By Penelope Webster I often find it difficult to become truly invested in reading certain novels. If the themes, topics or style of writing disinterests me I’ll barely reach halfway, close its pages and never pick it up again. However, never have I felt so perplexed and discomforted by the recounts of a young, Nigerian, […]
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By Akanksha Singh With 100 of 140 climate scientists made redundant by CSIRO after budget cuts, and more CSIRO and NCCARF funds axed under the 2017 federal budget, it seems Australia’s climate scientists are in hot water (pun fully intended). The 2017 Australian Climate Science Capability Review by the Australian Academy of Science concluded that […]
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By Akanksha Singh This is it. This is the end. Livy, the house, Mammy’s old Bible— everything’s gone. Every. Damned. Thing. I’ve never hated God or myself as much as I do now. Sheriff Walker puts a hand on my shoulder. He’s got that look in his eyes, the one that says ‘poor bastard.’ […]
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Stephanie Samios from UQ QPSA giving blood If you haven’t heard, there is a current shortage of O-negative blood, but why is this important? Because O-negative blood is known as the “universal” blood type, which can be transfused to almost any patient in need, but only 9 percent of the population has it. In […]
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Cub Sport Brisbane’s love child and alt-pop quartet Cub Sport is releasing their highly anticipated second album, bats, which will be released on the 22nd of September. This album is a beautiful mixture of a deeply personal but heart-wrenching gospel & RnB-inspired pop tune. “In 2015 I went on a writing trip to LA and London – it […]
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