HECS fees, tied to inflation, are set to rise by 4.8 percent in June, down from last year’s 7.1 percent rise. With a debt of $26,494, the average student will be liable for an extra $1,272, extrapolating from figures published by the Australian Taxation Office.
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The USU Board elections are upon us again!
Honi has quizzed and interviewed the candidates.
It was broadly noted that the campus security has been friendly, but that there is a feeling that the university will want them to be moved on by the end of the week. Questions loom over graduations which begin next Wednesday, and how that will affect the camp’s continuation.
NSW Police are conducting an operation on campus after a ‘threat’ has caused multiple buildings to be evacuated.
At 5pm, the activists lit candles on the front lawns in the shape of “GAZA” and held a vigil to commemorate the lost lives in the genocide.
The Anglican Church-associated charitable organisation surveyed 45,115 rental properties across Australia. Only three – all sharehouses – were affordable on JobSeeker, 31 on the Disability Support Pension, 89 on the Age Pension and 289 on minimum wage. Each of these numbers accounted for less than one percent of surveyed properties.
Wednesday April 24 saw a schedule of rallies, speak outs, and teach-ins. However, questions hang over its survival with the planned ANZAC Day dawn service tomorrow morning.
The art-making followed a small rally organised by Students For Palestine in front of the Quadrangle. Together, these two events christened the encampment occurring on Tuesday night in solidarity with the student protesters of Columbia University, who are facing police arrests en masse at their sit-ins.
On Tuesday, April 23, University of Sydney student and staff activists commenced their first day of a campout in support of encampments at Columbia University and other US campuses.
Australian universities are placing extra restrictions and rejecting student visas from India and Nepal as the government’s push to lower international students numbers continues to put pressure on the tertiary sector.
