Students worried government support may fall short
June 9, 2009
By Stefanie Fabris
Students are concerned the Government’s plan to help increase the number of disadvantaged students receiving higher education will not work.
The Government announced $437 million of the federal budget would be used to increase the number of university students from low socio-economic backgrounds. [Read more]
Youth Allowance changes mean up to 30,000 could lose out
June 9, 2009
By Claire Siracusa
Up to 30,000 students may be worse off following proposed changes to the Youth Allowance eligibility criteria.
The changes, announced in last weeks’ federal budget, will include removal of two of the three existing criteria that allow most students to earn their allowance.
Drop-in centre to target student poverty
June 9, 2009
By Ellen Coulter
An increase in the number of university students facing poverty, housing difficulties and unemployment has prompted RMIT University Student Union to open a drop-in centre.
Student Union President Jessica Hall said the drop-in centre would provide information on housing, legal issues and free food when it opened in the second half of the year. [Read more]
Free Palestine rally at RMIT
June 9, 2009
By Stephanie Rocca
Cross-campus group Students for Palestine held a “Free Palestine” protest last month.
The protest, held outside the State Library, attracted more than 180 people.
Protestors chanted “Free, free Palestine” and “Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea”.
Four policemen patrolled the event, with no arrests made.
The protest commemorated the 61st anniversary of ‘Al Nakbah’- Arabic for ‘the catastrophe’- when more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland to create the state of Israel. Students for Palestine member Damien Ridgwell said he thought the rally was a success.
“There was quite an enthusiastic atmosphere and it was a significantly sized protest, especially because it has been some time since the war in Israel and this has been the first rally since then in the city,” he said.
Mr Ridgwell also said more rallies could be planned with the aim of ending the apartheid in Israel.
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