By Ethan Schultz PARSA executives have expressed “shock and disappointment” to Observer at the changes to their funding arrangements announced last month. The association remains committed to fighting the decision and adamant that without them, postgraduate representation will suffer. When […]
By Tom Kersten During last year’s ANUSA Election, ticket ‘Grassroots ANUSA’ campaigned heavily on the establishment of a night cafe in Kambri, promising to deliver “a safe space on campus late at night”, providing “low cost dinners”. Observer understands that […]
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article contained incorrect information about the number of roles filled on the PARSA executive, and did not include several comments from PARSA. The article has been amended accordingly and we apologise for the […]
By Darlene Rowlands Content Warning: express mentions of sexual assault and sexual harassment (SASH), institutional betrayal. An alleged rapist lived and worked alongside ANU students on campus until as recently as 2013. He was a live-in chaplain at John […]
By Hannah Farrow Content Warning: this article mentions institutional betrayal, sexual assault and harassment and sexual misconduct. The ANU Women’s Department organised a Special General Meeting at the Kambri Amphitheatre on Wednesday 30th of March to discuss the National Student […]
By Georgie Ralphs Content Warning: sexual assault, sexual violence, sexual harassment, institutional betrayal. Today, ANU was revealed as one of Australia’s worst universities for incidents of sexual harassment and assault by the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS). The survey […]
By James Day For the incumbent Clubs Council team, the new ANUSA Clubs Officer position for 2022 represents progress. Many on Clubs Council believe the issues of clubs and societies have largely been ignored in student life, and despite the […]
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 Eleanor Ellis Content Warning: This article contains mentions of racism, racial discrimination, anti-Semitism, Nazism, white supremacy and xenophobia. On Thursday 16 September 2021, ANUSA’s Bla(c)k, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) department released a Racism Report. The 36-page […]
By Xanthe Murrell SRC 6 was not without its drama. Meetings such as the SRC show a side to student government largely unknown to the wider student body, for whom the workings of ANUSA are generally confined to a […]
