From being harassed on the street to competing in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Kate Wilson discusses life in the fast lane. Watch the video on UNSW optometry student and professional swimmer down below! Now, for the story behind the story:
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‘Mumble rap’: The word on the streets of hip-hop
by Sameera Pillai and Alex Molchanoff By taking on the ‘skip-hop’ culture of Aussie rap, Lanstan went viral, now he talks to us about his inspiration and merging music styles in the digital age. ‘Holden Commie got it locked down’, ‘Call up my boy he’s a tradie’ and ‘Going on a Maccas run’ are some […]
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It’s been a law-ng hundred years
Written by: Tania Tan It has been 100 years since the Women’s Legal Status Act was passed in 1918, but women in the legal profession are still underrepresented in leadership positions. This was according to the Law Council of Australia, which launched a national campaign in 2017 to counter biases in barristers’ chambers and law […]
Autism and technology: paving a brighter future by Camilla Theakstone
Autism is an increasingly prevalent mental condition that is characterised by deficits in social interaction, forming relationships with other people and using language and abstract concepts. It is traditionally diagnosed in early childhood as that is the time that symptoms start to appear. The condition is also on the rise in Australia. […]
Are Australian developers prepared for change?
By Laura Rando Australian apartment developers are beginning to feel the pressure as banks have limited their lending, and the Government have been questioned on their capability of providing the necessary utilities for the rise in apartments. Australia’s four major banks: CBA, NAB, ANZ and Westpac, have declared that they are restricting their […]
Changing lives with pro bono, one step at a time
Written by Emily Cook and Tania Tan John Corker, CEO of the Australian Pro Bono Centre, has a line of career highlights including helping the Aboriginal people attain their first media license. He shared about his contribution to them gaining their first radio station, including CAAMA radio and 8KIN radio, which were broadcasted in Aboriginal […]
Terry O’Connell – “Change is not possible in your own comfort zone”
It has been 18 years since Terry O’Connell left the police force, yet his fight for real justice continues. By Katelyn Wood Hidden away in the mountain ranges of New South Wales is Terry O’Connell’s family home. It’s peaceful and warm, much like Terry himself. A Churchill Fellow and recipient of an Order of Australia, […]
A Chance To Give Back
By Raqiya Ahmed, Shaymah Alkhair & Soaliha Iqbal 31 March 2018 Intended publication: The Guardian His parents grabbed him in the night, a sleepy six-year-old along with his siblings, and fled the war in Vietnam on a rickety boat in search of a new and safer life. The oceans were wild and unforgiving, with Thai […]
“Humans are hard-wired to think that men are more important.”
Vice-President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, UNSW Scientia Professor Prue Vines, talks about women’s inequality, pulling power levers and changing the world (oh, and how she used taekwondo to save her life). By Reena Mukherjee and Nazla Sajed In a tiny office tucked away on the second floor of the UNSW […]
A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE WITH PETE MALICKI
By Clare Megahey and Kirsta Cheung Pete Malicki doesn’t dress the way you’d expect one of Australia’s most successful theatre directors and playwrights to, but his 90-hour work week leaves him little time to shop. The Short + Sweet festival’s International Literary Manager attended Sydney’s Sunday night session in ripped denim jeans and slightly-worn […]
Patriot leader wants to keep Australia “beautiful”
Patriot leader wants to keep Australia “beautiful” By Michael Cadelina and Jill Tengco Mitch’s anti-Islamic views emerged a few years ago in the smoker’s area on the second level of a local pub in Newcastle. Him and his then-girlfriend sat having a chat with, what seemed like, a friendly Sudanese immigrant. Not long after, the […]
To whoever said the youth today don’t work hard
FOR PUBLICATION: UNSW DIGITAL JOURNALISM ONLINE MAGAZINE By Lana Ryu and Angela Chui Lily Wu The classic image of a university student. Sleep deprived, broke, tired, young person who is always wearing a hoodie. Sitting upright and wide-awake on a Friday morning, UNSW Business School undergraduate student Lily Wu defies these beliefs as the leader […]
