Article written by Ruby Ritchie | Edited by Nataša Aster-Stater In recent news, the federal government announced that students undergoing teaching, nursing, and social work placements may be eligible for weekly payments by July 2025. The government calculated...
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SRC President wants guns on campus: what do students think?
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Blak and white thinking: What is my place in the 2023 referendum?
Invasion Day 2020, Melbourne || Photos by Johan Mouchet via Pexels “Questions of identity thus run far deeper than skin colour. And that identity crisis is not born out of a lack of love from Blackfullas. It is a product of proximity to whiteness” – Chelsea Watego,...
Statue of former SRC president proposed, students say: “I don’t know who that is.”
DISCLAIMER: The motion proposed by the Student Representative mentioned below is true. However, the following content is entirely fictional and exaggerated for comedic effect. Enjoy the humorous nature of the article and understand that any resemblance to real...
Vote with care: a guide to the Voice to Parliament referendum
In the past few years, you may have read news about the Uluru Statement and, more recently, the proposed Voice to Parliament referendum. Questions may pop up like ‘What even is a referendum, what is the Voice to Parliament, and what do I need to vote about?’...
SRC welcomes president with a keen focus on student facilities
Western Sydney University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) have announced their newly elected president. Rameez Parkar, previously the SRC’s ethnocultural representative, announced his electoral victory through a LinkedIn post on Thursday 7th, July. The...
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Read Part 1: the Writing here. Award-winning writer and WestWords Creative Producer Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel ‘Swallow’ will be released in November 2025, after she announced in May that WestWords Books acquired publishing rights. From Creative to...
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