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The national apology
On February 13 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised in parliament for the suffering of indigenous families affected by policies resulting in the removal of their children. Audiogram by Lukas Foyle @showroomvehicle Featured photo: Butupa/CC/flickr
In this together: Reconciliation Week 2020
By Dash Buxton @dirkandscabbar1 National Reconciliation Week 2020 is this week, May 27 to June3, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the issue of reconciliation. If you’re not familiar with it, National Reconciliation Week involves activities and conversations facilitated by Reconciliation Australia. It’s aim: “Creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider […]
The Entire Earth Is Being Built In Minecraft, And Here’s How To Help
It’s likely you’ve heard of Minecraft at some point or you personally have played the game. The blocky sandbox game was initially released in 2009, and to this day has an estimated 100+ million active players a month. Aside from the game’s default survival mode, creative mode has been a fundamental ingredient in the game’s […]
Are tiny homes the answer to affordable housing?
By Hoanglan Nguyen @HoangWorld The biggest concern we have been grappling with has been to stay home so we can kick the virus to the kerb. Central to that idea is the place we call home. For hundreds of thousands of people, a rental is currently home. An issue looming large is that even when […]
Ramadan 2020
Ramadan began on April 23, and for many it will be very different this year because of restrictions imposed by state and federal governments during the coronavirus pandemic. Fatera Ahmed explains what Ramadan means in her home. Ramadan is a holy month for Islamic adherents all over the world, where they follow certain restrictions from […]
Passover: Out of desolation and into isolation
Erin Grant @erinomelette interviews Miriam about how COVID-19 will change the way Jews celebrate Passover. Featured image: John Snyder/CC BY-SA 3.0
Australia’s modern slavery laws: one step closer
By Dash Buxton @dirkandscabbar1 Modern slavery laws are now one step closer following a NSW Parliament’s Standing Committee review into the NSW’s version of the proposed law. The review found there are benefits to keeping both the NSW law and the Commonwealth law and praised the proposed NSW law as being world-leading in the fight […]
Gun Girl in Big Doo Doo
Kaitlyn Bennett, AKA the notorious Kent State Gun Girl, uses her platforms on social media, including Tik Tok and Youtube, to publicly shame the LGBT+ community, Left-Wingers, and blue-haired feminists. The young-adult version of ‘Karen’ is an example of extreme conservative pro-gun, pro-Trump, and pro-life opinions. Kaitlin conducts interviews American college students on controversial social […]
WhatsApp: Friend or Foe in the Age of Mass Media?
By Peter Morgan, Brittney Tolhurst, Michael Chantiri and Erin Grant We all know how powerful social media is, but what about WhatsApp? The less talked about but arguably more impactful little brother of Facebook. Whether it’s the app’s international reach or the false sense of privacy it instils, there is something about WhatsApp that weaves […]