APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT OFFICERS
This serves as an official notice that up to two temporary Environment Officers will be appointed at a petitioned meeting of the Environment Committee on Monday August 9 at 2:00pm. The meeting will be held via Zoom, with the link to be distributed to interested students closer to the date.
All students are eligible to nominate for the position as outlined by the UMSU constitution and may do so by emailing the General Secretary at:
secretary@union.unimelb.edu.
Environment Committee
The aims and objectives of the Environment Department include:
(a) to oversee the activities of UMSU in relation to the environment, including campaigning on environmental issues and assessing UMSU compliance with environmental standards;
(b) to develop, promote and implement policy on environment-related issues;
(c) to make recommendations to Students’ Council, MU Student Union Ltd and the University on environmental practice;
(d) to collect, collate, publish and disseminate information relating to environmental issues;
(e) to raise awareness and discussion of environmental issues;
(f) to liaise with relevant University bodies, environment organisations and Student groups on environmental issues; and
(g) to campaign for the protection of non-human animal habitats, in particular the habitats of endangered species.
(h) to educate Students and run campaigns aimed at preventing cruelty to, and exploitation of animals, and improving the welfare of non-human animals; and
(i) to campaign to and liaise with the University on issues relating to the harmful use of animals in education and research where live non-human animals are used, or where an animal was killed prior to the class for the purposes of a class.
Current Membership
The Environment Committee consists of the Environment Officers as non-voting members and 7 voting members. The current members and the tickets they were elected on (if any) are:
Environment Officers
Vacant
Voting Members
| Rubina Smith | Community for UMSU |
| Harry Syson | Stand Up! |
| Aashi Agarwal | Community for UMSU |
| Jaslyn Potter | Stand Up! |
| Laura Cardamone | Community for UMSU |
| Vishal Chopra | Stand Up! |
| Jeremy Lorenzo Larsen | Community for UMSU |
Minutes
2021 Minutes
Meeting 1- 17/12/2020
Meeting 2- 29/01/2021
Meeting 3-19/02/2021
Meeting 4- 10/03/2021
2020 Minutes
- Meeting 1 – 6/12/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 1(20)
Minutes 1(20) - Meeting 2 – 6/01/2020 Confirmed
Agenda 2(20)
Minutes 2(20)
- Meeting 3 – 19/02/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 3(20) - Meeting 4 – 11/03/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 4(20) - Meeting 5 – 26/03/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 5(20) - Meeting 6 – 10/04/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 6(20) - Meeting 7 – 23/04/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 7(20) - Meeting 8 – 06/05/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 8(20) - Meeting 9 – 11/05/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 9(20) - Meeting 10 – 28/05/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 10(20) - Meeting 11 – 29/06/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 11(20) - Meeting 12 – 08/07/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 12(20) - Meeting 13 – 08/07/2020 Confirmed
Minutes 13(20)
2019 Minutes
- Meeting 1 – 14/12/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 1(19)
Minutes 1(19) - Meeting 2 – 23/01/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 2(19)
Minutes 2(19) - Meeting 3 – 13/02/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 3(19)
Minutes 3(19) - Meeting 4 – 26/03/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 4(19)
Minutes 4(19) - Meeting 5 – 09/04/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 5(19)
Minutes 5(19) - Meeting 6 – 30/04/2019 Confirmed
Agenda 6(19)
Minutes 6(19) - Meeting 7 – 14/05/2019 Unconfirmed
Agenda 7(19)
Minutes 7(19) - Meeting 8 – 25/06/2019 Unconfirmed Petitioned
Minutes 8(19)
2018 Minutes
- Meeting 1 – 14/12/2017 Confirmed
Agenda 1(18)
Minutes 1(18) - Meeting 2 – 8/01/2018 Confirmed inquorate
Minutes 2(18) - Meeting 3 – 5/02/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 3(18)
Minutes 3(18) - Meeting 4 – 19/02/2018 Confirmed
Minutes 4(18) - Meeting 5 – 05/03/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 5(18)
Minutes 5(18) - Meeting 6 – 19/03/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 6(18)
