Youth & students

The newly elected听Northern Territory Country Liberal Party has set to work on its听鈥渢ough on crime鈥 agenda by demonising incarcerated young people.听Stephen W Enciso reports.

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Nicolas Calabrese, coordinator of theEmancipa Popular Education Movement in Brazil spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford about the struggle for the right to university education in Brazil.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the protests against the visit of 鈥淜ing鈥 Charles and talk to NTEU national councillor Markela Panegyres about the recent vote to boycott Israel.

A large crowd gathered to protest foreign minister Penny Wong鈥檚 support for Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza and attacks on Lebanon when she addressed a forum at the University of Tasmania.听Isaac Nellist reports.

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Thousands of small farmers, landless peasants and agricultural workerscame from across Pakistan on October 6 to demand a minimum support price for their produce and an end to corporate farming and land grabs, reports Susan Price.

Staff and students at Monash University rallied on October 7 to demand secure jobs, smaller class sizes and genuine consultation. Brenna Dempsey reports.听

Students at the University of New South Wales passed three pro-Palestine and anti-war motions at a historic Student General Meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.

The COVID-19听pandemic was an accelerant for money-pinching administrative bureaucrats to experiment with eliminating student-teacher classes. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Independent Peter Chen edged out Rank-and-File Action candidate David Brophy by six votes for president of the National Tertiary Education Union University of Sydney Branch.听Valerie Chidiac and听Sandra Kallarakkal report.

Monash University management has raised the price of parking, arguing it will encourage staff and students to travel more 鈥渟ustainably鈥. Brenna Dempsey argues it will affect those less well off, who have to drive.

social media

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 proposed social media ban for young people may be popular, but it鈥檚 likely to do more harm than good, argues Isaac Nellist.听

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Students at Macquarie University are opposing its听plan to cut hundreds of jobs and 鈥榮treamline鈥 arts courses, reports Isaac Nellist.听