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Media Release: Transport Concession Campaign
GSA President Condemns condemns police response to Indian student attacks
GSA President condemns police response to Indian student attacks
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GSA President Paul Coats said “It is appalling that Victoria Police refuse to acknowledge the racism that is inherent in violent attacks against up to 70 Indian students in the last 12 months- they have become part of the problem, not the solution.” Coats added, “it is now up to the Indian students themselves to mobilise and show that they are not the deserving victims the police seem to make them out to be.”
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Support Growing for April 29 ‘Fair Fares’ Rally
The decision of the GSA and thirteen other organisations to protest at the Victorian State Parliament tomorrow has prompted significant broader support for the aims of the campaign. At a meeting of the Melbourne University Council held last night (27/04), the University Chancellor, the Hon Alex Chernov AO QC, moved the following resolution which was endorsed unanimously:
Today, the University of Melbourne Provost Professor Peter McPhee offered the following words of encouragement and support to student organisations that have been campaigning for transport concession equality:
Download attachment(s): [ Support_grows_for_April_29_rally_28-04-09.pdf ]
Student protest planned for 29 April in Melbourne
- 'Fair Fares’ rally wins broad support
- Letter to Premier sent today: ‘Receive our petition on 29 April’
- “We’re not giving up this time,” says GSA President Paul Coats
Download attachment(s): [ Letter_to_the_Honourbale_Premier_John_Brumby.pdf ] [ Rally_Press_Release_27-04-09.pdf ]
Postgraduate Petition Demands PT Concessions: VC & Provost agree
- Over 1,500 Melb Uni graduates have signed petition already
- Vice Chancellor and Provost issue statement of support
- GSA President: “The state government is engaged in cold-hearted discrimination”
Download attachment(s): [ Media ReleaseGraduate_petition.pdf ]
Concern that Postgrads will miss out on $950 'stimulus' payment
The Graduate Student Association has been inundated with phone calls and emails from postgraduates worried they may miss out on the $950 payment.
"We're concerned that the eligibility requirements in several categories ofpayment outlined in the Prime Minister's 'stimulus package' circumvent the actual financial arrangements of many postgraduates, cutting them out of the scheme entirely", said new GSA President Paul Coats.
Download attachment(s): [ GSAStimulusConcern.pdf ]