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5 AUGUST 2 0 1 4 - NO. 9, VOL 66 - WORONI.COM.AU - FACEBOOK & TWITTER
ANUSA EXECUTIVE
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CAMPUS NEWS With the failed motion to censure ANUSA President Cam Wilson at the last Wednesday’s Ordinary General Meeting fading into the distance, new allegations have emerged surrounding Wilson & Treasurer Nick Barry’s conduct in early 2014.
ROSS CALDWELL, DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The
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to them. A source intimately involved with the operation of GAC in 2014 informed Woroni that “GAC never ceded it’s power to any member of the executive to make decisions on
Sources familiar with the operation in the Constitution, those documents are required in order to renew the
requests for minutes made over several weeks. Numerous sources familiar with the operation of GAC in 2014 told Woroni that no minutes in 2014. By the time this article was sent to print, Committee Chair Ladd had not responded when asked to In April 2014 Woroni attempted to
ANUSA. Barry admitted that in Woroni attempted to verify the allegations made against Wilson & Barry, and attempted to get minutes from GAC meetings in 2014 in order to do so. It was hoped that these minutes would include details of
on ANU Campus Life “without the proper documentation.” showing that Wilson & Barry approved the applications for
circumstances
Law Students Society (LSS). This application did not include a copy of the LSS’s constitution, a details. Under Section 3.1.2A of the
Committee (GAC) have alleged that Wilson & Barry violated the ANUSA constitution when they
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LSS President Alexa Milosevic told Woroni that she was aware that their application was incomplete & had
Campus Life. Wilson & Barry’s societies on this list. minutes
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GAC
meetings,
GAC had delegated its power to Life, also known as ‘OrgSync’. The to receive no response. Neither the statement Under the ANUSA Constitution the
alongside
the
Wilson or Barry to approve the applications. At the time this article was sent to print, the Committee had not responded to multiple
online
Woroni. The President of the GFFC Ashwin Rajesh told Woroni that they
weeks. of the Committee. ANUSA Executive, Barry told Woroni that numerous applications were approved on the 3rd & 4th of He alleged that those organisations were informed that they would need to apply again with the proper documents at a later date.
A source familiar with the operation
approved. When asked why this was the case, Ladd replied that “if a club or society folds ANUSA gets the job of cleaning up” address on it they can “more easily prove that we have the authority to take over the account and sort out
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taken at GAC meetings this year, then the key documents that should committee do not exist.