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COVIDSafe, public health or political point scoring?

Tom RobinsonApril 30, 2020

Scott Morrison’s COVID-19 response has been one of the hidden failures of the pandemic. But what about the low case numbers? Aren’t we doing well? Yes, we ar...

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Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Louise MiolinApril 29, 2020

It’s Saturday night, 9.30pm. There’s a notification on my phone: ‘Today, 22.45:PER-->DOH-->LCA.’ When I enthusiastically set this reminder some months ago...

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Book Recommendations from the Grok Team

Emma RubenApril 28, 2020

It’s week four of isolation, you’re not sure when was the last time you changed out of your pyjamas, all the days are blurring into one and you’re definitely th...

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Young people hit hardest by COVID: Where to go for support

Tom RobinsonApril 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered serious economic consequences and new stats from the Australian Bureau of Statistics are showing young people carry the heav...

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How to be a More Active Feminist

Ella WakemanApril 19, 2020

Feminism, undoubtedly, has come a long way in recent years. What was once considered an unconventional and widely despised attack on tradition is starting to – ...

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Managing your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Caitlin GavaApril 18, 2020

While not everyone will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, everyone does need to take care of their mental health. There will be events in everyone'...

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The Guild’s Equity officers response to self-isolation and COVID-19

Maria Cristina De VicenteApril 15, 2020

One of the things for which our campus is often praised is its sense of community. During this time of social isolation, it can seem as though this community is...

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FROM ASHES: A Charity Zine that Burns Strong.

Paige SpenceApril 9, 2020

Although it may now seem like a distant memory, it was mere months ago that Australia was facing a different crisis to the pandemic of today. A crisis that stol...

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The Impractical Improbability of Becoming a (Successful) Author

Meera JackaApril 4, 2020

I have been studying on a tertiary level for one and a half years now, yet this short time span has already done an incredible job at crushing my dreams of beco...

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10 Academic Staff from Curtin’s School of Public Health made Redundant

Talya HammondApril 3, 2020

10 academic staff from Curtin University’s Centre for Public Health were made redundant in January 2020. Student’s said that they had received two communicat...

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