Sydney’s Housing Crisis – The Rat Race of 2024

Many have not yet faced the thrills (utter stress) that comes with searching (usually for weeks) for a place to live (a small dump that you can call your own). You fill out an application that asks for how much you make, and obviously you ask your mum and dad to transfer some money into…

ByZoe Edgerley24 November 2023

Collaborative

Football and Politics in the Gulf

George Bright and Tommy Go discuss the increasing interest in football in the Gulf states and examine some of the political issues that arise from this. Introduction In the last fifteen years, football has become of increasing interest to the oil-rich nations of the Persian Gulf. The reasons behind this sudden, perturbing interest have…

ByGeorge Bright2 October 2021

Opinion

The UK is the world’s COVID Petri Dish. That should scare Scott Morrison.

Rob Abadee discusses the vaccination roll-out and the COVID-19 lockdown, postulating that Australia may not be as safe as everyone thinks. “We’re going to have to generate what we call herd immunity…and the only way of developing that, in the absence of a vaccine, is for the majority of the population to become infected.” -…

ByRob Abadee7 August 2021

Opinion

International Women’s Day 2021: No Choice But Change

Emily Tyrrell reflects on International Women’s Day and the reality that a woman in 2021 Australia must face. Each year, International Women’s Day selects a theme to reflect the milieu. This year, they’ve picked ‘choose to challenge’, their rationale being that a ‘challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change’. This statement doesn’t sit well with…

ByEmily Tyrrell8 March 2021

Uncategorised

The New Normal: Existential Risk and Utmost Reward

Elliott Earnshaw reflects on the future of humanity and the challenges we will face in the future. We walk along a path cut into the edge of a cliff. It goes up. But as the path goes up it narrows. With each step, the road behind us crumbles. There is no turning back. There are…

ByElliott Earnshaw21 November 2020

Opinion

Donald Trump: The Art of the Aspiring Authoritarian?

Rob Abadee discusses why even though Donald Trump may seem harmless, we should be concerned with his increasingly authoritarian attitude, I used to find comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler rather amusing. Although Trump promised to rebuild a nation that had lost its intrinsic “greatness” and exploited prejudices through a distinct brand of populism,…

ByRob Abadee16 September 2020

Opinion

Novak Djokovic and Defaults: Do The Rules Need to Change?

Kiran Gupta unpacks the rules around disqualifications in tennis in light of the Novak Djokovic incident and questions whether the rules need to change. A few days ago, the tennis world was stunned by the revelation that Novak Djokovic had been defaulted from the US Open. The reason? Towards the end of the first set…

ByKiran Gupta13 September 2020

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The Endless Stream of Photos: Have we taken enough?

Zoe Kemp discusses the ethics behind photography in a world where we are constantly bombarded with images both online and in our physical lives. In today’s image saturated world, one simply has to type the words ‘photojournalism 2020’ into a Google Search to be overwhelmed by photos of horrendous bushfires, a global pandemic and people…

ByZoe Kemp8 July 2020

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The Collapse of Compassion: Collective Apathy Towards Mass Suffering

Rob Abadee discusses why we are often numb towards mass suffering and posits some ideas as to what we can do about it. On Sunday 24th May 2020, the New York Times printed a front cover that attracted worldwide attention. To mark the grim milestone of the United States passing 100,000 deaths due to…

ByRob Abadee13 June 2020

Uncategorised

Ethnocentrism in Charity and the Rise of Effective Altruism

Elliott Earnshaw reflects on ethnocentrism in charities and how we can all make the step towards effective altruism. There are many ways in which we can make a difference in the world. One of the most common and straightforward ways to do so is to make donations to charity. Recently, the likes of the ALS…

ByElliott Earnshaw1 May 2020