Following last year’s breakdown of PARSA, as a result of financial mismanagement and the subsequent resignation of most of the Postgraduate Representative Council (PRC), a new constitution has been written. 

Today’s the day! After weeks of campaigning, political candidates will finally go head-to-head as Australia’s voters hand in their ballots.

As election day nears, Woroni surveyed students on their thoughts on Australia’s political landscape.

The three most important issues to students were (in order of importance): climate change, cost of living and housing affordability.

In Semester 2 2022, the ANU will be transitioning to a new timetabling and class allocation system named ‘MyTimetable’ to simplify timetable management.

ANUSA held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) this past Wednesday, May 11 to discuss the ANUSA budget, the election of the Financial Review Committee, changes to Clubs Regulations, Department Election Reforms and a spending cap of the upcoming ANUSA elections.

Now that voting for the Federal Election has begun, and many students becoming eligible to vote for the first time, Woroni has conducted an in-depth look into one electoral issue many find confusing: voting for the Senate.

On Wednesday May 4, members of ANU’s Social Sciences faculty held a panel on tackling racism and bigotry within the social sciences at Burton and Garran Hall. This panel and the upcoming series of similar events are motivated by the 2021 Racism Report.

With early voting opening today, the 9th of May, Woroni has collated all the information you need to know to cast your vote before Election Day.

A recent mid semester exam in the computer science course COMP2420, Introduction to Data Management, Analysis and Security, has faced accusations from students of being administered unfairly.

After a two-year hiatus, the ANU Interhall Arts Committee’s (IAC) long awaited Big Night Out (BNO) is back. Taking place on Thursday at Wamburun Hall, BNO saw UniLodge, Burton & Garran, Bruce, Johns, Wright, Burgmann, Griffin, Ursula, Wamburun and Wright Halls battle it out.

The Australia-India Institute is an academic institute and thinktank, founded in 2008 to promote Australia-India relations. A mass exodus of academics this year has raised alarm bells, with those leaving accusing the Institute of having become an arm of the government.

Yesterday, ANU’s Postgraduate and Research Student’s Association (PARSA) released an open letter to the political parties and candidates running in the federal election on the key financial, social and environmental issues that postgraduate students in Australia currently face.

Woroni sat down with Senator Katy Gallagher to discuss her ongoing election campaign for the seat of the Australian Capital Territory. We asked her about climate change, territorial representation, a federal integrity commission, and her time at ANU, among other topics.

ANUSA and UnionsACT have launched a survey with the aim of gathering information on wages, staff treatment and working conditions for students who work in businesses on the ANU campus.

With the Federal Election drawing nearer, Woroni interviewed Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng, former public servant, academic, unionist and Greens candidate for the Senate. We asked Dr Goreng Goreng about her opinions on climate action, systemic racism and sacred leadership.