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Queensland will embrace the home comforts of a packed-out Suncorp Stadium tonight as they aim to repeat history and shut down NSW’s efforts in Origin Game III. Billy Slater and his squad are chasing their third consecutive series win, while Michael Maguire’s Blues seek to break the curse and reclaim the shield in a Brisbane…
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Are you doing enough?
Are you doing enough to build your career?
Are you investing enough time in friends and family, work and uni?
Push yourself, do more than what’s expected of you, go above and beyond everyone else. Get ahead. But don’t overdo it. Relax and take time for yourself, journal and meditate, but…
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I pride myself on being a relatively informed individual. Whether my yearning for political knowledge has been instilled in me from my Politics degree or the need to keep up with my politically informed friends, I have always believed that staying updated with the global decisions that greatly impact our lives is vital.
However, while…
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Gender-based violence remains a pervasive and urgent issue in Australia, as highlighted by recent media coverage and statistics.
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As the sun sets on the 2023/2024 Premier League season, it is only fitting that after one of the most exciting competitions in recent memory, the title's destination has yet to be confirmed. It's no surprise that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City is once again in the driver's seat, looking to secure a record fourth successive…
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‘Ummm yeah, I can’t believe he posted that. He’s cancelled.’
Shaped by the rise in digital activism and online political organisation over the past decade, our present post-pandemic political sphere is characterised by the convergence of wokeism, left-wing politics, and a push for change and freedom of speech. This amalgamation has given rise to a…
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My dad is a quiet man. Joining the navy at 19, he trained to become a clearance diver - a navy seal. His quiet persistence and unwavering emotional aloofness held him in good stead throughout the training period or as David Goggins calls it, ‘Hell Week’. He seems to reminisce fondly, finding comedy in the…
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Over the past decade, China has been increasing its influence and presence across the Pacific. The Pacific Islands are strategically significant in terms of their location for international trade, security bases, and resource distribution. Thus, the Pacific is naturally an area which major powers, such as the US, China and Australia, would seek closer ties…
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March 21st 1960, police in the town of Sharpeville, South Africa opened fire on a swarm of Blacks peacefully protesting for the abolition of South Africa’s pass laws. Of the 249 who fell victim to the sub-machine guns, 69 were killed – some shot in the back as they fled - 180 injured, women and…
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