By Nuria Olive Additional Reporting by Rowey Worner Butcher and Saffron Geyle Wednesday 19 April 2023 saw the third SRC Meeting for 2023 take place in Chifley Library’s Graneek room. Condemning attacks on bulk-billing practices, HECS indexation, the cost of […]
By Rowey Worner Butcher With the mid semester break now finished, and the second semester nearing its pointy end, some ANU students might be feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of another six weeks of lectures, tutorials, readings, assignments, and group […]
By Xanthe Murrell Photography by Patrick Guthridge On Thursday 13 April, staff and students, alongside anti-war organisations, protested university involvement with Australia’s military alliance AUKUS (and its associated nuclear development program). Coordinated speak-outs took place at ANU, the University of […]
By Nuria Olive Last week, Observer released an article about the process of applying for exchange at ANU. This week, we spoke to students about what their experiences were like with obtaining accommodation as well as the financial support options […]
By Saffron Geyle Most students at ANU have heard the acronym “SAlt” thrown around in conversation before, but what does it stand for? SAlt is short for Socialist Alternative, a group of left-wing activists who rally for ideological […]
By James Weatherman On Monday, 27 March, the Interhall Arts Committee (IAC) hosted a screening of the 40 Hours of Film competition entries, attracting over 600 attendees to the Manning-Clark Hall. The event requires groups from each residential hall […]
By Nuria Olive Each semester, ANU students go on exchange to various countries to participate in international university life, meet new people, and embrace different cultures. ANU has exchange agreements with a range of partner universities across the globe, including […]
By Rowey Worner Butcher Additional Reporting by Eleanor Ellis Photography by Patrick Guthridge Content Warning: Abortion, medical issues, mental health, physical health, religious discrimination, SASH. “Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide!” International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 saw approximately […]
ChatGPT or Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, launched by OpenAI in November, is a language model capable of understanding and generating responses in a real-time conversation. Its launch has sparked concern internationally due to its ability to write concise answers instantaneously […]
By Nuria Olive The ANUSA Women’s Officer Phoebe Denham has confirmed that the birth control subsidy from 2022 has been reintroduced this week. The subsidy last year enabled students to purchase birth control at a 50% cost reduction from […]
