by Scarlett Lewis | Apr 10, 2025 | Govt & Politics, News
Voting for a minor party isn’t a dead-end, according to young Australians who are planning on using their first preference to be heard, not just counted. When university student 23-year-old Alex Ashton heads to the ballot box on May 3, she’s not thinking about...
by Hannah Scopelitis | Apr 10, 2025 | Govt & Politics, News
The federal election campaigns are underway, and according to the Australian Electoral Commission, 17,939,818 Australians will be voting on May 3, many of whom have the cost of living high on their political agendas. Reports have indicated that concerns for the cost...
by Paige Jenkins | Apr 9, 2025 | Govt & Politics, News
Eligible Australian citizens are on a deadline to ensure they are registered to vote for the May election and to make themselves sufficiently informed to make their decision on who should run the country. With an election a few weeks away, politicians have been on the...
by Isaiah Vidler | Oct 24, 2024 | Govt & Politics
The 2024 University of Wollongong undergraduate student election winners claim a rise in turnout at the recent election. In 2006, the Howard Government passed a policy into federal law that made student union memberships voluntary. Before this policy was...
by Jessica Freeman | Oct 18, 2024 | Govt & Politics, News
Results from the anticipated annual WUSA election have been announced and students are gearing up to see changes on campus. An Instagram post celebrated Yeehaw’s achievement of being successfully elected into the WUSA council for 2025. The Wollongong...