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

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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

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The Facade of NGOs: what truth is being protected?

Pamela Murphy investigates the role of the UN and other non-profit organizations on intervention, specifically regarding occurrences of genocide and the lack of humanitarian aid. Like many others I am sure, I have always looked up to non-for-profit organizations that have strived to ‘help make the world a better place’. Growing up, I was in…

ByPamela Murphy5 May 2020

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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

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Two Crises, Two Leaders: Scott Morrison’s Political Revival

Dan Breden reflects on Scott Morrison’s political revival in a challenging period of Australia’s history. It’s a strange feeling knowing that your experiences and actions will go down in history. In decades to follow, we will look back and judge the actions that we, as a nation and as humans, make today. Governments will be…

ByDan Bredan1 May 2020

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The ANZAC Spirit in 2020

Kiran Gupta reflects upon the Anzac Day Address as well as discussing what ANZAC Day means in a contemporary Australian context. In this year’s ANZAC address, the Rev opened with a quote describing the “double duty of ANZAC Day [as honouring] the dead and inspir[ing] the living.” In the context of Australia’s history and commemoration…

ByKiran Gupta25 April 2020

Review

Hamilton: The Musical That Changed The World

Kiran Gupta reviews the production of Hamilton he saw in London in 2019 before looking ahead to the upcoming 2021 tour of Australia. The rich harmonies of “One Day More” from Les Miserables have captivated audiences of musical theatre fanatics and casual fans alike for many decades now. But the tide has changed and now,…

ByKiran Gupta19 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