UQU Finally Allows Queensland Government To Decriminalise Abortion
In a landmark decision last night, the UQ Union finally allowed the State Government to pass a law decriminalising abortion. UQ’s Student Union was established in 1912 as the peak body for legislative oversight in Queensland. The process of removing abortion laws from the Queensland Criminal Code has been discussed in state politics for the […]
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UQ’s Co-op Bookstore has closed. What can you do now?
Straight out of nowhere, the UQ Co-Op Bookshop has disappeared and been replaced with allegedly over-priced ‘School Locker’. News broke on StalkerSpace last night, so Semper got on the case and churned out a Universe-style listicle to wrap up the semester. 1. Cry because Co-Op refuses to refund memberships We called up the Co-Op customer service line, and […]
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Bizarre Scenes As Union Governance Director Intrudes On Singapore Summit
Reporters in Singapore covering a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have described the bizarre scenes that unfolded as Zachary Thomas entered a private meeting between the pair to discuss current governance initiatives in the UQ Union. “Fellas, as nice as the whole denuclearisation idea is, I’m proud to announce that our president […]
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ABC Announces Budget Winners And Losers, Confirms QUT Students Gigantic Losers
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg made the unexpected announcement last night that, even if he diverted all of Australia’s tax revenue to them, QUT students would still be the biggest losers to walk the planet. “I have a lot to get to tonight, but I want to start by saying that no matter who loses money […]
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How Dance Mums Are Killing UQ’s Oldest Student Society
This story originally appeared in our third edition, published in March. UQ’s original student society faces financial problems if Union Council doesn’t rule in their favour this month, their members claim. Along with the UQ Debating Society, Underground Productions was a founding group behind UQ’s student union. But a century later, the Society is now […]
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A Hitch for the Durry Ban
At the February meeting of UQ Union Council, your student representatives voted to condemn UQ’s proposed smoking ban. You’ve probably seen the big purple signs all over campus announcing that UQ will be smoke free from July 1st this year. And if you haven’t yet, then you need to attend more classes. The decision follows […]
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What To Do With Jeremy Lwin’s Open Door Policy
UQ Union President Jeremy Lwin likes to tell people about his patented Open Door Policy, but some students aren’t quite sure why it actually exists. Here are some of our top uses for Jeremy Lwin’s Open Door Policy. Get Out of the Rain Precipitation is at 60% and the wind is 23km/h today, so today’s […]
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The Big Redevelopment
As part of their commitment to Creating Change™, the University administration announced in 2016 that the UQ Union Complex was due for a complete demolition and reconstruction in 2017. You probably know the UQ Union Complex as ‘the place where Guzman y Gomez lives’. But the Complex is also a monument to the age-old institutions […]
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Substandard Deviation: How the system is keeping UQ students down
The GPA. A dreaded culmination of three to five years of blood, sweat and alcoholism. And with each passing day, the university student gets closer to being branded by a final number that will haunt them for the rest of their professional career. All GPAs are equal, but some GPAs are more equal than others. […]
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Against The Odds: [FOCUS] Wins Second Unopposed Election In Six Months
The incumbent University of Queensland Union [FOCUS] ticket has today defied the odds to claim their second unopposed election in six months. Samuel Ngugi was declared Treasurer Friday just after 1:25pm. Semper understands that three people originally nominated for the Treasurer by-election before nominations closed midday Wednesday, but two candidates withdrew their nomination. This unopposed election […]
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