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The Australia United Kingdom United States (AUKUS) Public Inquiry met on the 12th of August at Wollongong Art Gallery to amplify the concerns of Illawarra residents fearing the development of a nuclear base in Port Kembla. The inquiry, led by former Labor MP Peter Garrett, seeks to answer: 1. Will
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Days out from Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget announcement, large crowds gathered in Wollongong and Sydney to demand a stoppage to proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As confirmed last Tuesday, the Labor government aims to remove 160,000 participants from the scheme, to save an estimated $35
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I had a chance to speak to Ethan Floyd, a 22 year old Indigenous student from the University of Sydney (USyd) and a member of Students for Palestine, who recently arrived home on the 4th of May after joining the Global Sumud Flotilla’s most recent effort to break the
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From the 27th of April to the 1st of May, students on campuses around the country observed Nationwide Palestine Solidarity Week by demanding their universities cut ties to weapons industries. For the duration of this week, the University of Wollongong Palestine Society held a banner outside the library for students
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The New South Wales Parliament’s Standing Committee on Social Issues has released an interim report on the 8th of April following investigations and hearings across several months from their inquiry into the university sector, which is still ongoing. The interim report was aimed at addressing issues surrounding the University
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The Bellambi People and Place Plan put in place by the NSW government is looking to displace public housing residents from their homes to make way for social housing and private developers. A key distinction between the two is that public housing is owned and subsidised by the state government,
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Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) coordinated a 24 hour work stoppage from 8am on the 19th of March on behalf of staff at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The NTEU made a number of demands from university management, including requests for a fair pay rise, reproductive
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When does a weapon become a weapon? Is it when steel begins to take the shape of a blade, a gun, a tank, or a jet? Is it when a bullet is filled with gunpowder, or when the primer is set, or when the bullets are loaded into a magazine?
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Quorum was finally met at NatCon today when, at long last, a deal was reached between SAlt, Unity and NLS. Aidan O’Rourke walked out onto the conference floor holding a piece of paper, to Unity and NLS members chanting “ULS” together. The deal signed was to make concessions to
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Another day of NatCon has passed with nothing discussed on the agenda as quorum has still not been reached. Delegates who remained on the conference floor could not proceed with discussing policy as members of Socialist Alternative (SAlt) and Victorian Unity have pulled quorum for different reasons. SAlt made their
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The National Union of Students (NUS) has failed to start the National Conference’s (NatCon) agenda, with each faction blaming another for being unable to meet quorum. The morning began with a Welcome to Country, recognising Ballarat as the traditional Country of the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung people. Then,
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If you’re looking for a simple autumn read that you can have a crack at while having brekky, I can recommend a cosy series about a time-travelling café that provides its customers the closure they so desperately seek (with some caveats). As fond as I’ve grown to