The ‘New American Empire’
By Rose Cunningham and Avery Benbow Macedonian, Roman, Mongol, Persian, Aztec, British, and Spanish. For as long as can be remembered,...
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To Gap or Not to Gap
By Jessica Ingham A guide to the millions of possibilities post-high school, based on real-life case studies of Year 12 students. Whether...
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Theatre’s Place in Politics: Does It Exist and How?
By Rose Cunningham Theatre and politics are two passions of mine, though recently, I’ve begun to notice a blurred line forming between...
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Most Ridiculous Laws Around The World!
By Elizabeth Ie, Elizabeth Eade, and Brooke Kilmurray Keeping on the theme of justice, here is a compilation of 12 different laws around...
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May 296 min read
Beyond the Hype... is Fast Fashion Really Worth It?
By Ainsley Benbow When I was younger, if I was ever walking around the Macquarie shops with my family, I would see these superior and...
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May 294 min read
Pages Under Scrutiny: A Deep Dive into Book Banning Down Under
By Josephine Egan and Lauren Meaney Book banning has existed throughout our country's entire history, to varying degrees. Many books have...
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May 294 min read
Beyond the Battlefield: Questing for Prolonged Peace
By Katrina Bolger & Isabelle Barnden The Essence of Peace Is peace more than the absence of war? In essence, yes. Peace is an ambiguous...
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May 295 min read
Basic Social Theory on Extremism
By Rose Cunningham (Please note that this article is based on my research and understanding of base socio-political theory, and contains...
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Mar 244 min read
Deep Dive into K-Pop
By My Nguyen K-pop, aka Korean pop, is a rising music genre that has been growing in popularity over the last few years thanks to popular...
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Mar 246 min read
A Century Through Music
By Rosemary O’Brien Throughout all of human history, there has been music. Songs and pieces of music express the innermost thoughts and...
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My Chemical Romance: A Guide to Join the Marching Band
By Camila De La Cruz, Avery Benbow, and Zoe Huang Wikipedia describes My Chemical Romance as, “an American rock band from Newark, New...
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Reevaluating the NYE Fireworks in Sydney
By Lauren Meaney The most important part of New Year’s celebrations are the fireworks, and living in Sydney, we are home to what are...
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Oct 30, 20235 min read
Horrors of Dystopian Literature
By Josephine Egan The worlds of The Hunger Games, Divergent, 1984 and other books alike are similar in one manner, they follow a...
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Oct 29, 20232 min read
The 2016 Killer Clowns
By Olivia Sukari We all remember the killer clown craze of 2016, and some of us even spotted one ourselves, but how did this ‘trend’...
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Sep 10, 20234 min read
Understanding The Voice: What are people voting ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to?
By Olivia Daly and Grace Sukari If you’ve read the news lately, I’m 100 per cent certain you would’ve stumbled across the term ‘The...
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May 30, 20233 min read
The Corruption of Protest
By Inara Hossain Merriam-Webster defines protest as the act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval, usually an organised public...
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May 30, 20232 min read
On Anti-Protest Laws in Australia
By Betty Wolkenstein In recent years, in response to the increase in activist groups and protest movements, the Australian Government has...
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Nov 27, 20224 min read
The energy crisis debunked. Why the ‘mid-summer heat’ is burning Australian household pockets
A political report on the real reasons why energy bills are rising. Written by Tahlia Moses The temperatures this summer won’t be the...
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Nov 26, 20225 min read
Mid-Summer Heatwave of Chaos! The Rise of the Right in Europe this summer.
By Grace Sukari and Tahlia Moses Giorgia Meloni (left) and Marine Le Pen (right) The United Kingdom’s once narrative of permanence has...
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Sep 14, 20223 min read
The True Legacy of the Italian Renaissance
Amy Saad The 14th-17th centuries in Italy were characterised by the revival of Greco-Roman classical literature and philosophy, as well...
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Jun 1, 20223 min read
The Le - Keneally election showdown, whose side are you on?
Tahlia Moses This year's election has seen the highest number of women in parliament and greater diversity compared to previous years....
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Jun 1, 20222 min read
Labor’s in! …What’s next?
Emma Frank As I am writing this, Labor has practically won the election. Well, not technically, but Scomo has stepped down, Anthony...
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Misconceptions about Diversity
Avery Benbow Diversity means having variety. It can be applied in many situations, however, it is commonly used to refer to involving...
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How much does this feminist icon truly slay?
Chiara Prinsloo and Feronia Ding 1. Julia Gillard Pros: Queen, liberal feminist icon, first female PM, sexism misogyny speech Cons: Weird...
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Mar 23, 20224 min read
Grace Tame; The Controversial Feminist of this Era
Elina Banerji Behave. Smile for the camera. Good girls don't make their real emotions evident. These are the norms, the tropes, the...
