Tag Archives: elections

By Jo Bradley Voting for the UNSW Council ends tomorrow (Monday the 29th, at 4pm). If you’re a UNSW student, you are probably vaguely aware of the elections because of the scandalous outing of then-candidate Claudia McDonnell’s racist social media posts via the UNSW Discussion Group (McDonnell has since exited …

By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor   On Monday, 1 May, Arc removed an article published by Tharunka in which each candidate for the Arc Board elections was asked the same five questions and their unamended responses published. The article was republished late Wednesday afternoon (voting closed at 4pm on Thursday), …

By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor On 1–4 May, elections are open via email for the election of four new board directors to Arc, UNSW’s student union. Two of these elected directors must be women and, if successful, candidates would have a term of two years. Arc is worth just under …

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.

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!”

The University of Queensland has announced an audit of its student union (UQU) after incumbent right-wing ticket “Fresh” was criticised for hijacking campus elections. Students will hold a rally on the St. Lucia campus this morning, demanding free and fair elections, following the revelation that “Fresh” pushed regulation changes that …