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25.01.2022 Be sure to come along to the Illawarra Climate Justice Alliance meeting on Friday! An important new grassroots actvist group that was formed out of the climate strike organising meetings.

25.01.2022 WUSA stands in solidarity with the BLM movement. We hear you. We see you. We stand with you. We endorse the protest which will be held in Wollongong this weekend. Stay safe and stay strong. https://www.facebook.com/events/2651315805127698/

25.01.2022 BREAKING: Scott Morrison has announced an attack upon welfare recipients, lowering the rates of JobSeeker and JobKeeper. Protest this Saturday against the changes!

23.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who come out to the climate strike today! It was an amazing show of solidarity and collective action. It’s really important to say that this is only the begining! The climate strike in Wollongong was organised through big open community meetings and we want to contuine that organising space into the future. So please come along next friday to this meeting to discuss the future of climate activism in Wollongong!

23.01.2022 3000 people came out last weekend in Wollongong! let's keep building the fightback!

23.01.2022 Join this protest to demand action on the climate & funding for the firies before the bushfire season starts in earnest.

22.01.2022 WUSA opposes the suspension of and attacks upon Jeremy Corbyn, and opposes the idea that opposition to Israel is antisemitic. WUSA stands with Palestinians against the ongoing occupation and genocide that they are being subjected to. Last week, WUSA passed the following motion in a council meeting. While Corbyn has now been readmitted to the British Labour Party, this will not be the end of attacks upon the left and those who support the rights of Palestinians. As such, WUSA ...sees the question as an important one. Motion: WUSA opposes the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the British Labor Party In October, left wing MP and former party leader Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the British Labour Party. The suspension is the culmination of a long term attempt by the party’s right to reassert control over the party by taking Corbyn down. Corbyn is a long time antiracist campaigner, opposing the Iraq war from its start and speaking at countless rallies against fascism in the UK. The right of the party, who supported the Iraq War and have no antiracist credentials to stand on, accuse Corbyn of not taking antisemitism seriously. This accusation has been wheeled out despite absolutely no evidence of antisemitism on Corbyn’s part. The key basis on which Corbyn is attacked as antisemitic is his support for the human rights of Palestinians. As Jewish Voice for Peace pointed out in a statement in defence of Corbyn in 2018, as Jews, and as the board of one of the leading Jewish organizations in the US, we stand with those many Jews across Britain, the US and the rest of the world, and with our Palestinian allies, who all know that criticism of Israel is not the same as antisemitism. They went on to argue that Attacks like this, whether in the United States or the United Kingdom and regardless of who raises these attacks, dangerously divert attention from real antisemitism. Corbyn’s suspension is a clear manoeuvre aimed at demonising anyone who attempts to take forwards left wing politics in British Labour, and it sets a dangerous precedent for all leftists and people who support the rights of Palestinians. Platform: 1. WUSA recognises that Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the British Labour Party is a cynical manoeuvre 2. WUSA sees antisemitism as a serious threat to be dealt with and fought against, and therefore opposes it being used as a plaything or prop in cynical attacks 3. WUSA opposes Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the British Labour Party and calls for it to be overturned

21.01.2022 MEDIA RELEASE WUSA supports in principle the statement released 16 March 2020 by Vice Chancellor, Prof. Paul Wellings, and commends the decision of the University of Wollongong to prioritise the health and safety of students and staff during this time. However, WUSA has concerns in regard to the practical implementation of both educational and health measures. In response, WUSA President, Alec Hall, has stated There is a shared concern among both staff and students that to d...ate there has been a slow reaction from the University in ensuring that for the remaining days of on-campus subject delivery, classrooms and lecture theatres will be sanitised after each class and that shared work and study spaces will be sanitised throughout the day. No commitment from the University has yet been made to provide staff and students with personal protective equipment, despite this being requested." During this public health emergency, more must be done to ensure that students receive high quality teaching during the period of remote access. There is great potential for lack of equitable access to remote delivery, including for students enrolled at satellite campuses, who have inconsistent NBN and wi-fi availability. For these students, the University must consider waiving fees and ensure that there are sufficient academic consideration provisions for those who require them. If the delivery of subjects via remote access after the census date does not sufficiently meet the subject description or if remote access is not of high quality, the University must ensure that students are able to withdraw from subjects without academic or financial penalty. In response to the uncertainty that staff of University of Wollongong face, WUSA stands in solidarity with the NTEU in calling for the University to commit to providing paid leave for casual staff, in line with those Universities that have already made this commitment. WUSA reflects the concerns of the NTEU in regard to increased work loads for staff because of the remote delivery and opposes any staff cuts during or after the public health emergency. The main concern of WUSA, as outlined by Alec Hall, is "that students should not be made to carry the financial burden that the University faces due to COVID-19, be that through the introduction of austerity measures or a reduced quality of education. Students must not be made to pay for the University's lack of preparedness or willingness to act decisively." Media Contact: Imogen Draisma 0401 009 612

