National Labor Students
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National Labor Students (NLS) is a factional grouping operating within the Australian National Union of Students. It is oriented towards the Socialist Left of the Australian Labor Party, although membership of the ALP (or the Socialist Left) is not required.
The faction was formed by the merger of the two pre-existing Labor Left factions, the National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS) and Australian Labor Students (ALS), on 1 January 2006, following a decision at the NUS 2005 National Conference. The name "National Labor Students" was adopted on 26 June 2006 at the NLS mid-year conference in July.
NUS National
NLS is now the largest faction in NUS, with NOLS and ALS together controlling approximately 35% of votes at the 2005 NUS National Conference. It has members in the five mainland states. The factions elected four office-bearers to NUS National Office for 2006:- Rose Jackson, National President, Sydney University (NOLS);
- Kate Perry, National Welfare/Small and Regional Officer, Queensland University of Technology (NOLS);
- Sarah Wickham, National Women's Officer, La Trobe University (ALS);
- Norman Jacka, National Queer Officer, Curtin University (ALS).
NUS State branches
NLS also hold the positions of NUS state branch president in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia:- Max Bryant, New South Wales, University of Sydney (NOLS);
- Rhiannon Platt, Victoria, Monash University - Clayton (ALS);
- Dan Doran, Queensland, Queensland University of Technology (NOLS);
- Rikki-Lee Hendon, Western Australia, Curtin University (NOLS).
Campus Presidents
This is an incomplete list of Labor Students presidents of Australian student organisations.- Elyse Brown, La Trobe University Students' Representative Council
- Katy Fernandez, University of Sydney Union
- Jessie Giles, Melbourne University Student Union
- Rebecca Leeks, Queensland University of Technology Student Guild
- Michael Nguyen, University of Technology, Sydney, Students' Association
- Xavier O'Halloran, University of New South Wales Student Guild
- John Pezy, Students' Association of the University of Adelaide
- David Taft, Monash Student Association
- Charlotte Walsh, La Trobe University Student Union
- Lucy Weber, University of Queensland Union
- Nick Wood, University of Sydney Students' Representative Council
| National Union of Students of Australia | |
|---|---|
| Universities: ANU | Adelaide | Ballarat | Bendigo | Canberra | Charles Darwin | Curtin | Edith Cowan | Flinders | Griffith | James Cook | La Trobe | Macquarie | Melbourne | Monash - Caulfield | Monash - Clayton | Murdoch | Newcastle | Queensland | QUT | RMIT | South Australia | Southern Cross - Coffs Harbour | Southern Cross - Lismore | Southern Queensland | Sunshine Coast | Swinburne | Sydney | Tasmania - Hobart | Tasmania - Launceston | UNE | UNSW | UNSW COFA | UTS | UWA | UWS | Victoria | Wollongong | |
| Current Factions: Australian Liberal Students Federation | Grassroots Left | Independents | National Labor Students | National Liaison Committee | Socialist Alternative | Student Unity | |
| Former Factions: Australian Labor Students | Left Alliance | Love and Rage | National Broad Left | National Organisation of Labor Students | Non-Aligned Left | |
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