President: Harrison Brennan
- Pay: $55,031.63
- Reports submitted: 18/21
- Grade: Credit
Alongside many other Office Bearers, Harrison Brennan should be commended for his efforts in mobilising a broad contingent of students to support the Gaza Solidarity encampment, protest the Campus Access Policy and attend the 2024 Student General Meeting. Yet beyond these high-profile events, Brennan has taken a lack-lustre approach to ongoing issues such as the recent international student caps. Beyond this, it seems that since the SGM, Brennan’s time and attention has been significantly divided between his establishment of the Sydney University Greens Club and his actual role as President. Did we really need another political party on Eastern Avenue?
Vice Presidents: Jasmine Donnelly and Deaglan Godwin
- Pay: $36,687.55 ($18,343.78 each)
- Reports submitted: 7/11
- Extra notes:
- Grade: Credit
A succinct reflection of their term as Vice Presidents, for the last two weeks Donnelly and Godwin have sent in separate — and at times, conflicting — OB reports to Honi. While both appear to have been engaging with students, much of this seems to be done toward the benefit of their respective factions: whether it be storming F23 or “doing activism” — as NLS love to say — neither seems to have the student body they represent in mind as much as their own political groups.
General Secretaries: Rose Donnelly and Daniel O’Shea
- Pay: $36,687.55 ($18,343.78 each)
- Reports submitted: 6/11
- Grade: Pass
Besides the occasional budget reallocation and attendance of a Labor-endorsed strike, all has been quiet on the General Secretaries’ front. Unlike in previous years, Donnelly and O’Shea appear to have neglected their duties around event logistics for Welcome Week, support for caseworkers and applications for contestable funding. Honi would be extremely interested to find out from either General Secretary what the student body is paying them 36 thousand dollars to do, exactly.
Education Officers: Grace Street and Shovan Bhattarai
- Pay: $36,687.55 ($18,343.78 each)
- Reports submitted: 9/10
- Grade: High Distinction
Grace Street and Shovan Bhattarai have been a shining example of professionality and proficiency as the Education Officers of 2024. Despite their differing factional allegiances, Street and Bhattarai have delivered strong results in their organisation of protests against attacks from University management and production of the Counter-Course handbook. Both also managed to balance their workload with their involvement in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, a GIPA revealing the University’s ties to Israel, and the Student General Meeting. These two have been Queening out all year, putting some of their less productive coworkers to shame.
Women’s Officers: Rand Khatib and Eliza Crossley
- Pay: $36,687.55 ($18,343.78 each)
- Reports submitted: 8/10
- Grade: Credit
Rand Khatib and Eliza Crossley have accomplished integral yearly WoCo protests, such as the Day of the Unborn Child counterprotest. Despite this, momentum for historically significant campaigns like abolishing the colleges and sexual assault on campus have dwindled significantly, with Women’s Collective meetings regularly cancelled or rescheduled. Beyond some new initiatives like Cheese & Tatreez and the ACAR-WoCo collaboration Feminist Anti-Racist Liberation Library, Khatib and Crossley have only recently shifted gears in light of the upcoming election season. Older initiatives such as women’s collective reading groups, and radical sex and consent week (which flaunted prizes such as feminist literature and vibrators!) seem to be relics of the past. Honi would love to see this level of commitment return to Women’s Collective.
Disability Officers: Khanh Tran and Victor Zhang
- Pay: $18,343.88 ($9,171.93 each)
- Reports submitted: 4/4
- Grade: High Distinction
Khanh Tran and Victor Zhang have enjoyed significant, material successes during their tenure as this year’s Disability Officers. From the recent opening of the autonomous Disabilities Community Space in Manning House to the seamless organisation of Disabled Honi, the collective has delivered consistently over their term. It should also be noted that, unlike almost all of their fellow Office Bearers, Tran and Zhang have managed to hold consistent collective meetings at least every few weeks. Overall, this pair have passed with flying colours.
Queer Officers: Jamie Bridge and Wendy Thompson
- Pay: Nil
- Reports submitted: 4/5
- Grade: Discontinued Fail (DF)
If the Honi Editors thought Instagram arguments were real praxis, QuAC would get an HD! Unfortunately, those who touch grass would know that it takes more than comment section chaos to achieve genuinely intersectional activism. Queer Honi was thoroughly disorganised, and with a revolving door of QuAC convenors this year, we have awarded them accordingly a DF. Ouch!
Autonomous Collective Against Racism Officers: Ravkaran Grewal and Sidra Ghanawi
- Pay: $18,343.88 ($9,171.93 each)
- Reports submitted: 5/5
- Grade: Distinction
ACAR can be commended in their organisation of OB cornerstones such as Honi autonomous editions and consistent meetings with their collective. ACAR were active participants in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and are active participants in other grassroots campaigns such as the Cut the CAP Protest. The collective have hosted various teach-ins over the course of the year, and members (alongside some non-members) should also be proud of producing its first Welcome Week zine Armed. Keep up the good work!
Environment Officers: Madeleine Clark, Thomas Williams, Jordan Anderson
- Pay: Nil
- Reports submitted: 4/4
- Grade: Absent Fail (AF)
No meetings, no rallies, a tumbleweed in a gust of wind…
