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Student unions in Sydney withdrew member services and paid clubs to bring in protesters as part of a last-ditch campaign to keep membership compulsory for all university students.
A University of Sydney student we spoke to wondered why all the shops on her campus were shut.
“It’s chilling - to think that with compulsory unionism in place, campus services would be subject to political imperatives,” she said.
Clubs from the University of New South Wales were out in force, vying for prizes from the Student Guild.
“This is a chilling example of what could happen under the status quo,” one club president told us.
Student unions collect compulsory up-front fees of up to $600 per student per year.
“It’s time to stop this unfair tax on education,” an NUS statement read, referring to the end of the Educational Textbook Subsidy last year.
