Oakstand: Part I

Simon: [After a pause, to MAL] I take it you’ll be barracking for Labor tonight? Mal: [Looking at him] Well I don’t anticipate yelling myself hoarse, but I’m certainly hoping for a change of government. I take it we all are?1 • Don’s Party, David Williamson, 1971 1. The left-hand of Oakstand. 28th…

ByJasper Derwent23 hours ago

Opinion

Why We Write

To write, to put one's thoughts on paper and place them before an audience, is, in my opinion, a small act of courage. While spoken words can be swallowed and eaten up, eclipsed by a quick clarification or a huffed laugh, there is a permanency to the written word; a solidity that invites scrutiny. Just…

ByEditorial Team19 March 2025

Opinion Politics

Feminism and Fashion: The Politics of What We Wear

Fashion has always been a form of self-expression, but for women, it carries a weight that goes beyond style or personal taste. In today’s world, a woman’s clothing is still often seen as a marker of her character and intentions, with assumptions made about her morality, respectability, and consent. This troubling link between fashion and…

ByTilly Morgan9 December 2024

Opinion

Iron Mike’s Mid-Retirement Debut: The Script and the Legacy

Talk is currently on fire over the recent streaming of former heavyweight champion, boxing legend and senior citizen Mike Tyson, against the controversial youtuber and illegitimate Gen Z boxer, Jake Paul. Let’s go through it all – the fighters, theories and what legacy remains after the loss… Tyson or ‘Iron Mike’ holds possibly one of…

ByLucy Millar23 November 2024

Review

‘Boeing Boeing’: An escape to the farcical world of Parisian romance

It’s that time of year again, when our wonderful students of the Drama Society (DramSoc) put on their annual showstopper of a play. Friends, family, and the St Andrew’s college community flocked to a transformed Parisian dining hall in anticipation for what was sure to be a dynamic performance rife with scandal, satire and sultry…

BySylvie Durrant29 October 2024

Cultural Inclusivity World

From Defiance to Celebration: Sydney’s Mardi Gras Legacy

24th of June 1978, 10pm - a small, shivering crowd began to congregate in Taylor Square, Darlinghurst. Unbeknownst to them at the time this meagre gathering would set the stage for the ‘queer’ scene in Sydney for decades to come. A stand of defiance during a period where homosexuality was prohibited by law and met…

ByGreta Andrews1 March 2024

Current Affairs

Understanding the Voice: a step towards Indigenous recognition in Australia

With the date of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum being confirmed for the 14th of October, read along to keep yourself informed of what's going on and what you will be voting for. On the 23rd of March 2023, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood up in Parliament and officially announced the Voice…

ByToby Freeman28 August 2023

Opinion Politics

The Importance of being Earnest

Around 380 BC, Plato wrote the Gorgias, a fictional dialogue between Socrates and a group of sophists at a dinner party. The work follows the principle of Plato’s other dialogues: the group debates amongst themselves about the true nature of political rhetoric through the Socratic method. Both Socrates and Plato believed earnestly in the intellectual…

ByFinlay Ferris29 April 2023

Review

Oscars 2023 Review

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, colloquially known as the Oscars, were held in Los Angeles on March 12th. After last year’s front page drama involving Will Smith’s infamous slap, the Academy was seeking a return to normality, focusing on the basics to hopefully survive the night scandal-free. There were some clear favourites in several categories…

ByEwan Jackman7 April 2023

Opinion

The Racial Politics of Love Island: Is it OK to have a preference in dating?

When it comes to dating, do you have a type? Most of us have a preference, but have you ever stopped to think why you're attracted to certain people and not others? And whether underlying that attraction, or lack thereof, lurks some kind of prejudice? Millions of people tune in every year to watch Love…

ByNina Friars1 December 2022