Category: Features
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The Delicate Unthreading Of Misogyny From Sri Lankan Politics
By Brianne Perera Introduction: As the first woman in the world to be appointed to be at the head of her government, Sri Lanka’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike was representative of the arrival of a powerful female voice in international politics in 1960. Although many powerful female politicians, such as Bandaranaike, have emerged from South Asia, the […]
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Black Squares Matter: Why Your Friend’s Tweet Might Have a Place in the Movement
By Sunaina Salagame I never thought I would see my old school teacher and Kendall Jenner posting the same thing on Instagram, until both of them – and 49.4 million other people – posted about Black Lives Matter, demanding justice after George Floyd’s murder. A barrage of black tiles and hashtags proliferated across the internet […]
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Are We Really The Lucky Nation? Australia’s COVID-19 Economy Compared With Developed Countries
By Noha Tsor Australia’s 28 years of uninterrupted economic growth prior to 2020 has led to us being dubbed the “lucky” nation. But more recently, it seems that Australia’s out-performance of every other developed nation besides South Korea, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is less a result of luck so as much as […]
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The Recent Student Election Scandal Shows Us Why the Humanities are Needed More Than Ever
By Arleen Wilcox The exposé of a controversial UNSW Council candidate has given students lots to talk about this past fortnight. Both inside and outside the UNSW Discussion Group, where the initial revealing posts were made, the UNSW student community erupted in debate, both for and against the candidate. (In case you’re not up to […]
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Bigger Democracy is Better – The Case for Kids
By Chris Shaw Modern democracy is built on universal suffrage. The word democracy translates as “the strength of the people” (Greek: demos – “people,” kratos – “strength”). But what it means for suffrage to be universal has changed significantly over time. Universal suffrage, as it was then known, swept across the western world in the […]
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How Did An Alleged Sexual Predator Get Appointed to the High Court?
By Danielle Pedersen CW: Sexual harassment, child sexual abuse On June 22, the High Court of Australia made a statement that an independent inquiry found that former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six female judges’ associates from 2003 to 2013. Heydon served on the bench between 2003 and 2013 and was appointed by […]