Opinion: Should guild election candidates have to declare political affiliations?
The principal-agent problem—in political science and economics—occurs when a person or an entity (the agent) makes decisions/acts on...
Politics & Economics
Hong Kong, in distress
For months the world has been watching Hong Kong as its citizens fight back against mainland China. Protests...
New party throws shade at Guild activism
It’s that time of the year again: Guild elections. Soon the walkways of Curtin campus will be crammed...
‘The Map to Paradise’: a collection of sea tales
With the current state of our environment and the news circulating the world, we all must know, to...
How to safely consume news media: advice for advocates
From the end of 2017 to mid-2018, I was assisting politicians in campaigning for Aboriginal rights and ecological...
Stan Grant’s ‘The Australian Dream’: Essential viewing for all Australians
The Australian Dream shares the heartbreaking experiences of Adam Goodes and other iconic Indigenous footballers who, throughout their...
University climate walk-out in Perth met with large police presence
Last Friday, university students from campuses around Perth made it to the University Climate Walk-Out. It was a...
Guardian Australia’s Melissa Davey on the Pell trial, her new book and the power of journalism.
Starting out as a student-writer, Melissa Davey, who is now Chief of Guardian Australia’s Melbourne Bureau, has been...
Director Stephen Amis on the making of ‘Defend, Conserve, Protect’: a Sea Shepherd battle against the Japanese whaling fleet
Sea Shepherd is an international direct-action ocean conservation movement fighting to protect all marine creatures and habitat destruction...
Vegemite: the history of the salty spread that divides the nation
Last month Vegemite celebrated yet another birthday, and it got me thinking about the history of this divisive...
