Australia is set to resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the key UN aid agency that supports Palestinian refugees, while also committing millions more in funding for civilians in Gaza.
Author: Angus McGregor
A SRC and SUPRA e-petition to expand travel concession card access to part time and international students has reached the required 20,000 signatures to be tabled for Parliamentary debate on May 9th at 4pm.
We still live in a country where the police are given the benefit of the doubt despite decades of violence and brutalisation of queer and First Nations communities.
The University of Sydney announced today that David Thodey, a former telecommunications executive, has been elected as the 19th Chancellor of the University after the end of Belinda Hutchinson’s third consecutive term.
After an internal review and years of concerns from staff and students, UNSW is likely to end its controversial trimester system and return to a semester timetable in line with all other Australian universities.
For these three and a half hours, Honi Soit watched on with shock, horror and some admiration for the 37 councillors gathered in New Law Lecture Theatre 026.
A new payment system adopted by Griffith University failed to pay many casual workers on March 7 leading to a dispute with the NTEU.
A casual academic working at the University of Melbourne has received a public apology in Federal Court and compensation after the university admitted she was unfairly refused work after asking for increased hours.
The lavish Midsummer Night’s Dream themed parties and eccentric family members will never be good enough for Oliver because as Farleigh tells him bluntly, “you will never be one of us.” The message to the wider population is clear. It’s okay to have a taste of our world on the page but never okay to enter it.
While bold in its diagnosis of the issues facing Australian education and skills development, the report’s largely excellent recommendations will be quickly overshadowed by its cost, alongside the multiple levels of negotiations across federal and state governments required to legislate and implement any changes.