Minutes 6(18) - Meeting 7 – 26/03/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 7(18)
Minutes 7(18) - Meeting 8 – 16/05/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 8(18)
Minutes 8(18) - Meeting 9 – 4/07/2018 Confirmed inquorate
Agenda 9(18)
Minutes 9(18) - Meeting 10 – 2/08/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 10(18)
Minutes 10(18) - Meeting 11 – 28/08/2018 Petitioned confirmed
Agenda 11(18)
Minutes 11(18) - Meeting 12 – 11/09/2018 Confirmed inquorate
Agenda 12(18)
Minutes 12(18) - Meeting 13 – 25/09/2018 Confirmed
Agenda 13(18)
Minutes 13(18) - Meeting 14 – 9/10/2018 Unconfirmed
Agenda 14(18)
Minutes 14(18) - Meeting 15 – 23/10/2018 Unconfirmed inquorate
Agenda 15(18)
2017 Minutes
- Meeting 1 – 12/12/2016 Confirmed
Agenda 1(17)
Minutes 1(17) - Meeting 2 – 13/02/2017 Confirmed
Agenda 2(17)
Minutes 2(17) - Meeting 3 – 29/03/2017 (INVALID)
Agenda 3(17)
Minutes 3(17) - Meeting 4 – 12/04/2017 Confirmed
Agenda 4(17)
Minutes 4(17) - Meeting 5 – 17/05/2017 Unconfirmed
Agenda 5(17)
Minutes 5(17) - Meeting 6 – 5/09/2017 (INQUORATE) Unconfirmed
Agenda 6(17)
No minutes - Meeting 7 – 3/10/2017 (INQUORATE) Unconfirmed
Agenda 7(17)
No minutes
2016 Minutes
- Meeting 1(16), 14.12.15
- Meeting 2(16), 11.1.16
- Meeting 3(16), 1.2.16
- Meeting 4(16), 29.2.16
- Meeting 5(16), 18.4.16
- Meeting 6(16), 9.5.16
- Meeting 7(16), 31.5.16
- Meeting 8(16), 20.9.16
- Meeting 9(16), 21.10.16
- Meeting 10(16), 17.11.16
2015 Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 1, 19.02.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 2, 18.03.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 3, 31.03.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 4, 21.04.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 5, 12.05.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 6, 09.06.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 7, 30.07.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 8, 20.08.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 9, 20.08.15 Confirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 10, 23.10.15 Unconfirmed Minutes
- Environment Committee Meeting 11, 23.10.15 Unconfirmed Minutes
2014 Minutes
Meeting 1 – 17th March 2014
Environment Committee 17.03.2014 Minutes
2013 Minutes
Coming!
2012 Minutes
- Meeting 1 20th March
- Meeting 2 24th April
- Meeting 3 9th May
- Meeting 4 2nd August
- Meeting 5 16th August
- Meeting 6 12th September
- Meeting 7 25th October
2011 Minutes
- Enviro Com M1 Minutes Conf 10-02-11
- Enviro Com M2 Minutes Conf 21-03-11
- Enviro Com M3 Minutes Conf 04-04-11
- Enviro Com M4 Minutes Conf 31-05-11
2010 Minutes
- Environment M1 10.03.10
- Environment M2 17.03.10
- Environment M3 14.04.10
- Environment M4 28.04.10
- Environment M5 12.05.10
- Environment M6 19.05.10
- Environment M7 26.05.10
![UMSU will be closed today, but we won't be celebrating anything.
Statement from @umsuindigenous:
TW/CW: mentions of Indigenous Death, Stolen Generations, Racism and Australia Day
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"Leading up to January 26, we see the stores start to fill with all sorts of unnecessarily branded Australian merchandise. Thongs, bikinis, plastic flags, cups, BBQ accessories are all things we frantically try to avert our eyes from, while in our local shopping centres.
It’s a cruel reminder that the day is almost here.
Invasion Day marks a pain that will never really leave us, it is a reminder of the slaughters that have been deliberately left out of the pages of history books. It is a reminder to the people that will never know where they came from because their grandparents and ancestors were stolen from the arms of their parents. It is a reminder that the nation that we are now citizens of refuses to acknowledge or repent for the racialised actions of its past and present.
In a nation that insists it is built upon ideals of mateship and diversity, it becomes increasingly clear that those notions are only bestowed upon the ‘good Australian’. The one that believes in the stories of the underdog and plight of the convict. Those that celebrate their ancestors coming to a strange new land in search of wealth and opportunity.
I am not a ‘good Australian’, nor do I strive to be one. In order to fulfil this stereotype, you must turn a blind eye to violence and injustice and hold an unquestionable belief in the goodwill of the government. You are an active participant in ‘fun-loving Aussie racism’..."
Read the full statement on our Facebook page.
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