▁presiden cy ▁of ▁law ▁student ▁David ▁P atch , ▁would ▁support ▁the ▁political ▁economy ▁push . ▁The ▁political ▁economy ▁conference ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁would ▁attract ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁people ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁Australia , ▁largely ▁fuel led ▁by ▁the ▁Whit lam ▁dismiss al . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 / 3 ▁there ▁was ▁some ▁fear ▁that ▁the ▁Econom ics ▁I ( P ) ▁and ▁possible ▁Econom ics ▁II ( P ) ▁courses ▁would ▁be ▁lost ▁due ▁to ▁opinions ▁emer ging ▁from ▁the ▁Vice - Ch an cell or . ▁As ▁a ▁response , ▁the ▁S RC ▁organ ised ▁a ▁vote ▁on ▁the ▁forced ▁mer ger , ▁in ▁which ▁eight y ▁per ▁cent ▁voted ▁for ▁the ▁maintenance ▁of ▁separate ▁streams . ▁When ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁econom ics ▁professor ship , ▁students ▁organ ised ▁a ▁demonstr ation ▁in ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁On ▁ 8 ▁June ▁some ▁students ▁to wed ▁a ▁r ented ▁car avan ▁into ▁the ▁university ▁grounds ▁and ▁park ed ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁Qu ad ’ s ▁Front ▁La wn s . ▁Ad orn ed ▁with ▁a ▁b anner ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁‘ the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Political ▁Econom y ’ ▁the ▁car avan ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁information ▁centre ▁for ▁the ▁protest ▁movement . ▁It ▁stayed ▁there ▁for ▁over ▁three ▁weeks , ▁staff ed ▁day ▁and ▁night ▁by ▁political ▁economy ▁students ▁such ▁as ▁Stephen ▁Y en , ▁Maria ▁Bar ac ▁and ▁Paul ▁Por te