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Some 25,000 attendees are expected in Glasgow on October 31st for the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – more commonly known as the COP26. And it is shaping up to be a kicker.  

Although COVID-19 weighted average mean (WAM) adjustment policies have been implemented at the University of Melbourne, La Trobe, and Monash in 2021, UNSW students will continue to have failed courses recorded on their academic transcripts and calculated as part of their WAM results in Term 2. 

A few months ago, we brought you a story on Christian Porter’s failed defamation lawsuit against the ABC. Now that he has resigned and new information has emerged on the court case, we revisit his turbulent story and how perceptions of him have changed. 

Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of talk about SSAF fees. What are they for? Can we reduce SSAF during lockdown? Is it possible to change how it's spent? Emma investigates SSAF to find out where your one-hundred-dollar termly payment can go.

Each year, the UNSW Student Handbook outlines all the courses a student can take. But a Tharunka investigation into the 2022 Handbook has found that over 600 of the 3000 listed courses are not going to be taught next year.

On Sunday morning, at least fourteen SRC candidates from different tickets reported that they were unable to react to, or comment on, Spice Up UNSW’s Facebook page.