Marina Carman

We can't all be Ian ThorpeNow don't get me wrong, Ian Thorpe is a great swimmer. But watching the media coverage of "our" new Young Australian of the Year made me want to puke. It might seem like this is just a little award, but

JAKARTA — On November 9, we met with activists from Forkap (Women's Communication and Action Forum) at the University of Indonesia. Forkap was formed after a student demonstration in early 1998, during which

SYDNEY — Despite growing protests from supporters and their own members, leaders of the NSW Greens are still supporting some of the anti-democratic changes to NSW's electoral laws proposed by the Carr Labor

Many people the world over make a choice not to eat meat — because they don't like it, because it makes them feel sick or because they can't afford it. While not all vegetarians hold this view, some argue that

SYDNEY — Last year a proposal was raised in a number of left student groups that only women members should vote in candidate preselections for women's officers. This position was adopted by the Activist Left group on Sydney

Liberals attempt to buy NSW votesSYDNEY — Vote Liberal and get $1000 (or $1100 in shares). Sound too good to be true? It is. Electricity privatisation will be a big issue in the Liberals' campaign for the March 27 NSW

Labor left students do deal with LibsSYDNEY — Students who voted for the Labor left-aligned National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS) in University of Sydney Student Representative Council (SRC) elections last month

Student resistance to racism: 'We've only just begun'Young people in their overwhelming majority reject racism and Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. This was the message, loud and clear, from the July 24 national secondary

SYDNEY — On May 1, Luke Whitington from the Labor left was declared the new president of the University of Sydney Students Representative Council. An electoral appeal had previously removed the conservative Adair Durie, elected

Sydney University Resistance club takes offSYDNEY — The Resistance Club at Sydney University has started the year with a bang with close to 100 people joining during orientation week. Since then, around 30 people have attended

SYDNEY — A decision by the appeals committee at Sydney University has ruled that the Student Representative Council's current president, right-winger Adair "the Bear" Durie, be removed from office. The ruling follows an appeal by

One of the most controversial recommendations of the West review of higher education was the proposal for "student centred funding" — vouchers or "learning accounts" for higher education. The rhetoric that