Encampment rally takes place amidst the rain, speak-out takes place outside F23, and Honi speaks to Nasser Mashni.
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has demanded “major changes to university governance” after the Swinburne University of Technology conceded to $2.85 million in wage theft between 2017 and December 2023, impacting around 1,800 staff.
With USyd approving just 117 travel concession applications under Transport NSW’s exemptions for disabled part-time students between 2019 – 2023, concerns are being raised over NSW universities’ opaque guidance on accessing the concessions.
On Friday 19 April, the Disabilities Community Room was officially opened by the Disabilities Collective (DisCo) in an event with representatives from the University of Sydney Union (USU), Sydney University Postgraduate Students’ Association (SUPRA), and DisCo members.
With the Gaza solidarity encampment approaching its first week on the Quad lawns, student activists continue to demand for the severance of the University’s ties to Israeli universities and weapon manufacturers.
The protest in Canberra on April 28 demanding government action in response to men’s violence was interrupted by PM Anthony Albanese, but continued on.
Demonstrators marched to Hyde Park, posters and signs in hand, chanting for an end to violence committed by men, including sexual violence.
Saturday’s agenda included a banner paint for the encampment’s contingent to the weekly Hyde Park Palestine solidarity rally, a teach-in on a people’s history of the Vietnam War led by Lily Campbell, and a film screening of the Battle of Algiers (1966).
The march began with a silent procession and then protestors’ voices rang loud and clear through the streets of Sydney’s CBD.
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.