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From refugee to A-league footballer

From refugee to A-league footballer

The success story of The Western Sydney Wanderers is the epitome of the new, indefatigable spirit that defines the Western Sydney region today. Bianca Exall spoke to one of the team’s professional players, WSU student Abraham Majok. Born in 1998 in the Kakuma refugee...

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How a Blacktown kid is taking on Australian cricket

How a Blacktown kid is taking on Australian cricket

Born and raised in Blacktown, in the Western suburbs of Sydney, 19-year-old Ryan Hadley has set his stance in the Australian cricket scene. Ryan Hadley was not always the six foot six upcoming superstar Australian fast bowler that people know him as today. With only...

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Free to Be: Marching with Pride with Western Sydney University

(A group photo with the Mardi Gras float, captured before the march. Photo by Liana Keo, 2025.)   As someone born, raised, and now studying in Western Sydney, I never expected us to be the longest-running tertiary institution to be marching in Mardi Gras. The...

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I once stumbled upon a photograph called Lower Paradise Valley taken in 1925 by American landscape photographer Ansel Adams when reading one of my favorite books called ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag.    The innocence of the landscape, the purity of the light...

In Defence of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

For most people around the world, 2025 is a normal year. For all Australians, it’s something else: it’s a federal election year. This year will decide Australia's direction for the education system over the next three years.  ABC News journalist, Jacob Greber,...