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Sanagavarapu has so far chalked up some impressive achievements, advocating strongly for the defeat of Pip Pattison’s doomed 12-week semester plan and helping restore Medical Science Honours students to their labs after they were kicked out by management. Earlier in the semester, the free textbook scheme was well received. In committees, Sanagavarupu has hailed victories in clearer policy and shorter wait times in Student Appeals. He has also involved himself in campaigns around SLAM cuts and for stranded Indian international students. Sanagavarapu regularly submits his
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Staff and students speak out against campus surveillance
Protestors spoke out against the recently uncovered pattern of University surveillance practices.
May 11, 2021
Protestors took to campus today to express their rage towards a series of documents revealing extensive surveillance of campus activism by the university and police.
Lamenting the brutal treatment and mishandling of students and staff at education protests last year, Former SRC Education Officer Jazzlyn Breen said “it’s clear that, in management’s eyes, the duty of care to protect students ends when those students’ political interests do not align with the profit-making interests of the university.”
She also noted that police officers that come onto campus don’t just do the bidding of the University, but “the bidding of the racist, colonialist state of Australia”.
Mardi Gras protest takes over Oxford Street
It was the first demonstration granted an exemption from Public Health Orders by NSW Health. Photography by Aman Kapoor.
Approximately 3000 people attended Pride in Protest’s (PIP) Mardi Gras March on Saturday on Oxford Street.
It was the first demonstration granted an exemption from Public Health Orders by NSW Health, at the 11th hour.
Leading up to the rally, organisers and COVID-19 marshals were deployed to register participants, distribute hand sanitiser, and issue advice concerning masks and social distancing.
Once the event began at 2pm, several contingents ranging from the Socialist Alliance, Leichardt Uniting Church, and university queer collectives occupied the pedestrian crossing between the Courthouse Hotel and National Art School - leading to traffic disruption and a dramatic increase in police presence.