Discrimination against Muslim men for wearing their religious clothes, is largely being overlooked by the media with the focus mainly on female victims. Islamophobia has targeted Muslim women for wearing their religious clothing such the niqab (a garment of clothing which covers the face) and hijab, with the latest instance of Pauline Hanson wearing a […]
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Sydney’s Thoughts on Marijuana Legalisation
With the United States of America slowly but surely legalising both the medical and recreational use of Marijuana it is questionably only a matter of time before Australia follows suit. I go into the streets of Sydney to find out what our public thinks Australia should do regarding the legalisation of ‘weed’. ‘I remember growing […]
The forgotten victims of Islamophobia: Devout Muslim Men
Video.mp4 Muslim men who have been discriminated for wearing their religious clothes, are being overlooked with the focus being on female victims. With the political climate being gripped by Islamophobia, many in the media have focused on how Muslim women have been discriminated for wearing their religious clothing such the niqab (a garment of clothing […]
“We Can No Longer Ignore the Reality of What is Present Within the Australian Hip Hop Scene”
By Cindy Yu “I went from having a really good year in 2014, started to make a small kind of gain to winning awards and initiatives, which then exposed me to what can only be described as online harassment within a 48-hour period of winning that award.” Sarah Connor, an Australian hip hop artist, was […]
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Survivors are now heard and recognised for the abuse they went through as a vulnerable child, and are able to seek comfort from the other survivors’ stories. By Kirsta Cheung Children were taken to Sunday morning church services by devoted religious parents who’d entrust priests to care for them, during the 1950s. Father John Perez […]
Chinese University Students’ Struggle with Racial Discrimination
Chinese University Students’ Struggle with Racial Discrimination By Cindy Yu Jessie Liu, a Chinese International student, is walking on campus to her next economics class. As she stops to check where her class is, she suddenly feels a gush of water being poured onto her head. Surprised, she searches around to see where it […]
Sharing Stitches for Riches
Gone are the days of designer threads being reserved for the super wealthy or the genetically blessed – Sarah MacDonald and Jackson Eldridge speak with entrepreneur Roxy Lehmann about the rising trend of designer dress hire. By Sarah MacDonald and Jackson Eldridge When Roxy Lehmann began hiring dresses out of her spare bedroom […]
Despite 3 million deaths, Bangla still isn’t as important as English
How a Sydney community school is reviving a language that is being shunned in its own motherland By: Mansib Ahmad “Six thousand languages exist in the world today, according to the United Nations. But 43 per cent – almost half of those – are endangered languages,” Matt Thistlethwaite says in Parliament during his […]
The Threatening Victim
By Cindy Yu Chinese international students express frustration of having to take up the double role of the victim from racial discrimination and the threat to Australian Universities. Since the middle of last year, Chinese international students have been the target of racial discrimination in schools and universities. Insulting incidents such as racist flyers towards […]