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  • SRC Election Candidate Profile: Environment Officer

    SRC Election Candidate Profile: Environment Officer

    By Ishani Gangopadhyay During the election campaign, Tharunka caught up with the candidates for Environment Officer. The successful candidate, Hannah Horton, shares her policies below.  What is your Name and Degree?  Hannah Cleary Horton, I am studying a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Indigenous Studies, and am currently in my second year.   Have you […]

  • Multiple whistleblowers allege election cheating scandal

    Multiple whistleblowers allege election cheating scandal

    By Alex Neale The two anonymous sources have claimed the Unite ticket was led in part by Damien Pace and Sam Jacobs, who are affiliated with and/or employed by various right-wing groups. Pace is not a UNSW student; and neither’s names have been seen on any of the ticket’s campaign material.  If the claims are […]

  • VILLAGE GREEN: UNSW’s latest $40m spend is now in use

    VILLAGE GREEN: UNSW’s latest $40m spend is now in use

    By Alex Neale On a brisk October morning, the Village Green sprouts from its cocoon. Heavy machinery still toils on the turf, distributing the last of the cork. Sprinklers water the grass behind the bleachers, spraying your back if you sit too far up. At the Barker Street end, a massive electronic sign that gives […]

  • Meet the new Education Officer

    Meet the new Education Officer

    By Dominique Lakis Note: After the writing of this article, Unite! Candidate Vedant Rampal withdrew from candidacy in this year’s election. Cherish Kuehlmann has been elected as Education Officer unopposed.  The role of the SRC Education officer as stated in their mission statement is to provide “a forum for students to fight for change to […]

  • SRC’s Unite ticket appears to have folded – the day before the election 

    SRC’s Unite ticket appears to have folded – the day before the election 

    By Alex Neale It seems that the Unite! ticket for this year’s SRC elections have up and left, within 48 hours of the beginning of polling.   It would mean that candidates Paige Sedgwick (President, Together), Reid Hou (General Secretary, Together), Cherish Kuehlmann (Education Officer, Left Action), and Mya Thit Khet (International Students Officer, Together) […]

  • “International Students are vulnerable to exploitation” – International Officer Candidate  

    “International Students are vulnerable to exploitation” – International Officer Candidate  

    By Kabir Chisty Ayush Gupta is contesting the International Student Officer role in tomorrow’s SRC election. Gupta is an international student from India, participating in the election with the ticket Unite!. According to Gupta, the ticket is a collaboration of executives from various societies at UNSW.  Gupta brings a set of policies to the tableat […]