Artist Angela Tiatia making waves with personal art
By Demi Ball and April Maung When Samoan artist Angela Tiatia broke a forbidden cultural taboo, the reactions were mixed. She had revealed her malu, a traditional female tattoo, in an artwork entitled ‘Walking the Wall’. “It’s quite subversive to, and forbidden, to show that in public…especially (in) the traditional community, it’s considered a really […]
The Brit-rock inspired sisters from Mollymook: Clews
By: Lydia Wong, Josh Trapp and Miray Bakaroglu Criminal lawyer by day, and music diva by night. For university student Lily Richardson, lead singer of the emerging band CLEWS, this is about to become reality. With only two singles to their name, sisters Lily and Grace Richardson form the extremely fresh band, Clews. Recently signed […]
One in 65 Million
By Jasmin Abbott, Austin Andrews-Little, Abhranil Hazra There are 65.3 million refugees in the world; almost half of them are under the age of 18. Here is the real story of just one, who set out alone at the age of 14 to escape the horrors of genocide. Shahid Hussain fled his home in Pakistan […]
Delivering the goods
Delivering the goods By Harry Walter, Claudia Byatt & Cassandra Nguyen. Sipping on a glass of red or cracking open a cold one at work is a ritual most workplaces reserve for special occasions. However, for David Berger and Nathan Besser, the co-founders of alcohol delivery service Jimmy Brings, having a ‘staffie’ in the office […]
Weaving Her Own Story
By Pema Bakshi and Cheryl Till In a world where fashion moves at the speed of light, Jaslyn Swavley sits peacefully with her worn knitting needles in a handmade getup. Raised on the North Shore, she is the calmest 19-year-old and it is infectious. Donning a breezy floral dress and makeup-free skin, the UNSW student […]
A New Wave of Hip-Hop
By Kyle Hughes and Asal Mahmoodi There is a new wave of hip-hop spreading, unsettling the established rap culture and replacing it with fresh sounds, fashions, and imagery, all the way from the States, to the Middle East, to France. Here at home in Sydney, young gun Vick Lejet is contributing to this wave by […]
The Story of Her Mind
When Veronica O’Mara started blogging about her experiences with mental health a year ago, she never imagined that her words would reach thousands, let alone have the impact that they do today. At only twenty-one years old, O’Mara is already taking a stance on mental health within the Sydney community and has created a platform […]
The road to #enough
By Rizna Mutmainah z5142434 and Kate Quinn z5114887 Striding into the cafe with her cream-coloured clothes, Gucci shoes, pixie haircut and a smile, businesswoman Suzy Jacobs hopes to make a change. Her eyes light up as she shares her ambitions of starting a new feminist movement and hashtag called #Enough. The November project is in collaboration […]
Becoming Pomara Fifth: giving back through drag
By Sarah Carroll and Madeleine Thomas Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald Indigenous, gay, cancer-survivor, bullying victim, drag queen: Brad Kennedy seems to tick the boxes of someone many would consider to be marginalized.But, sitting in the dimly lit Diva Bar at Stonewall Hotel, wearing a sequined jumpsuit and a voluminous black wig, Brad’s alter ego, Pomara Fifth, […]
Tweeting against the tide
As one of only a few elusive female executives in the technology world, Kara Hinesley- Twitter’s Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs for Australia and New Zealand- talks about working in an industry that has faced criticism for a lack of minority representation. Kara Hinesley is one of those people that always […]
Hanging up the hiking boots
Norbu Tenzing: the young man from a famous family, with a mountain of reasons why he won’t be following the path climbed by many before him. By Grace Robinson-Tagg and Callum O’Donnell Many of us would say that we have big shoes to fill when it comes to the achievements of our predecessors. Some […]
Not just the newsletter guy: A Sydney artist’s double life
BY EMMA SOWTER AND LUBNA SHERIEFF Though he has created over sixty plays, performances and dance works featured across Australia, won the Woodford Poetry Slam in 2011, qualified for the Australian Nimbin Poetry World Cup in 2011 and 2012, and released three EPs of storytelling, spoken word and music, most only recognise Tom […]