The national website for one of Australia’s most in-demand service industries reads: “Workers can predict that they will be assaulted at least once every three years … it is comforting that there is only one murder a year.”
Arc Board stalls on affirmative action
The Arc Board’s attempt to implement affirmative action policies for the election of new Board Directors appears to have stalled.
In the last issue of Tharunka, it was reported that there was strong support on the Board for affirmative action, and different models for ensuring women were elected were being considered. Nominations for Arc Board elections opened last week, and advertisements being promoted through Arc channels confirm the only affirmative action applying to this year’s election relates to ensuring a student from the College of Fine Arts is elected.
David Gonski Reappointed UNSW Chancellor
Prominent businessman David Gonski has been reappointed Chancellor of the University of New South Wales for a third term.
March 14th, 2013 in News / No. 2 Vol. 59 (2013)
An unusual dating website that has been highly successful in the United States is gaining popularity amongst female Australian tertiary students.
March 14th, 2013 in News / No. 2 Vol. 59 (2013)
Unheralded delays on the redevelopment of the Arc common room at the newly reopened College of Fine Arts (COFA) campus have left students without a distinct, Arc-owned common room for the foreseeable future.
March 1st, 2013 in News / No. 1, Vol. 59 (2013)
Following a year of budget cuts and financial concern, UNSW announced the establishment of a new division last October.
March 1st, 2013 in News / No. 1, Vol. 59 (2013)
Since the Federal Government’s publication of the Asian Century White Paper last year, Asia’s growth as a major world power and how that will impact Australia has been the subject of much discussion.
The shift in Asia’s dominance has varied consequences for the rest of the world, and those specific to Australia were the topic of conversation at New South Wales Parliament house on Friday, 8th February.
February 25th, 2013 in News / No. 1, Vol. 59 (2013)
The probable opening of a Max Brenner chocolate store at UNSW this year has prompted concerned students to question the decision to allow on campus a corporation affiliated with elements of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), who are accused of war crimes against the Palestinian people.
Acting President of Students for Justice in Palestine UNSW, Ali Hosseini, told Tharunka that he was disappointed that a respected academic institution such as the university would “stoop so low as to do business with Max Brenner”, demanding the university withdraw from working with the company.
February 25th, 2013 in News / No. 1, Vol. 59 (2013)
Following accusations of vote rigging and corruption in 2009, the peak body representing Australian university students, The National Union of Students’ decision to block discussion on abortion decriminalization at its National Conference held late last year has sparked outrage amongst many female students.
Labor-Right’s Mikaela Wangmann, a member of the hard-line Christian socially-conservative faction of the ALP, the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association (SDA), was elected as NUS Womens Officer at the National Conference.
A report delivered to the UNSW Chancellory’s Student Safety & Wellbeing Committee has shown several incidents of assault and robbery, including students threatened with knives.
The Student Incident Summary Report, obtained by Tharunka through Freedom of Information legislation, focuses on campus incidents from January to August this year.
