Tag: Tharunka
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What Ever Happened to Tharunka?
On a stroll through campus, I passed by a stand holding copies of Tharunka. They were sitting there modestly, half taken. A spiderweb had literally formed across them. No more are the days where copies of Tharunka are flying off the racks, causing a stir with university administrators and students. The docility of today’s Tharunka…
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Tharunka editor writes more emails than articles
An anonymous source (allegedly a Tharunka editor) has told Tharunka they’ve had to wait more than a month to get paid below the minimum wage after logging their invoice to Arc @ UNSW Ltd. According to the source, they’ve spent more than 50 unpaid hours resending the same email to Arc to remind them that…
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Editorial Addresses: Participation
Jayden Kitchener-Waters, SRC Indigenous Officer Yaama Ganuu Ngaya Jayden Kitchener-Waters. Ngaya Gomeroi Mari Ngemba, wallabanay dhawan Tamworth. The past few months have been extremely emotional, challenging and often tiring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The groundswell of support that we’ve seen across this nation from our non-Indigenous brothers and sisters has been nothing…
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Arc Censors Tharunka Over Reporting of Arc Board Elections
By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor On Monday, 1 May, Arc removed an article published by Tharunka in which each candidate for the Arc Board elections was asked the same five questions and their unamended responses published. The article was republished late Wednesday afternoon (voting closed at 4pm on Thursday), however Tharunka was disallowed from…
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World’s richest man visits UNSW, urges Australia to stop being so stingy with foreign aid
Bill Gates, the world’s richest man was broadcast tonight on ABC’s Q&A. Filmed on location at UNSW’s Sir John Clancy Auditorium as part of his whirlwind trip, Gates attempted to try and convince Australia to honour foreign aid pledges. The creator of Microsoft and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation, Bill Gates…
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