Students seize Tasmania Uni buildingHOBART — Three hundred students rallied on Tasmania University on August 20 in protest at university plans to cut services. The planned cuts include the amalgamation of three libraries, a
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HOBART — On July 30, at 1.30pm, students across the University of Tasmania campus blew 500 whistles distributed to protest against the university administration's decision to reduce the end of year exam period, and introduce
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Campaign to defend Tasmanian forestsHOBART — The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, due to be signed in the next month, was the major focus for activities around World Environment Week this year. It is
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Students force libraries victoryHOBART — On June 10, the vice chancellor's executive at the University of Tasmania decided to postpone for at least 12 months a plan to merge the two main science libraries into the main
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Family day care under attackHOBART — The University of Tasmania administration in mid-January gave parents using the family day care scheme two weeks to find alternative child-care. Opposition has forced the university to delay
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HOBART — On October 22 at 5.40pm, four Aboriginal people were arrested in Franklin Square. The excessive violence used against two of those arrested was caught on home video. The footage was distributed to the
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HOBART — Student elections on the Hobart campus of the University of Tasmania finished last week. The successful candidate for president, Catherine Miller, won 807 of the 1382 votes. Sarah Stephen, from the Resistance ticket, won
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Night exams for studentsHOBART — Students at the University of Tasmania have been avidly collecting signatures on a petition against a proposal to shorten the exam period from three weeks to two, forcing students to take some