Category: News

  • Australian Government Implements Changes to Temporary Graduate Visa Programs

      The Australian Government has announced changes to its Temporary Graduate visa programs (Subclass 458) effective from 1 July 2024. The Graduate Work stream has been renamed to the Post-Vocational Education Work stream, and the Post-Study Work stream to the Post-Higher Education Work stream. The qualification used to meet the Australian study requirement determines which…

  • Student in hospital after stabbing at University of Sydney

      A student was taken to hospital around 8:35 am this morning after emergency services responded to an alleged stabbing at the University of Sydney.     “Paramedics treated a 22-year-old man at the scene. He was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious but stable condition,” a NSW Police spokesperson said. A…

  • Introducing Gamamari

      UNSW’s oldest student publication is leaving its old title, and its traditional print roots, to embrace the digital age, marking a significant shift in its history. After 70 years under the iconic name ‘Tharunka,’ the publication has unveiled its new identity as ‘Gamamari,’ ushering in a new era of storytelling and activism. With its…

  • “For Palestine to be free, we must fight like hell for the living, and more the dead”: UNSW Protest for Gaza

    UNSW students and staff stood in solidarity against the unfolding genocide in Palestine at the UNSW Protest for Gaza on June 12th. Approximately 100 protestors gathered outside the UNSW main library at 1pm, demanding that the university cut ties with weapons dealers, defund the development of dangerous technologies, and end its complicity with the occupation…

  • Sydney Light Rail strike action continues

    Protected industrial action continues in Sydney this week as light rail workers take a stand against unfair and unsafe conditions and wages. This action includes light rail workers refusing to wear uniforms, work overtime, or use their mobile phones while at work, as well as making public service announcements over the trams’ speaker systems and…

  • Simple Extensions to Arrive, Fit to Sit rule to be abolished from t1 2024

    Minutes from a prior meeting of the board detail a ‘powerful statement’ from undergraduate representative Zac Morris where he labelled the Special Considerations process as ‘broken’ and ‘hostile to students’.   Under Fit to Sit, UNSW considered the act of beginning an exam as a statement that the student is physically capable of completing it.   This…