By Eliza Croft, Taz Hudson and Skanda Panditharatne Elections for the Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA) concluded today. Both major tickets – Vision for ANUSA and Empower ANUSA – ran on broadly similar policy platforms. Vision ultimately swept President, …
By Tom Jordan, and Skanda Panditharatne Content Warning: Mentions of sexual assault and sexual harassment. The elections for the postgraduate student association, PARSA, will take place next week. This year’s election sees a contest between two tickets: Empower, led by current …
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 …
Christopher Wilson resigned as General Secretary of PARSA yesterday, attempting to apply the condition that he choose his successor to the role. PARSA President Alyssa Shaw described his activities as “blackmail” and “duress”; and while the PARSA executive acquiesced to …
Many postgraduates lack permanent housing months after arriving at ANU, according to a report conducted by the ANU Postgraduate and Research Students’ Association (PARSA). The Association has called for a first year accommodation guarantee. The report, called Home Away from …
Griffin Hall is launching a dedicated postgraduate and mature age wing later this year. The new ‘Walter Wing’ will have a dedicated space and tailored events for these students. Georgia Kirton, a permanent staff member of Griffin Hall, confirmed the …
Michael Turvey, Valerie Ng & Skanda Panditharatne The Progress ticket has dominated the PARSA elections, winning all but five positions. Alyssa Shaw has been elected President and University Council representative for a second term, but will have to preside over …
Aries Meng’s candidacy for PARSA Education Officer has been declared “null and void”. The Returning Officer, Ian Walker, found the ANyou candidate breached an electoral regulation against offering inducements in return for votes. The Returning Officer also banned independent Presidential …
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 …
Tickets ‘Progress’, ‘ANyou’ and a slew of independents are contesting this year’s PARSA election, in a heated campaign leading up to the online election in Week 4. So what’s actually going on? What are we voting for? 31 members of …
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