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On Friday, the 28th of March, UQ Union Treasurer Tapenaga Reupena Jr (TJ) handed down his second budget to the UQ Union Council. It was passed by the council after a lengthy discussion on each budget chapter. This is the second budget passed by the Reform political group and includes a number of pleasant surprises […]
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There are three words to describe the feeling of the Student General Meeting for Palestine: exhilarating, electrifying, historical.
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To the dear flustered first-years: welcome to UQ and all the new firsts. Your first time sitting in the wrong class; the first time having your lunch snaked by an ibis; and this past Wednesday, your first staff strike. I’m here with a bit of an explanation. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and associated […]
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Another victory for the tenants movement! SEQUR member David was not evicted, thanks to union mobilisation, the grassroots community, and left-wing solidarity.
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There are a host of reasons for the decline of unionism. But more than anything else, we can blame forgetfulness. I’m coming back to Vonnegut here, whose socialism came from humanism, not from Marx. In America, whom Australia inevitably follows, Vonnegut thought that the majority of people were unaware of the great contributions of socialism “to elevate the self-respect, the dignity and political acumen…of our working class”.
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