Category: News
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Outside the Therapist’s Chair: Exercise Programs Emerge as a New Form of Student Mental Health Support
Students experiencing mental health challenges are increasingly turning to university-supported exercise programs as an alternative to traditional counselling. In a national survey in BMC Public Health, 67% of Australian university students rated their mental health as “fair” or “poor”, highlighting the growing pressure on traditional counselling…
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$5 Student Meals have Arrived: UNSW Canteen Opens to Students & Staff
In a move designed to support all students regardless of income or means, Arc and UNSW give cheap eats a permanent location, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality, Merlin Crossley officially opens the doors of the UNSW Canteen to students and staff. Image Credit: Xavier Rowley UNSW’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality Merlin Crossley cut a ribbon…
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Behind Telstra’s nationwide outage
Potentially over 25 million[1] people were sent into a signal blackout today when Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra underwent a nationwide network outage. Other mobile phone plan providers who operate under Telstra’s network such as Boost, Aldi, Tangerine, Belong and Everyday Mobile[2] have also suffered from the outage. Telstra’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Michael Auckland…
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UNSW is ordered to pay $32 million for underpaying staff
Australia’s top university has been hit with a $32 million rectification bill by the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying staff members from 2014 to 2023. As part of an enforceable undertaking following a seven year investigation by the FWO, the organisation admitted to failing to pay 33,069 former and current staff members correct rates. Whilst…
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Visa fees have increased without warning. What does this mean for international students?
Australia increased most visa application fees by 25 per cent, including a $500 increase for student visa applications, sparking concern from the education sector over future enrolments and losing international students to competitors. From 1 July, the student visa now costs $2500 while the Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) is $5750. This marks the second price…
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The Impact of the Federal Budget on Young Australians
The 2026-27 federal budget has been the most controversial in a while. Amid the rhetoric about who benefits and who loses out, it is important to understand how these reforms may impact us as young people and university students, as well as scrutinise where the government could do more. CGT and Negative Gearing The proposed…