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Note:  We have not reached out to Brodie Scott at this stage, but have contacted The Adelaide University Engineering Societies president of 2017, Nuala O'Neill, for questions and comment. Given the rapid nature of this initial investigation, she hasn't had time to contribute anything to our piece on the matter. We'll hopefully be able to follow up on this tip-off, and reach out to the 2017 Adelaide Medical Student's Society president for comment based on our sources claim they were also approached by Brodie with a similar proposal. "Affiliations for clubs into the AUU (Adelaide University Union) was not about them being members in the current framework the AUU already has. It was more about incorporating them into the union essentially as services. Brodie wanted to make it a tier system - the biggest clubs at the top with guaranteed funding, events promotion and the complete shut-down of smaller clubs with specific focus on one specialised area or another.  ...

EDITORIAL:  A CALL FOR STUDENT MEDIA POSITIONS TO BE APPOINTED, SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS COOKED SHIT HAPPEN AS OFTEN AS IT DOES For anyone who might think we get a kick out of this, we really fucking don't... Looking at previous scrutiny we've put on both On Dit editor Ethan Penglase and SRC president and Young Labor Club member Matthew Boughey during their time as elected representatives, we're making it clear that what we have disclosed here is not published solely because of any malice towards either person. Before we knew them in any capacity, we had a problem with the interference we witnessed with political factions and student media run by the Adelaide University Union (AUU), in ways that we feel have been unfair to not only people we have known, but also to students who pay fees and memberships that keep those valuable resources running... ... oh, and also to an audience that is actually engaged enough to care about the issue...

More information has been leaked to us since our first article on Friday, helping us piece together Zerui's claims of union money being used to get the political support of the Adelaide University Chinese Students Association (AUCSA). The Clubs Committee is a body run by the union, with two members elected by the presidents of each club affiliated with the AUU every year. The clubs administrator serves as the other committee member with voting powers, as does the AUU board president. A clubs chair is chosen from the board of directors, bringing the committee to five members that meet each month to decide funding for clubs. According to Zerui, money was promised to AUCSA prior to the meeting in-exchange for guaranteed support for the upcoming student elections. At the meeting itself, the funding measure was moved in bloc.  We've redacted some of the names to protect the privacy of those not involved in the matter. As is demonstrated in this screenshot from the ...

So, there's a lot to work with this week. The information below has been coming to us from different people at different times. We feel a sense of urgency to release it in full, with its full context and for students to make up their own minds. There is no ill will towards Scott - we just wanted to clear the air on some important things that have come forward. We got these DM's earlier in the week. After a lot of consideration, we have decided to release them. Positions on the AUU board are decided each year from the student elections we have on campus. The terms elected board members serve are 2 years from December to the end of November. Board members run the affairs of the Adelaide University Union, a company worth over $2 million. They are its legal custodians, and have to work in the interests of students. The union itself receives funding from a fee students pay called the Student Services and Amenities Fee (S.S.A.F), distributed by the university. Only the presid...

Its weird when I look at the Safer Campus Community website. My heart drops on the floor. My eyes well-up. I start to feel sad and I don't know how to explain it. There is so much information about what to do, who to contact, and a direct and anonymous way to report. I look at it and I feel like someone cares, that I'd actually be safe and there's somewhere that's okay to talk about what happened. It makes me feel sad because I remember what things were like in 2016, when I had to deal with what happened when I rejected romantic attention from a university lecturer. What was there for me wasn't anything like a Safer Campus Community site. I spent over a year confused about what to do. Feeling alone. When it seemed like I hit a dead end, I became depressed and thought about leaving. I doubted myself. I doubted other people from the university who tried to help me, and still  do. It feels like nothing has changed for me. Giving up and wishing I never talked ...