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Tag: politics
New PM kicks off Reconciliation Week with strong message
Anthony Albanese sparked hope and joy among Indigenous Australians with his first press conference as Prime Minister.
COVID: A Chinese-Australian perspective
Cumberland councillor Kun Huang discusses the Government’s handling of the pandemic, his experiences as an Asian-Australian politician and also Australia-China relations.
Another Aussie on the Endangered List
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef World Heritage listing is currently splashed across the international press for all the wrong reasons.
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 […]
Your guide to understanding key budget phrases
By Hannah Dunlop Budget lingo can be hard to understand, especially as we can often feel disconnected to the world of finance and financial management. But listening to the radio, scrolling through social media and reading news articles can still mean we are confronted with phrases that feel way too financial. Below are some ones […]
Don’t blame Millennials for Donald Trump
RESEARCHED AND PRESENTED BY BRENDAN TANG, DIVANEEL TIBDIXIOUS, JACK CLIFTON and LAURA SMITH He has seemingly done more to put the world offside than get it behind him, but Fuckface von Clownstick has been elected as the next President of the United States. While Millennials were very vocal in their opposition toward Trump, it would appear early […]
Video: ‘The people are the power’
Presenter: Yvette Jurd; Producer: Mert Blakanli Featured image: Protesters at Sydney’s March in May. Photo: Jerry Dohnal/CC/flickr
March in May: Budget ‘a disgrace’
‘We live in a country that can afford to take care of everyone.’ Protesters at March in May. STORY AND PHOTOS BY KIAN HALL The rumbling hum of protest fills the air as people gather in Belmore Park, Sydney CBD, for the March in May. People, young and old gather to show their anger, […]
Opinion: Rewording the asylum debate
BY MATTHEW WATTS Nobody wants to see asylum seekers drowning at sea, that’s a given, but that isn’t the whole issue by a long shot. There is a lot of debate around asylum seeker policy in Australia, in particular the ‘turn back the boats’ policy and offshore processing both inspire heated argument from both sides […]