Statements

GSA supports graduate students’ right to free speech and peaceful protest at the University of Melbourne. This aligns with our Principal Purpose as outlined in our Constitution, which includes supporting equity and the engagement of the diverse graduate student body in the life of the University, and promoting the role of graduate students in addressing the challenges of the future and building a just and fair society. We recognise that

Dear Graduate Students, Last week, the GSA sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Jason Claire, concerning the recent changes to the 485 Temporary Graduate visa. Despite some revisions being made (https://gsa.unimelb.edu.au/485-temporary-graduate-visa-update/), GSA acknowledges that a significant number of graduate students are still affected. In the letter, we emphasized the unjust age restrictions for coursework students, the shortened length of stay, and the need for grandfathering the changes. We

Dear graduate students,   On the 19th of February, GSA, working alongside our Group of Eight Representative colleagues, we sent a joint letter to the Federal Ministers of Home Affairs and Immigration, calling for the reversal of the decision to lower the age eligibility for 485 Temporary Graduate Visas from 50 to 35 for Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) students.   We are pleased to announce that today the Federal

GSA would like to congratulate all the newly elected representatives for the 2024-2025 term and thank all the outgoing representatives for all their hard work over the year. We are aware of some concerns/queries around the current GSA elections. We would like to clarify that the Association’s elections are operated via a third party, contracted to run the election process in an independent manner – a Returning Officer (RO). The

GSA calls on the University of Melbourne to issue letters of completion by 28th June to support international graduate students. In April the Australian Department of Home Affairs made changes to the Temporary Graduate Work Visa (subclass 485), which included a reduction on the allowed duration of extensions. The changes come into effect from 1st July 2024. These changes mean that international students on this visa will have a reduced

GSA calls for review into University of Melbourne research ethics and integrity codes. Lockheed Martin is a defence manufacturer, which specialises in technologies, such as aeronautics, missiles and fire control, rotary and mission systems and space technologies (1). Lockheed Martin has partnerships with 50+ countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, USA, UAE and Israel (2). Their partnerships with these countries include the supply of military equipment. The