I can’t remember the first time I got drunk. With an ethnic family like mine, I can’t remember a time when alcohol was not a part of my life – a gentle thrum in the background of social situations, putting me at ease. But I do know that by the …

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird used his first days in the top job to make several changes to the Cabinet in what could be seen as a move to distance himself from former premier Barry O’Farrell and strengthen his team ahead of next year’s state election. With Mr O’Farrell …

Representatives from the Overseas Students Association were removed from campus this month, in the latest in what appears to be an attempted revival of the discredited organisation. While on campus, the representatives told international students that the OSA and their “legislative branch”, the National Liaison Committee, could assist student with …

It was that classic awkward situation that you always worry will happen when you send an email about someone else: You accidentally send that email to the very person it is about. Only this time, the email, from the CFO of Monash University, cast the Group of Eight Universities, including …

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has called on current Prime Minister Tony Abbott to sever all military ties with the US, warning we would be paying dearly in the event that the waning superpower goes to war with China. According to Fraser, the benefit of our alliance with the United …

For most people, public speaking is up there with Death on the list of things we fear. It is also pretty safe to say that any type of improvised public speaking is even more likely to produce beads of sweat on anyone’s brow. Not Susie Youssef. After spending the last …