Category: Features

  • The Voice Explained: Where it Came From and Why it’s Needed 

    The Voice Explained: Where it Came From and Why it’s Needed 

    First of all, we need to establish that this idea of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament didn’t come from Canberra.   The Voice referendum campaign was sparked by the 2017 Uluru Statement of the Heart, an invitation made by Indigenous leaders to the Australian people, to move forward and right past injustices. It was the culmination…

  • SRC Candidate Interview | Michelle Chandra

    SRC Candidate Interview | Michelle Chandra

    What is your current relationship with the Arc Board and how do you plan on growing it?   I’m part of a lot of societies such as the United Nations society and part of the editing sub-committee of Blitz, but I have no direct relationship with Arc board, don’t liaise with them directly. One thing I…

  • SRC Candidate Interview | Imandi Mudugamuwa

    SRC Candidate Interview | Imandi Mudugamuwa

    What is your current relationship with the Arc Board and how do you plan on growing it?   Not super well versed on this – some overlap in terms of people who support Revive and the Arc board and can’t think of anyone of the top of head. Something we support is having open dialogue with…

  • SRC Candidate Profiles | Students with Disabilities Officer

    SRC Candidate Profiles | Students with Disabilities Officer

    Tharunka spoke to UNSW’s candidates for Students with Disabilities Officer, Conroy Blood, who represents Left Action, and the joint candidacy of Geoffrey Zhen and Timothy To, who represent Revive and will share the role if elected.  Blood, a member of the NSW Greens, is a newcomer to student politics at UNSW, and says he hopes hoping…

  • From the Satanic Panic to Democracy as we know it 

    From the Satanic Panic to Democracy as we know it 

    Trigger warning: This article mentions sensitive topics including suicide and child abuse.   It may be hard to believe today, but in the 1980s to 1990s, the Satanic Panic was at its peak in Australia as well as the United States. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a bunch of people pulling their hair out in…

  • What is the Student Leadership Team and why do we need another acronym? 

    What is the Student Leadership Team and why do we need another acronym? 

    Back in march, the first meeting of the newly christened ‘Student Leadership Team’ meeting for 2023 was held. This group collects elected UNSW student representatives from Academic Board and Committees, Faculty Boards, University Research Council, SRC, PGC and Arc Board. The goal of the group is to form consensus on important issues related to the…