders, on October 1, Morrison declared “It is time to give Australians their lives back”, announcing the re-opening of the International borders from November contingent on […]
By Nathan Bow During the morning of 7 October it was confirmed that a resident of Wright Hall had returned a positive test result for COVID-19. The individual has now been moved out of Wright Hall to complete their quarantine […]
By India Kazakoff The passing of Motion 6.1 – colloquially considered the ‘lockdown to zero motion’ – in SRC 6 last week obliged ANUSA to become a public signatory to the ‘NSW Lockdown to Zero campaign’, and to support […]
By Sharlotte Thou ANUSA President Madhumitha Janagaraja announced on ANU Schmidtposting on Tuesday afternoon that the proposed one week teaching pause will not go ahead. This comes a week after the change.org petition – which has 5186 signatures at the […]
By Darlene Rowlands There are 600 ANU students currently interstate and unable to return to Canberra. Those among them who usually reside on-campus continue to be financially liable for rooms they cannot return to. As the ACT lockdown damages the […]
By Tom Kersten UPDATE: Warrumbul has since been announced as a Casual Contact Site and all residents are to isolate until they return a negative test result. Yesterday evening, the University became aware of a positive COVID-19 case on-campus, making […]
By Nathan Bow & Tom Kersten Since Canberra entered lockdown last Thursday, many students at residential halls have been feeling the strain of stringent lockdown measures. Reports of declining mental health among these students have been widespread, with many having […]
By Sharlotte Thou A petition calling for an “immediate teaching break in response to the Canberra COVID-19 outbreak” was launched by ANU student Derrick Appel on 17 August 2021. The petition cites five reasons for the proposed one week teaching […]
