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The Brisbane Metro has many things: a whimsical theme tune. A hefty price tag. A cooler cousin. What it does not have, I’ve personally discovered, is a reliably pleasant, accessible experience. In my younger and more innocent days upon the first rollout of the Metro last year, when I (an ambulatory wheelchair user) still had […]
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1. Tony Abbott eats a raw onion (2015) One can only assume Abbott’s intrusive thoughts won. In 2015, he bit into a whole raw onion that appeared unpeeled, the way one may bite into an apple. Mr Abbott appeared unaffected by its taste, appreciatively nodding as he chews. Very strange behaviour. 2. Scomo tackles child […]
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If you’re a UQ student, chances are you’ve heard whispers of the Nephilim, a cryptid-like creature that lives in the secret tunnels underneath the Great Court. The earliest recorded mention of the Nephilim in modern times comes from a post on the r/Brisbane subreddit, titled “Nephilim Under St Lucia” by user Watt073, dated two years […]
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I hope this experience can serve as a lesson to some of you who participated, and – of course – I hope that you all find what you’re looking for.
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Help. I am a landlord leasing out to 5 students in the St Lucia area. I didn’t realise when I rented to them they would be complaining so much. I advertised this house initially as a five bedroom house because it also has a basement. This was on the advice of another landlord friend of […]
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d soft drink company Lemon and Paeroa have announced today their planned expansion into the Australian hard drink market, and yours truly was invited to their headquarters to sample some of the new drinks soon to be available in their cabinet.
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Many of you would have noticed a strange trend occurring on various social media platforms in the last few days, which involves the use of emoji 🅿️. Whether you’ve seen this on a group chat, tweets or Instagram meme page comment sections, the new P meme is taking up a storm.
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I was filthy shit at coding, and I soon regretted my enrolment. Having failed my first assignment, I decided it would be best to drop the course before suffering academic penalty. Months remained, in the summer semester, and my parents were convinced I was still enrolled; each day I would get out of bed later, go to uni later, and come back home later. Guilt built up inside me.
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The Sempaaa editorial team is proud to announce its support for the proposed principalities of UQ’s St Lucia and satellite campuses.
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Semper Floreat is currently looking at an $18k underspend. Drinks anyone?
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