“Heckling, Infighting, and a Whole Lot of SAlt”: Dylan Thomas on NatCon 2021
You’re in luck – I’ve decided to sit through three days of heckling and infighting.
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Opinion: University and TAFE the targets of Federal Budget
The federal budget handed down in May was full of many glaring failures. Including no investment in renewable energy, but instead money being poured into hydrogen production hubs (which themselves are not green if they are not powered by renewable energy) and developing ‘low’ emissions technology. The irony being, what the purpose is of tackling […]
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Opinion: Lift the blockade
Starting on the 11th of July this year, Cuba has been rocked by protests, either for or against the government. Those demanding change are concerned about the shortages of food and medicine, exacerbated by the catastrophic affects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country. As a country that relies heavily on tourist dollars to keep […]
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Opinion: OnlyFans is good for the economy, when done right
Over the last few years, OnlyFans has provided innovators in the sex work industry a new way for them to create a brand for themselves and reap the rewards that come with that. But when the company announced that they would no longer be allowing content creators to post sexually explicit material on the platform […]
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Why the Environment Collective is protesting Andrew Liveris
By Oula Shihan and Laura Nolan On August 5th, UQ will be hosting a panel with Will.I.Am and Andrew Liveris in a conversation about ‘How global business cooperation drives innovation’. Before we even consider why a celebrity is involved in such an event, let’s look at who Adrew Liveris is and his connections to UQ. […]
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Napalm, will.i.am, and UQ, the future is now
On August 5 The University of Queensland will be holding an event that will see American rapper will.i.am speak to UQ Alumn and former chairman of Dow, Andrew Liveris, discuss ‘how global business cooperation drives innovation’. The university appears to be targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as well as members of the UQ […]
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Space and Place: the Embodied University
This was a talk, to UQ’s Academic Board, by Graeme Orr of the Law School By population, UQ St Lucia is the 10th largest community in Queensland. It would be even higher up that ladder if we measured by density. Yet what kind of community is UQ, in a physical sense of space and place? […]
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Coercive Control
Content Warning: intimate relationship violence. Have you ever felt that someone you know – someone you love, even – has lingered cruelly in a space that should have been your own? The psychological violence of it might have confused you. After all, governmentalities have long dictated, forcibly, which of our actions are to be understood […]
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The Boa Constrictor Tightens Its Grip: UQ’s War on Students
Today, the Courier Mail is reporting on The University of Queensland’s plans to demolish the historic student union complex and Schonell Theatre for a new airport-style “commuter lounge” with a towel service. This farce is almost worth laughing at, but it ultimately forms the basis for the most violent attack on student unionism and free […]
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UQ: Perpetuating the Period Stigma
Recently, deprived of my sanity whilst cramming for mid-semester exams, I found myself in the Lawbry bathroom. There I sat, my eyes wandering to a sticker on the door in front of me; ‘bins are for the disposal of feminine hygiene items only.’ At first (perhaps I’ll blame my temporary stress-induced insanity), I accepted it […]
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