Lessons

Jack Lynch reflects on the impact of his parents for Drew’s News’ ‘My Story’ writing competition. “Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.” - George Chapman, All Fools. A person is moulded by the influence of others in the same fashion as a sculptor moulds his sculpture.…

ByJack Lynch18 November 2021

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The Challenge Within

An anonymous student discusses their brother’s transition and some of the responses that their family has faced. When I completed my HSC in 2019, my parents took me aside to describe the scenario that my family would soon have to confront. My brother was about to undergo his social transition from female to male. I…

ByKiran Gupta28 July 2021

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My Time in Australia: Adventures of an American Exchange Student during COVID-19

Scott Newman details his travels through Australia as an exchange student in a global pandemic. I’m not Australian, and before February 8th 2020, I’d never been to the country. Never to New Zealand, never to Japan, never this far East, frankly. I’ve visited nearly forty countries and have lived in New York, Antibes, Paris, Amman,…

ByScott Newman21 November 2020

Opinion

Looking for a Father, Let Me Know if You Have One Spare!

Grace Papworth reflects upon her childhood growing up with two mothers and interrogates the “traditional” narrative of parenthood and the structures that underpin it. The Catholic Church phrases it best when they remind us of our civic duty “to not ignore the needs of children for appropriate mothering and fathering.” They warn us of…

ByGrace Papworth31 August 2020

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The Forgotten War

Netra Hawkins recounts the story of her mum's encounters with the terrors of the Khmer Rouge in 1975, Phnom Penh Cambodia as an 8 year old girl. Written from the perspective of her mum growing up in the war, this is an emotional recount of having lost family members and fighting every day to survive…

ByNetra Hankins8 May 2020