Fund our Future Petition

NUS (National Union of Students) has been placing pressure on the Federal Government to increase Commonwealth funding for university education.

As part of this, NUS has launched a petition for students to sign which can be found here.

Media Release: MP Calls for NSW Student Transport Concessions to Change

Please find below NUSA's media release on MP Sonia Hornery's speech in NSW Parliament on 01/05/2012 which called for all students to be eligible for student transport concessions.

Student Transport Concessions Mentioned in Parliament

CALL FOR UNIVERSAL STUDENT TRANSPORT CONCESSIONS IN NSW STATE PARLIAMENT (01/05/2012)

On Tuesday, MP Sonia Hornery, whose constituency includes the Callaghan campus, spoke at length about student transport conceesions. Her speech can be found here and we've presented it below (source: NSW State Parliament Hansard).

Last week, Sonia attended a forum, alongside Newcastle MP Tim Owen, held at NUSA on student transport concessions. In her speech, she referred to the Callaghan campus and made references to material NUSA provided in a submission.