Since 1988, no government has had a majority in the Upper House, meaning that the balance of power rests on minor party and independent members. In the wake of the recent state election, Jelena Zaric investigates the role and purpose in dynamic these representatives play. March’s state election saw the appointment of six minor party […]
Tues3.30 (2019)
Cultures under threat: why language schools are struggling to survive
Halls once bursting with children are now empty as parents send their children elsewhere for their weekend learning. Language schools have stood their ground for decades in Australia but must now close due to a shortage of students, creating a barrier than extends beyond the confines of tradition and family life. “How do you say […]
Passing 11,220 km of Love
By Shuk Ying Chui Founded by two Olympian athletes, sending their precious love and support to the rural community in Uganda. With a small office in Sutherland, Love Mercy Foundation has proved the influence of charity work does not have any matter with the size of the foundation, but the power of love. The story […]
#Provoke(real)Woke
In 2017, Melissa Li sat in her local Starbucks with friends discussing the racial propaganda used in the recent US election campaigns, and decided she needed to do something about it. Now, in the aftermath of the Christchurch and Sri Lankan attacks, the work of her organisation is more important than ever before. Throughout her […]
When life chooses a different path
By Zoe Cox In the moment that dual Olympian runner Eloise Wellings felt her whole world crash down around her, a chance encounter with poverty-stricken Ugandan runner, Julius Achon, taught Eloise that her athletic ability does not define her. A breathless and exhausted Eloise Wellings strides back and forth on a cross-trainer inside the injury […]
Becoming Monolingual, A Threat to Community Language Schools
Being bilingual is common in Australia, it’s an advantage. But slowly, people seem to be losing that skill. “I know that I definitely did not like going to Chinese school and I was always trying to make up excuses not to go…I remember cheating on dictation every week Everyone in Australia normally speaks English anyway… […]
Are we nearly at the end of the line?
By Sophie Dicalfas Finally making it on board, commuter Jackie Hon-Mong scans the bus for a seat. Hoping not to damage her sketches, she carries her Architecture work in hand. Hon-Mong embarks on her one-hour commute from the University of Sydney Camperdown to her Matraville home. She blames the long commute on the traffic caused […]
Women are fuelling their murder obsessions with true crime podcasts
True crime podcasts are surging the world with females’ growing thrive on real crime tales. By Sze Ching, LAM We are in the midst of a ‘true crime storm’ that creates on the ground of those miserable criminal cases. The popularity of true crime podcasts like Serial, The Teacher’s Pet and In the Dark, may […]