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On Saturday the 24th of June the Schonell theatre will close its doors and cease cinema operations. Operating for 34 years the Schonell is a cultural icon of Brisbane cinema. As a gift to supporters, the Schonell is having a closing down party in which all films will be screened free of charge on Saturday.

The closing is the result of budget cuts forced by the recently introduced Voluntary Student Unionism legislation. While VSU was designed to weaken the politicization of university union groups, predominantly controlled by the Left of politics with the intentional flow-on effect to the Australian Labor Party, the legislation achieves this through funding cuts which effect all services and clubs.