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At the time of dissemination, that of our first 2022 edition, the 14th will likely have seen leafleting and soapbox style speeches about the ongoing atrocities in West Papua, andBoeing’s involvement. On the 15th, protesters intend to have occupied – and blocked access to – the Boeing Institute’s rooms in the Hawken Engineering Building. National […]
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Racism rears its ugly head in many and varied forms. For honours student Ian Trinh, it has most recently surfaced as a comment on his thesis, and in the correspondence that followed.
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CARF is an organisation of “pro-vaccine, pro-union, and anti-fascist” groups that seek to counter narratives present at anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown. They were there on Saturday, in support of health orders and measures instituted by governments, and to counter the growing influence of far-right elements.
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As you’d expect, this had been preceded by some testosterone-fuelled peacocking, on the part of the cops. The heavy-handedness herein was largely led by the black-gloved tactical response units. One of the arrestees reported being choked, prior to his arrest, and our on-the-ground film crew live-streamed footage of similar actions (this, and more, is accessible via our Facebook page).
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In 2009, UQ promised students prospective and current that their university email account would remain active “for-life”. Members of the UQ StalkerSpace facebook group where aghast to find out, yesterday, that the uni had planned to go back on this promise.
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On September 1 the Queensland education Minister, Grace Grace, proposed an amendment to the Queensland University of Technology Act – the legislation that governs QUT – that would see the university’s top governing body reduced in size. Under the proposed amendment, the QUT Council, which is the university’s top governing body, would be reduced from […]
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The University of Queensland Union (UQU) Secretary posted on September 8, notice of the 2021 UQU elections. Nominations will be open from September 13 to September 17, with the elections to take place from October 11-15. Semper Floreat will be holding a presidential debate night in the week before the election period and encourage all […]
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With voting for the UQ Academic Board closing at 9am on August 16 it didn’t take long for the votes in the online election to be tallied and the winners announced. The three undergraduate student representatives will be Alex Smock (343 votes after preferences), Vishaak Gangasandra (337 votes after preferences) , and Samara Paradine (173 […]
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At a meeting of the clubs & societies committee on August 17 the committee passed a motion making it so that all annual general meetings, special general meetings, and inaugural general meetings must be held in person. The motion reinforces current practices in response to people breaking rules and does not change practices. In response […]
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By Oula Shihan and Laura Nolan On August 5th, UQ will be hosting a panel with Will.I.Am and Andrew Liveris in a conversation about ‘How global business cooperation drives innovation’. Before we even consider why a celebrity is involved in such an event, let’s look at who Adrew Liveris is and his connections to UQ. […]
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