Education

  • Rudd’s PR-driven backflips

    It had to happen eventually. Kevin Rudd's popularity has gone into decline, and the Labor party now trail the Liberals in the latest polls. According to a May 3 Essential Research poll, Rudd's approval rating has fallen to 46%, down from 71% a year ago. The Liberals lead Labor by 51% to 49% on a “two party preferred” basis according to polling by Newspoll published in the May 4 Australian.

  • Victory for free speech on campus

    The March 15 banning of two Socialist Alliance activists, Paul Benedek and myself, from the University of Sydney was revoked on April 9, after vice-chancellor Michael Spence received a storm of protest letters.

  • Senate Protest: Stop Chakma's $40M Degree Factory

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    By December, Chakma plans to slash millions from our education. Our courses will be gutted, and our education quality will decrease. 400+ staff are set to be cut. Class sizes will increase, and there will be fewer people to actually make this uni run- from lecturers, to IT, to the admin staff who process our enrolments. Their working conditions are our learning conditions, and we…

  • Gaza: Defending Health Advocacy

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Health is a human right, and health professionals have a duty to defend it. But advocates for the health of people in Gaza are censured, while our key institutions - even in the face of genocide - stay silent, or worse. Hear from medical professionals, advocates, and ethicists on defending health advocacy for Gaza - and join with others to take action! Speakers: Dr…

  • Launch Rally - Palestinian solidarity encampent Curtin

    • Western Australia
    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    We are calling on everyone who stands with Palestine to come to Curtin at 4pm for a launch rally for the Palestine solidarity encampment at Curtin. WHERE: Between the Robertson library and koi pond at Curtin University, Bentley WHEN: 4pm, Wednesday May 1 Inspired by students from Columbia to USyd, we are launching an encampment to demand that Curtin disclose and divest from…

  • Brisbane Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Melbourne Protest: Welfare Not Warfare

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Albanese is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into war when students, workers and the poor are facing an acute cost-of-living crisis. These are part of the AUKUS deal that pushes Australia closer to war. We demand the submarine deal be scrapped and the $368 billion be spent on things to improve the lives of ordinary people, like building 1.4 million public housing units, making education free for all students, or raising all welfare payments to at least $88/day. We refuse to accept social services being neglected to fund the military.

  • Perth Storyfest

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    This is a one day festival highlighting the voices of an inclusive writing community here in Boorloo (Perth). We hope you will join us as we take the first steps towards greater equity in the arts scene in WA. We are delighted to confirm that award winning writer Sara Saleh will be the keynote speaker, alongside several other amazing WA based writers. There will be workshops,…

  • Greens: Reboot '23

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Come along to Reboot - a free festival of utopian-realist ideas next Sunday 3rd September. Hear from our stellar lineup of speakers covering topics spanning climate, housing, AUKUS and much more!

  • Rally for Paid Placements

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    We demand that the Fair Work Act be amended to

    - prohibit unpaid work in vocational placements
    - pay all students undertaking vocational placements
    - that field education requirements be amended
    - that previous field experience be counted towards placement hours.

  • Rising Tide: The First Wave – 3CR screening

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    This event is hosted by 3CR Community Radio and Rising Tide. At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. Here’s how we did it. Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers…