Legislation introduced in November 2023 to reform the Australian Research Council (ARC) passed through parliament today. The reforms were in response to the recommendations of last year’s review into the ARC Act.
Browsing: News
At the rally, S.A.W. member Jacob Starling, a participant of the sit-in, announced to the crowd “This campus supports Palestine. The student body supports Palestine. There is no room for apartheid on this campus.”
The Monash University branch of the NTEU voted for a 24 hour strike beginning midday Wednesday 20th March, provided University management does not submit to Union demands.
Palestine Action Group hosted their twenty-third week of protests in the Sydney CBD on March 17. The protesters called on the Albanese government to end all their ties to Israel and condemned the time it took the government to restore UNRWA funding. Over 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the most recent Israeli invasion.
On March 14 2009, Veronica Baxter was denied bail from Surry Hills police station, and three days later died in custody. 15 years on activists gathered outside the same police station demanding justice.
Honi Soit will continue to follow Noise’s aims “to question and scrutinise Arc’s initiatives so that transparency and accountability may be demanded of the Arc Board and its corporate executives”.
In a social media post on March 13, the University of Sydney Union (USU) announced a new partnership with Maybelline…
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.
Palestine Action Group hosted their 23rd week of straight protests against the ongoing Israeli invasion on Gaza on Sunday March 10. The rally comes as Israel has defied the United States and other allies by continuing its ground invasion of Rafah.
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.