ALP Club
Amnesty International
Cage Free Campus Society
Greens on Campus
Labor Club
Liberal Club
Oaktree Foundation Club
Progressive Students
Socialist Alternative
UNICEF Club
ALP Club
The Melbourne University ALP Club is one of the oldest and most vibrant clubs on campus. Our membership is varied, with members coming from all faculties, both undergraduate and graduate. Getting involved with the ALP Club provides a great opportunity to meet like-minded students who are interested in politics. The things that link us together are our commitment to progressive causes, discussing and debating progressive issues and taking action to improve our society and effect social change. Throughout the year we run various social and political events. Our meetings involve discussion of current affairs, film screenings, lunches and debates within the club and with others, as well as inviting prominent members of the Labor Party to address members on issues of interest. Many current and former members of the ALP spent their university years as members of the ALP Club, including our local Member for Melbourne, Lindsay Tanner.
ALP Club
Mailbox 24
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
alpclubmelbourne-at-gmail.com
Amnesty International
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness – Chinese Proverb
Welcome to the homepage of the Melbourne University Amnesty International Group. With over a million members around the world this is only one of 4000 similar groups which make up Amnesty International.
The aim of our club is to defend the rights of prisoners and conscience and to make governments conform to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was ratified in 1948. The club actively advocates for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and encourages a more proactive and preventative approach to human rights.
There are three main things that we do to further this goal:
- We try to educate ourselves so that we can understand the world better and know more about the problems that lead to human rights abuses.
- We try to engage with the wider community to make people think about human rights.
- We write to governments to appeal directly on behalf of prisoners of conscience, addressing the urgent action campaigns that are investigated by the international secretariat in London. These campaigns successfully achieve their goals in seven out of ten cases.
The Club has regular meetings during the academic semester (venue details to be confirmed). If you would like to get involved, send us an email or just turn up to our meetings.
Amnesty International
Mailbox 41
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
muamnestyclub-at-gmail.com
Cage Free Campus Society
The Cage Free Campus Society is a club dedicated to campaigning against animal cruelty at the University of Melbourne. If you care about animals and want to do something about it, meet like-minded people, or even just learn more about this important issue, Cage Free Campus Society is for you!
Some of our current activities include campaigning for eateries on campus to go “cage free”, Vegan Outreach, companion animal education and regular social dinners at Melbourne’s best vegetarian restaurants.
Please email us at cagefreecampus-at-gmail.com for details on how to get involved.
Visit our blog at: http://cagefreecampus.blogspot.com/
And find us on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=18053019518
Cage Free Campus Society
Mailbox 63
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
cagefreecampus-at-gmail.com
Greens on Campus
Get political!
This is your branch of the Greens party. We will discuss policy, campaign and encourage you in your political ambitions. We will be having meetings every Monday from 1-2pm in Graham Cornish room A and a table each Thursday outside the Union Building.
Our plans for this year are to run campaigns on Climate Change, Drugs Policy, Nuclear Energy, Public Transport and Refugees. These campaigns will focus on heightening peoples awareness of these topics which we think will be prominent in this years federal election. For each of these campaigns we will be handing out information on the issues and Greens policy and views on these policy areas.
We will also be organising a series of seminars leading up to the election where we will have a key speaker on the issue and a speaker who focuses on the greens policy related to each topic. These seminars will be confirmed once we have speakers for each topic area.
Greens On Campus
Mailbox 48
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
melbunigreens-at-gmail.com
Labor Club
Melbourne University Labor Club has a long and fulfilling history within the Student Union. The Club’s core aim is to provide a forum for people interested in student unionism; in that vain, encouraging participation of its members in the governance and representation of the student union and the university itself. The Labor Club regularly meets with various social activities, including pub nights, BBQs, policy forums and an annual camp. The Labor Club has many present and former associations with the Australian Labor Party including current sitting members in both state and federal parliament.
Labor Club
Mailbox 64
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
laborclubvoice-at-gmail.com
Liberal Club
For over 80 years, The Melbourne University Liberal Club has dedicated itself to the promotion of liberal and conservative ideas on campus and in public discussion, allowing like-minded students to come together to debate, socialize and engage in liberal activism.
The MULC alumni include key figures in state and federal politics, the private sector, academia and other areas of public life.
The Liberal Club meets weekly to debate current affairs in a semi-formal environment and holds regular social events – from casual drinks on a Monday to formal dinners throughout the year.
Come along, get involved, and become apart of 84 years of MULC tradition
Liberal Club
Mailbox 56
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
president.mulc-at-gmail.com
http://mulc.org.au/
Oaktree Foundation Club
The Oaktree Foundation is an aid and development organisation run entirely by volunteers under 26.
We’re doing something real about poverty.
At Oaktree we raise awareness in the community by running programs and events, we lobby the government and fundraise for our overseas projects.
We have partnered with developing communities in 6 countries to provide over 40,000 young people with increased educational opportunities. We believe that education is the most powerful force we have to change the world.
Oaktree Foundation Club
Mailbox 74
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Progressive Students
Progressive Students
Mailbox 12
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
mu.progressive.students-at-gmail.com
Socialist Alternative
Socialist Alternative are a group of revolutionary socialists who think that society should be driven by human need — not profit. We think that “surplus†food which is produced should be given to the hungry, rather than dumped in the middle of the ocean to keep prices high. We think that the people who produce all the wealth in the world — ie workers — should have control over what happens to it. We think that ordinary people around the world — from Australia, to South Korea, to Lebanon — have more in common with each other, than they do with the governments and business leaders of their own countries.
Not so crazy, huh? We have regular meetings where we try to apply a Marxist analysis to political questions today. We’re active on university campuses, in trade unions and in whatever radical campaigns are happening — over the past decade, our members have been involved in such campaigns as the opposition to the Jabiluka uranium mine, in support of refugee rights and, more recently, campaigns to get the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and to tear up the Industrial Relations laws.
For more information about what we stand for, visit our website. If you agree with what you read you should get in contact with us. We’re always keen to meet people, to discuss our ideas, and to get new people involved in whatever struggle is happening.
Socialist Alternative meets at 1pm every Wednesday, second floor Union House.
We also hold regular branch meetings off uni campus on Thursdays 6.30pm Trades Hall (cnr Lygon & Victoria St) and Saturdays 3pm Trades Hall. New people are always welcome to turn up to our meetings.
Socialist Alternative
Mailbox 18
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
socialistalternative.mu-at-gmail.com
www.sa.org.au
UNICEF Club
We are on campus to promote the rights of children and the aims of UNICEF to the University community through working with UNICEF Australia, holding fund-raisers and supporting UNICEF Australia campaigns.
UNICEF Club
Mailbox 35
First Floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3010
melbunicef-at-gmail.com
melbunicef.com
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Posted Friday 25 January, 2008. Updated Monday 26 October, 2009.