17.01.2022 "We cannot celebrate a holiday that is built upon the bones of our Aboriginal brothers and sister ancestors, and we can’t support a system that actively discrim...inates against those who have been tending to this land for thousands of years." NUS and the NUS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Department stand in solidarity with First Nation activists who, on Sunday, are calling to abolish Australia day and recognize this day for what it is - Invasion Day. PROTEST INFORMATION: Eora Nation / Warrang / Sydney https://www.facebook.com/events/2485513055016719/ Kulin Nation / Naarm / Melbourne https://www.facebook.com/profile.php Kaurna Country / Tandanya / Adelaide https://www.facebook.com/events/990570254647898/ Whadjuk Noongar Country / Boorloo / Perth Details may change, keep updated on the event - https://www.facebook.com/events/535916450466931/permalink/540329770025599/ Yuggera Land / Meanjin / Brisbane https://www.facebook.com/events/822630271516631/ Ngunnawal Country / Canberra https://www.facebook.com//gm.17158321405/118281383032322/ Larrakia Country / Darwin https://www.facebook.com/events/872053299905060/ Muwinina Country / Hobart https://www.facebook.com//a.67595310242/3394110970604587/ *Correction* James Arthur Cook was wrongly attributed to leading the First Fleet, this should be corrected to Arthur Phillip. NUS apologises for the oversight.

17.01.2022 Watch next year’s WUSA environment officer & Socialist Alternative member Claire Dunning giving a speech today at the refugee rights rally, railing against Australia’s barbaric treatment of refugees & war crimes in Afghanistan and explaining the importance of climate activists standing for refugees.

16.01.2022 This morning WUSA and PASS collaborated to run a study skills session in preparation of the end of semester exams. Thank you to everyone who attended, we hope that everyone has gained some valuable skills and feels motivated to tackle this exam period.

16.01.2022 Better than the Melbourne Cup, Better than Black Friday Sales, Better than anything else happening in November: Come to the Wollongong Global Climate Strike Nov 29 tomorrow!... Meeting at 4:30pm at the Arts Precinct on Burelli Street. Bring a friend and some placards, help us shut the city down for climate justice. Oppose new coal mines. Demand 100% renewables. Oppose the politicians and Coal bosses. Stand alongside the indgenous activists leading the fight around the world Alongside school students, workers and people who give a shit about the planet. See you there! One day to go!

15.01.2022 Thanks to those who came out to protest against the onslaught against higher education. We joined students around the country in demonstrating opposition to the fee hikes of up to 113%, the proposal to cut struggling students off hecs, the attacks on staff rights by UOW and the neglect of international students. We’re angered to hear of the severe repression of the Sydney protest by riot police, and the issuing of around ten fines. Students across Australia will continue to fight against the Liberals’ attacks. Fundraiser for those fined in Sydney: https://www.google.com/url

15.01.2022 Thank you to all those who campaigned. The incompetent Morrison government has continued to fail students across the country - it was an insult to not to provide the same support students with insecure employment and those who have already lost their jobs.

15.01.2022 Next Thursday come to this protest to take a stand against the Morrison government’s cuts to the rate of JobSeeker!

14.01.2022 BREAKING: Federal Education Minister, Dan Tehan, announces that students will lose their access to the HELP/HECS Scheme if they don't perform in their studies & have to pay upfront for degrees! National Union of Students’ Statement: This mornings announcement means that if a student fails to progress sufficiently in their degree, they will lose access to the HECS scheme, having to pay upfront fees to continue to study or leave their degree.... NUS rejects the assertion from Minister Tehan that this package is taking action to protect students and taxpayers. An overwhelming majority of domestic students rely entirely on the HECS system to study. Limited access to study, financial instability, education quality, disability, and the ongoing crisis of mental health in the student body are just some of the impediments to student success. These are issues that are often unreported and receive inadequate support from tertiary institutions or The Government. Students will have the future of their study taken away from them unless they prove to the university or the government, institutions that systematically fail to support young people, that they are struggling. the Job-Ready Graduate Package is promoting a pay for play higher education sector that will put extreme pressure on students to succeed at universities. It is an agenda to incentivize success through fear of punishment, which will only harm the wellbeing and success of our students. Come to the protest on August 28 https://www.facebook.com/events/879116212494339/

13.01.2022 Outrageous! Join the protests below to oppose the huge fee increases.

11.01.2022 This O-Week we want to know what undergraduate students at UOW care about! Fill in our survey and let us know! https://forms.gle/BLFMQmLxYVDgBKky5