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Nov 30, 20214 min read
Should I still give money to charity?
Emma Frank I know what you’re thinking, what an obvious question. And yes! You should give money to charity if you can. Article done. But...
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Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Great Clown Panic of 2016
Emma Frank Ok, so why were there killer clowns in 2016? I’m sure “The Great Clown Panic of 2016” was something we all can remember, even...
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May 27, 20217 min read
Venezuela in crisis: a Loreto staff member's experience
By Erin Longney Venezuela is currently experiencing a humanitarian crisis. In recent years, the country has been rocked by severe food...
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May 26, 20214 min read
What Biden did will SHOCK you
By Alessia Anderson As I thought about a topic related to justice for my article, one of the first things that came to mind was America...
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May 26, 20213 min read
Patriarchy in Evolution
By Elina Banerji and Anika Banerji Here in Australia, the mere idea of gender inequality in society doesn’t seem to exist. Under the...
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May 25, 20215 min read
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: depicting policing in the media
By Emma Frank “Copaganda” is when media is centred around policing, ultimately glamourising or sympathising with the profession. It can...
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Mar 4, 20212 min read
The Great-Grandmother Fighting Riot Police in the Name of Democracy
By Charlotte Hartmann At 74 years old, Nina Baginskaya is not your average great-grandparent. Hailing from Belarus, Eastern Europe,...
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Mar 4, 20213 min read
Malala Yousafzai
By Mia Khoudair Malala Yousufzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan on the 12th of July 1997. She loved school as her father ran and taught an...
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
She’s Price(d)less
By Zara How to eliminate the gender pay gap We’ve all heard the classic “gender pay gap” thrown around endlessly – the causes of...
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Mar 3, 20212 min read
Mary McLeod Bethune – Empowerment Through Action
By Saadia Enait Mary McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875–May 18, 1955) Mary McLeod Bethune was a significant woman of colour who we still...
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Mar 3, 20213 min read
The Achievements and Triumphs of Amelia Earhart
By Inara Hossain “My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the...
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Mar 3, 20213 min read
Fe-MEN-ism; a woman’s greatest ally
By Sally Kearins and Anna Garnsey Want to know what Harry Styles, Chris Hemsworth and Steph Curry all have in common – and no, it’s not...
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Claudette Colvin: The 15-Year-Old Overlooked through History
By Amy Saad Claudette Colvin is a woman who has been overlooked by history, most people don’t even know her name. Few people know her...
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Aug 2, 20205 min read
Is Democracy Always Good?
By Gian Ellis-Gannell Editor in Chief Much debate on the effectiveness of democratic government has arisen in recent weeks given the...
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Styles of Leadership and their effectiveness in a crisis
By Molly Haymen Many different leaders, from prime ministers to CEOs, approach their positions of leadership with different styles. An...
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Aug 2, 20203 min read
Scott Morrison: A Leader in Crisis
By Madeline Playford “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote...
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Aug 2, 20204 min read
America’s Future: An overview of Kanye’s presidential campaign
By Ciara Hartnett On the Fourth of July 2020, former rapper ‘billionaire’ turned fashion designer, Kanye West, addressed speculation for...
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Why Jacinda Ardern sets the precedent for politicians around the world
By Amy Saad Jacinda Ardern upholds valuable characteristics which make her such a great leader. These key values include her ongoing...
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Jul 28, 20202 min read
Outcast to Protest Symbol: Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker
By Isobel Chambers Like the rest of the world, I went to see ‘Joker’ when it was in theatres in 2019. Back in an unfathomable...
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Jul 27, 20203 min read
We are Witnessing the Rise and Fall of Nations
By Nicola Rakuljic We are witnessing the rise and fall of nations. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a great deal about the...
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May 22, 20202 min read
Questionable Comments made by Donald Trump During This Time of Crisis
By Inara Hossain The United States of America currently have the highest number of deaths from, and confirmed cases of, COVID-19, with...
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May 21, 20202 min read
What Can We Learn from Past Change?
By Isobel Chambers I’ve never heard the word ‘unprecedented’ used more than in the past three months. There’s no doubt that we don’t...
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The World's Response
By Nikie Yang As we all know, COVID-19 is making a world tour. At the time of writing this, in Australia there are over 4000 confirmed...
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Coronavirus V Spanish Flu 1919
By Alessia Anderson It’s a grim comparison. As the COVID-19 contraction rate exponentially increases, some are drawing parallels between...
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How the ‘Avo Toast’ generation is influencing socio-political culture
By Isobel Chambers As a united front, Millennials and generation z’s have brought light to movements and topical issues that in turn,...
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