With the recent NUS Conference, I've been digging around to find out everything I can about the contentious national body. Here are some interesting links:
• Sydney University's SRC talks to then NSW Branch President David Barrow, who argues that NUS is in fact a big cuddly teddy bear.
• Murdoch University Guild’s student publication had a short article in it's O'Week 08 Issue (page 24)
• The Australian National University's student publication, Woroni, had a very illuminating special report on the organization published in June of this year. If you read one of these links, make it this one.
• Last but certainly not least, is what NUS itself had on its website. The site is down at the moment, but thanks to the Wayback Machine, I managed to find out what it used to say. Despite being an official source, and thus possibly biased in favour of the organization, it is nonetheless the best overview of the history of NUS I managed to find.
• The Sydney Morning Herald touched on the rise of independent representation at NUS, and the ironic situation which sometimes sees Liberals supporting farther-left independents over more moderate Labor candidates.
• Crikey takes a shot at extreme Liberals who got arrested on the first night of the 2008 conference
Needless to say, I'll add more links as I find them
*Update: The NUS website is up :). It's a better design, although the content looks almost exactly the same. Too bad they haven't announced the office holders for 09 yet*
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