Archive 2011-12

Perennial SRC election candidate Brendan Byron has thrown his hat into the Tharunka elections for 2012, recruiting a team to run as a media student team. Byron had last year been involved with the Labor Right “Fresh” ticket for SRC elections, running unsuccessfully for the NUS Delegate and Undergraduate Councillor …

A report delivered to the UNSW Chancellory’s Student Safety & Wellbeing Committee has shown several incidents of assault and robbery, including students threatened with knives. The Student Incident Summary Report, obtained by Tharunka through Freedom of Information legislation, focuses on campus incidents from January to August this year.

We are writing as leaders of student unions and representative organisations from around Australia. We have watched as the UQ Union has abused due process and the principles of free and fair elections to maintain control by the incumbents.

A motion calling for the restriction of voting for the Women’s Officer position to the Women’s Collective was voted down by the Student Representative Council last week. Moved by Michael Rosser and supported by Women’s Officer Amber Karanikolas, the motion would have required attendance at Collective meetings in return for …

FM Assist has confirmed a slate of new retailers on campus, including Subway and Boost Juice. Previously, at the Student Leaders’ Morning Tea, attended by Chancellery officials, Vice-President of University,  ServicesNeil Morris promised cheaper and healthier options were to be written into all new retailing contracts.

Ross Willing has been elected President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) next year, with the “Voice” ticket securing 56% of the vote ahead of “Stand Up!” “Voice” elected four of the seven delegates to the National Union of Students (NUS), with the remaining three places going to “Stand Up!”