Kate Bullen Union Board Interview

Описание: 0:05 Name, degree, year, age, slogan, colour?

0:30 Do you have a faction and a campaign manager?

0:40 You're aligned with a federal political party?

0:45 What other candidates do you feel you share political philosophies with, if any?

1:15 Have you considered who you are likely to preference first and second?

1:30 No word from your caucus?

1:42 Who will you vote for for President of the USU, if elected?

1:54 At the moment, the field is Robby Magyar, Tim Matthews and Tara Waniganayaka. Does anybody stand out?

2:26 What would play into your decision?

2:44 How would you have voted on the attempted Tom Raue dismissal and why?

2:59 So you don't believe that the content of the report was confidential?

3:25 Do you believe the USU is currently a transparent organisation, and if not, what measures would you put in place to make it more transparent?

4:00 Do you have any particular proposals or measures you would like to see put in place to increase transparency?

4:50 One regulation in place at the moment is regarding Honi Soit and other attendees of Board meetings not being able to tweet the names of staff. Do you support that policy or not, and why?

5:46 So your preference would be to maintain the current policy?

6:00 Looking back at the past year in the USU, could you assess Hannah Morris's presidency for us? Strengths, weaknesses?

6:50 In terms of the other policies and achievements of the last Board, does anything stand out to you as particularly good or otherwise?

7:26 How would you have voted on the LifeChoice Society?

8:12 You described yourself as a progressive candidate. What makes you a progressive person?

8:56 Would you be in favour of the USU moving away from the function it currently has and into a more activist role?

9:30 Are there any particular issues you'd like to see the USU engage with that it isn't doing at the moment?

10:15 Do you think the directors of the USU should act as political activists or the heads of a service provider organisation?

11:10 Last year during the strikes, would you have voted for the USU going on strike at the same time as the staff?

11:40 You're being run by NLS. Up until last year, you were a member of Student Unity, a rival faction. Can you tell us about your decision to switch factions?

13:13 How would you respond to people who might think your switching of factions indicates a lack of political conviction?

13:43 NLS is a binding caucus. Does this mean the decisions you make as a Board Director have to be approved by caucus?

13:52 What would happen in the event that your personal beliefs disagreed with caucus in general?

15:12 Do you think voters are aware of the fact that in electing you to Board, they are not electing you per se?

16:18 Your policy statement is quite short compared to other candidates. Why did you make a decision to have such a limited policy platform?

17:04 How would you respond to people who might say it's not valid for you to come out with your own productive ideas to begin with?

18:57 Could you give us more detail about some of the policies you have spoken about? More diverse leadership opportunities in the USU, could you give us more details on that?

20:50 Would new roles add a lot more branches to the USU that aren't necessarily going to help it operate effectively and efficiently?

21:32 Have you thought about the financial impact of creating these positions?

21:56 Are there any particular areas in which you'd be interested in reducing USU expenditure to divert it to other programs like the one you are proposing?

22:14 If you had to cut $1 million from the USU budget, where would you cut it from?

23:05 One of your other policies is a review of AA for the Board and C&S. Why do you think this is necessary?

23:52 How would you change the current AA policy if you could?

23:58 Would you exclusively review AA in relation to women?

24:18 So in pushing for an AA review, you're not interested in other AA groups?

24:42 So you'd wait for direction from autonomous collectives before you would push for a policy?

25:00 How much of RSA courses etc would you plan to subsidise?

25:44 Another policy of yours is providing free breakfast during exams. Several other candidates have a similar policy, but they propose it all year round. Why are you only looking at the exam period?

26:42 Do you have any idea of which providers or infrastructure you would look into to make it possible?

27:48 You mention in your policy statement the consultative committee. Could you explain that idea?

29:38 How would you go about selecting members for the consultative committee?

30:00 And these people would be asked to speak on the behalf of those minorities on campus?