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Paying for your Textbooks You have two options for paying for course materials: Pay out of pocket or charge your student account. Pay out of pocket If you wish to pay for your books and supplies out of pocket, select "Use a credit or debit card". We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Paypal or G Pay. Charge to your Student Account Purchases completed using a student account charge limit will be charged to your student account. Payment for an...

Departments Inconsistent on Disability Note-taking Service University being shit about disabilities and providing an inconsistent level of service? WHY DO I HAVE DÉJÀ VU? 750 students across the university receive lecture notes from peer note-takers, but inconsistencies across departments are still a barrier for some students with learning disabilities. Disability Information and Support provides a range of assistance to around 1500 students each year, half of whom use the peer notetaking system. This system involves students providing a set of notes from each lecture in a paper to Disabil...

Anglicare Calls on Government to Tackle Housing Affordability Anglicare's annual report into housing affordability paints a dire picture of life for those on low incomes and welfare. Anglicare Southern Queensland’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has again illuminated the dire situation facing people on low incomes in Greater Brisbane. The not-for-profit community services organisation is now calling on the Federal Government to take immediate action in next month’s Budget to tackle housing affordability. Anglicare SQ Executive Director Karen Crouch said South East Queensland’s tig...

Everybody's Home Australia’s rental affordability has plummeted with the market less affordable than ever, according to a new report. The latest Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot, released today, confirms it’s almost impossible for some people to access housing. The Snapshot surveyed more than 74,000 rental listings across Australia and found: 859 were affordable for a person on the minimum wage 386 rentals were affordable for a single person on the Age Pension 236 rentals were affordable for a person on the Disability Support Pension 3 rentals, including share houses, were affordab...

Disclosure statement Jodie Bailie is a Research Affiliate with the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Disability and Health, and receives funding from a University of Sydney Postgraduate Award. The flood research we have drawn upon was led by The University of Sydney, The University Centre for Rural Health. It was funded by The University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, University of Wollongong, Northern NSW Local Health District and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Funders played no direct role in designing the study and writing for publication. This study would not hav...