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Fucked-up Politics for a Fucked-Up world
Sep. 15th, 2003 02:49 pmThere were student elections held at Melbourne Uni Student Union last week. And what a joyride of slander, corruption and bribery that was.
In the meantime, it's all ended up in the courts.
THE STORY SO FAR
• Melbourne University Students Union signs deal to lease student accommodation in the city for $2.3 million a year for 20 years.
• Union's auditor warns the deal could send the union broke.
• Melbourne University says it wants nothing to do with the venture.
• Amid claims of widespread theft and mismanagement, the university appoints Ernst & Young to uncover what MUSU does with $13.5 million a year, including $7.7 million in fees paid by 39,000 students.
• Five members of the union's governing council resign amid fears they could be held legally responsible for deals that may cost the union millions of dollars.
• Ernst & Young report produces damning evidence of the union's finances.
• Bitter power plays divide MUSU, leading to dismissals of elected officers in power play.
• Dismissed executive council member, Tim O Halloran, takes legal action against MUSU and union president, Scott Crawford, in the Magistrates Court.
I should point out that MUSU is my employer. Fun fun fun.
In the meantime, it's all ended up in the courts.
THE STORY SO FAR
• Melbourne University Students Union signs deal to lease student accommodation in the city for $2.3 million a year for 20 years.
• Union's auditor warns the deal could send the union broke.
• Melbourne University says it wants nothing to do with the venture.
• Amid claims of widespread theft and mismanagement, the university appoints Ernst & Young to uncover what MUSU does with $13.5 million a year, including $7.7 million in fees paid by 39,000 students.
• Five members of the union's governing council resign amid fears they could be held legally responsible for deals that may cost the union millions of dollars.
• Ernst & Young report produces damning evidence of the union's finances.
• Bitter power plays divide MUSU, leading to dismissals of elected officers in power play.
• Dismissed executive council member, Tim O Halloran, takes legal action against MUSU and union president, Scott Crawford, in the Magistrates Court.
I should point out that MUSU is my employer. Fun fun fun.
