Australia’s war against IS
Words by Rowan Taylor
Tony Abbott has committed Australia to war. On the 14th of September, our Prime Minister announced that 600 military and air...
Tackling stigma in sport
Words by Raelee Lancaster
Before the Waratahs played the Highlanders at Allianz Stadium on the 6th of July, Macquarie University took on (and lost to)...
World Congress of Families comes to Australia
Words by Kira Henderson
Offering their 400 guests sessions on topics such as, “the Impact on children of legalising ‘Same Sex Marriage’”, “Economic and Social...
NSW in green heaven
Words by Emma Vlatko
NSW looks to be one step closer to legalising medical marijuana. The Government announced on the 16th of September that they...
Macquarie University takes MUPRA to Court
Words by Emma Vlatko
Macquarie University has taken seven of its postgraduate students to the Supreme Court.
The University claims that the students, who are all...
Reimagining the mummification process
Words by Ben Nour
In what has been considered by scholars worldwide as groundbreaking work, Dr Jana Jones, a Macquarie University Research Fellow, and her...
Captain’s Call: Tony Abbott’s Paid Parental Leave Scheme
WORDS by Anna Glen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s controversial $5.5 billion Paid Parental Leave Scheme (PPLS) has been put on the backburner, with the legislation...
The question of pre-natal tests for Down syndrome
Words by Amelia van der Rijt
We all remember the story of baby Gammy, born with Down syndrome to a surrogate mother and then allegedly...
Q&A with Luke Dubber from Hermitude
WORDS | Sharmaine Spencer
Sharmaine: Tell us something unique about yourself as a musical group? And how did Hermitude get started?
Luke Dubber: Well, we...
An interview with the 2014 Bruce Allen Prize winner
WORDS | Ravini Abeysekara
Indigenous student Sophia Kobacker, enrolled in Bachelor of Arts – Media, was awarded the Bruce Allen Prize in...
Features
Diving off the Fertility Cliff
Words || Eleanor Taylor
What is common knowledge about fertility now?
If you have a uterus,...
Perfect, Pretty and Poised: The Hidden yet Visible World of the...
Words || Aylish Dowsett
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Attractiveness is...
Preach Nasty
Words || Anonymous
Let me chronicle my experience as a woman for you.
I grew up...
Exploring the Artifice of Influencers
Words || Shinae Taylor
“Is this caption okay?”
It’s the summer of 2017 and I’m sitting...
The Balancing Act of a Brown Feminist
Words ||Sara Choudhry
Almost anyone who calls themselves a feminist in the year of Miss Rona 2020 is familiar...
