Democracy: a true means for prosperity in developing states?

Elisabeth Woodcock examines the structures that underpins democracy and questions whether it is truly representative at all levels. As countries throughout the world continue to strive for greater prosperity, democracy has been widely recognised as a means of improving both gross domestic product (GDP) and human development index (HDI). In 2019, 9/10 of countries…

ByElisabeth Woodcock30 July 2020

Opinion

Turning back the clock: The Renaissance of 70s and 80s music

Kiran Gupta discusses the renaissance of 70s and 80s music and analyses the reasons for its continued success. When Queen frontman Adam Lambert recently released his new solo album, he turned more than a few heads. Gone were the days of his unashamedly flamboyant pop songs that provoked American television audiences and propelled his post-American…

ByKiran Gupta26 June 2020

Opinion

Musical Madness: The Importance of the Composer’s Mental Health

Cassidy Watts grapples with some of the challenges that performers face in dealing with their mental health as well as the need to address these issues as a matter of priority, both from a historical and current perspective. Music is one of the most important elements in everyday life, adding value in aspects of entertainment,…

ByCassidy Watts13 June 2020

Opinion

The Fossil Fuel Industry: The puppeteer to our modern world?

Jamie McDonald talks about the apathy around climate change in Australia and the need for a cultural shift at an attitudinal level. To the average Joe (common folk of Australia), When I talk to my friends about climate change, most conversations simply revolve around, that ‘yeah it's happening’ and ‘shut up Jamie no one cares’. …

ByJamie McDonald10 April 2020

Opinion

Structures of Deviance and “The Other”

Kiran Gupta discusses “moral blindness in an age of increasingly self-indulgent progressivism,” both in an attitudinal context and with regard to present day events such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. Society has arguably come a long way in the last century and even in the last few decades. From the removal of homosexuality of the WHO’s…

ByKiran Gupta4 April 2020

Opinion

Australian Football’s Problem with Blue Players

George Bright analyses the psychology behind football and the effect on Australia’s football culture. Since the apogee of the Socceroos at the 2015 Asian Cup, Australia’s progress towards consistently becoming genuine contenders at the international level has seemingly stagnated. After unforgettably qualifying for the 2006 World Cup at expense of Uruguay, 13 of Australia’s 23…

ByKiran Gupta3 April 2020

Opinion

Crisis: Where Can Australia Turn Now?

Emily Tyrrell reflects on our current predicament and questions whether, as a nation, we can truly turn to our leadership at the moment. Summer in Sydney regularly feels like a dream. The feeling of driving through your suburb, singing to songs everyone knows the words to, cackling to in jokes and the taste of a…

ByEmily Tyrrell3 April 2020

Opinion

Coronavirus stops play: does the pandemic emphasise the dire need for unionisation in sport?

Kiran Gupta explores the benefits of unionisation in sport, especially in light of freak world events such as the spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus is playing out differently day by day. It seems like news is breaking every second and the outlook is becoming increasingly pessimistic. The outbreak has affected many different groups in many ways.…

ByKiran Gupta17 March 2020

Opinion

Pandemic Panic: How fear brings out prejudice

Kiran Gupta unpacks the global panic surrounding the COVID-19 Coronavirus and looks at the implications of mainstream and social media coverage on the virus and its impact. It is becoming increasingly inevitable that the COVID-19 Coronavirus is going to spread all over the world and at some pace. A significant number of people will die…

ByKiran Gupta5 March 2020

Opinion

Can We Appreciate the Works of Problematic Artists?

Harry (Haz) Salvesen muses over whether the artist is a law unto themselves or whether their legacy is inherently tied to their interactions with wider society. Allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment have rocked the music industry in the past few years. High profile celebrities including Ameer Vann, R Kelly and Michael Jackson…

ByHarry (Haz) Salvesen2 March 2020