Journalism & Radio work by students at Ultimo TAFE
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 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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Courtney Cavanough and Fatera Ahmed Australia’s horrific bushfires have reportedly killed more than 5000 koalas. The fires have caused a great decline in koala numbers, as land clearing, urban development and dry land conditions continue contributing to koala deaths every day. NSW’s koala population has declined by between 30 and 67 per cent since […]
As the World Health Organisation declares COIVD-19 a pandemic, the Australian government is preparing a variety of biosecurity measures in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus domestically. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has raised concerns over the mandated two-week isolation period for individuals confirmed or suspected to have contracted […]
By Maxx Bradford-Lester @doublexonair Lizards, what a life they live. They scurry through stones, Gnaw on bug bones And disguise themselves as media figures in an effort to rule the human race. Oh, lizards! To common folk their small lives may seem insignificant, but as a reptile representor myself I’d like to shine some light […]
By Maddy Turner Look, sometimes life can become overwhelming, so we turn to social media for escape and distraction. This can (more often than not) make us feel worse about ourselves – I mean, it’s basically full of people making themselves look near-perfect with Facetune, Photoshop – heck, most people purely show themselves with a […]