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Imagining Extinction

Imagining Extinction

Imagine.   You and your family are, for some reason, one of a kind. Maybe you can fly, maybe you have 8 arms, maybe you’re made of a precious material.   You’re special. Unique.  Your purpose is to exist, to continue your species.   There’s 3 members of your entire...

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Author Bruce Wolpe on Trump’s Australia

Author Bruce Wolpe on Trump’s Australia

The U.S. presidency has been a social media spectacle for nearly a decade. This coming election is like a story out of the sitcom Veep and featuring a villain from Scooby Doo. At the Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival on November 3rd, 2024, Bruce Wolpe, author of the...

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Solo dates are underrated

Solo dates are underrated

Image caption - Pictures taken by Anya Wikramanayake, edited by Nadine Mendis using Canva.com Have you ever caught yourself cramped up in your room after a day of studying or coming home after a long shift and catching yourself scrolling through Instagram stories of...

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Four Ways to Go Past the Past

Four Ways to Go Past the Past

Image caption: Nadine Mendis. Background - Adobe Firefly, Girl – Canva.com  Traumatic and distressing experiences from our past can weigh us down. We all have a past – some memories are happy, whilst other memories may be sad and may haunt us. You may have heard the...

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Western Alum Annie McCann on her Author Journey

  Annie McCann is a published author and a Western Sydney University alum. As an Indonesian-Australian Muslim emcee and writer, she is deeply passionate about diverse voices.    ‘My Harimau King’  McCann’s debut Middle-Grade novel, published by Melby Rose...

Indigenous Sovereignty: Welcome to Country Explained

  On the 31st of August 2025 NITV’s Bronte Charles and Yasmine Alwakal reported a ‘brutal, terrifying and traumatising’ Neo Nazi attack at Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty.  The peaceful protest with a smoking ceremony on sacred land turned into a violent, hate...

War Here and There, Conflict Slowly Turning into a Genocide

The proxy war being waged in Sudan has reached a new level of urgency that demands the world’s attention. Reports by Al Jazeera indicate mass-civilian killings have taken place, leaving 1,500 dead, with bodies spotted on satellite images.   In 2023, clashes between...

How to Survive Your Student Placements (Without Losing Your Mind)?

University placements can feel like a marathon you never signed up for. Between managing coursework, part-time jobs, and personal responsibilities, adding hundreds of unpaid hours to your schedule can feel almost impossible. I just finished my 600-hour social work...

From Cyberattacks to Staff Cuts, what’s next, Western?

This year has been big for Western, not all for the right reasons. From cyberattacks and job cuts, to conversations about international students, the University community is growing increasingly concerned.    Personal Information in jeopardy:   On the 23rd of October...