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Combatting youth suicide rates for Indigenous Australians with “LOVE and HOPE” campaign

Luisa MitchellNovember 27, 2018

Last week the 2nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference, and the 2018 World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, beg...

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Why we love Western Australia’s “Difficult Women”: In conversation with WA Women’s Hall of Fame

Luisa MitchellNovember 25, 2018

On Wednesday, the 2019 WA Women’s Hall of Fame (WAWHOF) nominations were launched at Parliament House. The event was created in 2011 on International Women’...

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The Proud economy: Benefits of inclusion

Jay AndersonNovember 23, 2018

Perth’s economy will be stimulated this weekend thanks to the Pride Parade and corresponding events. The Parade will bring thousands of patrons into Northb...

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A few reasons why sex ed. (done right) is important

Max VosNovember 20, 2018

Today is Universal Children’s Day, and the International Raelian Movement (IRM) (a religious UFO organisation of all things) is organising the fourth Internat...

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From classrooms to careers: Girls in STEM

Amber WeirNovember 13, 2018

A recent study led by Rose O’Dea, a University of New South Wales PhD student, analysed the grades of 1.6 million students in science, technology, engineerin...

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‘Q&A’ offers no redemption for former Prime Minister

Amber WeirNovember 9, 2018

Earlier this week, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took centre-table on ABC’s #QandA. This was his first interview since the leadership spill, so I ...

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Social reinvestment reducing the world’s highest Indigenous incarceration rates

Talya HammondNovember 5, 2018

Aboriginal people have been overrepresented in the incarceration system since the confederation; as old as the state itself. Remnants of Australia’s colonial ...

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The White Australia policy: Decades or days ago?

Emma RubenOctober 25, 2018

The White Australia policy feels like it was centuries and centuries ago. And in the minds of many Australians, it was. Ending in the same year as the Vietnam W...

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A few takeaways from this year’s Australian Ally Conference

Max VosOctober 1, 2018

This year, the Australian Ally Conference was held at Curtin University, and I had the privilege of listening to some incredible speakers. As someone who belong...

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Balancing the budget: Beyond the politics

Amber WeirSeptember 30, 2018

Four months ago, during the May budget, the Coalition government announced that the 2018 financial year deficit was expected to be just over $18 billion, a si...

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