11.01.2022 SAVE OUR SPACE! The UOW Library Exhibition Space, next to the Panizzi Cafe on Wollongong Campus is slated to close forever on December 2nd 2019. Library staff ...jobs may be lost and our University and our community can't afford to lose this valuable and rare art and story telling space. Help stop this, click below and sign the open to our Vice Chancellor now, then share with your colleagues and friends. Together we can stop this! See more

09.01.2022 This is why stopping Adani is so important! The mining magnates are already lining up for a slice of the Galilee. At least seven other mega coalmines are being... proposed. Get involved in climate activism to fight these people who want to make obscene amounts of money while the world burns. ICJA is organising the next action outside Wollongong council 5pm Monday next week - the 28th of October Picnic & Protest: Wollongong Council to Set Emission Targets #stopadani #climatejustice https://www.theguardian.com//clive-palmer-company-re-appli

08.01.2022 Refugee rights protest on October 19!

08.01.2022 "As a fighter for free education I oppose this," said the Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association - WUSA representative.

07.01.2022 Join us to defend the wages of workers under attack!

07.01.2022 Get there: https://facebook.com/events/s/uow-protest-no-fee-hikes-cut-f/879116212494339/?ti=icl

06.01.2022 Thank you to all students who registered for our Drink Spiking Information Session today, unfortunately we have had to cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances pertaining to the unavailability of the Wollongong Local Area Command to present. The event will be postponed to a later date, so please keep your eyes peeled for the new event on our page in the coming weeks.

06.01.2022 Important protest to demand the Wollongong City Council stop delaying and declare concrete targets for cutting emissions.

05.01.2022 WUSA is pleased to hear that the national jobs framework has been dropped by the NTEU leadership. We understand that future attacks on staff wages and conditions are certain to come, and we’re committed to fighting alongside staff against any cuts they face. Tonight the WUSA council passed the following motion: WUSA opposes all cuts to staff working conditions & pay WUSA:... a) Affirms that staff teaching conditions determine student learning conditions, and therefore reject the idea that staff or students should bear the burden from the loss of revenue in response to COVID-19. b) Notes that the university has announced that it supports staff pay cuts in general but will opt out of the current proposed national framework in order to take a long term approach to savings at UOW. c) Opposes any and all cuts to staff, their pay, or their working conditions that UOW puts forwards either in the present or future. d) Supports the ‘NO’ campaign led by rank and file activist members of the NTEU in rejecting all cuts to staff pay and conditions. e) Calls on the federal government to raise university funding to cover any shortfalls. See more

04.01.2022 The Liberal Government is on the attack against staff and students! We need to organise and fight back! Join the Online forum this Saturday the 27th at 6PM - Oppose course cuts and fee increases!... - Oppose staff pay cuts and job losses! The Liberal government is trying to raise university fees for Humanities by 113%(!!!) and the fees for Communications, Law and Business by 28%, while slashing government funding to every other area of education. This attack is particularly fierce; privatised education demands students shoulder the burden of crippling debts, when education should be free, fully funded by the government and accessible to all. Previous attempts to deregulate Australian universities by Christopher Pine in the notorious 2014 federal budget were met with a determined and angry student resistance, forcing him to retreat and drop his plans. Now Dan Tehan is attempting to privatise the future of higher education, and the only way to stop it is to organise a fighting student resistance once more. This forum on Saturday 27th June is the first step in forming that fighting body of students https://www.facebook.com/events/672229643358443/

04.01.2022 See you at the meeting on Friday!

04.01.2022 Come and fight the climate criminals in Canberra! Sack Scott Morrison and demand proper funding for firefighters. Mourn those who have died in the fires and lets fight like hell for those surviving!... #unistudentsforclimatejustice #sackscottmorrison

02.01.2022 Hey everyone a reminder this meeting is on tomorrow at 4!

01.01.2022 This semester, students have experienced disruption to their education and loss of income, while being disconnected from their regular support networks. Under t...hese new conditions, students need time to reasonably assess their study load - Universities must extend census date now! The NUS are supporting our members across the country in campaigning for this important change - have a look to see how your campus compares.

01.01.2022 Close Christmas island and bring Priya and Nades home. Scummo spent 180 million to re-open the concentration camp but will only commit 20 million for water bombers. Racist priorities. Sack scomo! ... Wollongong Protest for Action on the Bushfire Crisis

01.01.2022 WUSA sent this letter to VC Paul Wellings today to demand Academic Consideration for staff and students wishing to join the Wollongong Global #ClimateStrike this Friday September 20. Also asking him to send a SOLS mail message to all staff and students to advertise the protest. Be there on Friday, 11am at the Duckpond Lawn for the UOW contingent: Wollongong Climate Strike!... #climatejustice