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So the Marriage Equality debate is well and truly underway and we have seen some rather unexpected (read: highly expected) turn of events. But here we are about to spend $122 million but I would like to think about some of the other things we could have spent it on. Yes, this is overkill but […]
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For thousands of years, our world’s climate has continuously and dramatically changing. Geological records indicate fluctuations in global temperatures and extreme weather patterns to be normal; however, as society advances and technology evolves, greenhouse gases increase resulting in global temperatures rising at increasingly alarming rates. Not only does this impact the survival of humans, our […]
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Ah youth, I feel you slipping away. 25 is most definitely the end of youth. Much more so than 21, or the devastatingly youthful 18. 25 is when your brain stops developing, the last burst of the development of the pre-frontal cortex is over. You are now who you are going to be for the […]
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If you’re a thrill seeker like me and are up for a bit of a challenge, then volcano chasing is just what the doctor ordered. Recently I had the opportunity to trek the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, said to be one of the world’s greatest active volcanoes. This trek took me on a 19.4km journey, 8 […]
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Fortitude Valley is Brisbane’s cesspool of music, clubs, bars, and drunken bad life choices, and essentially it will start to overflow during the 5th to the 8th of September this year because we have the wonderful Bigsound Festival. Bigsound festival is one of the biggest festivals to hit Brisbane’s own Fortitude Valley, and highlights the […]
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Stuck between a river and a city centre, is a little nook many of you will learn to love. Now, most people who have been to Brisbane have heard of it and everyone has a different opinion. But in one week of living in West End, you can experience a lot. In my first week, […]
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As much as I want to brag about that I knew how to use a cassette before ‘13 reasons why’. I evidently have Netflix, Stan, Spotify, Apple music, the lot and I probably spend a little too much time using them. We can all see that these services have dramatically changed the music and film […]
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Habitat destruction, disease, and development are just a few daily threats faced by the koala, one of Australia’s most iconic marsupials. These threats have contributed to one of the severest population declines on record, largely impacting Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, is an endemic species found mainly in patchy […]
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This article was written on hold to Centrelink by a person with mental health issues, not a mental health professional. Take it with a grain of salt. Before the process begins First, breathe. Deep breaths into your tummy, you know, the ones your therapist taught you to do when you feel anxiety coming on. Remind […]
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In the very different and distant world outside the world of UQ, things have been afoot. I know, I am shocked that there is a world outside UQ too! But I recently ventured to this strange place called “the Griffith University” for a panel hosted by the Griffith SRC. The panel consisted of Milton Dick […]
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