From her inspirations to scholarships to her proudest moments of 2024, upcoming indie pop musician Lottie McLeod covered it all. Best known for her debut song ‘Happy Birthday’ and for being Triple J’s 2023 ‘Unearthed’ Feature Artist, McLeod has been rising to stardom...
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...
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2024 was Blak, Loud and Proud: Keep the Fire Burning. At Western Sydney University’s (WSU) Parramatta South Campus the Yarramundi Lectures explored the importance of the Indigenous community at Western Sydney University (WSU). The Yarramundi...
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...
(Credit: Sam te Kiefte | Unsplash) In Fiji, “The Burning West” is a term used by many when referring to the western side of the island and its warmer areas and, in Australia, particularly during the recent summers in Western Sydney, that title is particularly...
Interest rate hikes have long been a central monetary policy tool wielded by central banks to regulate economic activity and maintain stability. While these adjustments may seem impartial, a closer examination reveals that interest rate hikes can have a discriminatory...
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,...
Trigger warning: This article contains mention of suicide statistics. Many uni students who have weathered and beaten the two-and-a-half-year COVID blues now face an equally hard struggle in 2023 that leaves dwindling sums in their bank accounts. This new challenge...
Western Sydney University has had a smoke-free campus since 2014, but vaping has still been an issue of misconduct. This confusion is primarily related to the different environments that vaping creates compared to smoking. We can smell smoke and tobacco with...
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in one of Australia’s immigration detention centres? The recently published graphic novel ’Still Alive’ is the first of its kind to offer a glimpse into the daily experiences of refugees in detention centres. Graphic...
Ah, the life of an international student in Australia. Between classes, assignments, and learning to pronounce “Straya” like a local, we’re also juggling jobs to keep those rent payments and weekend avocado toasts coming. Enter the infamous 48-hour work limit, a rule...
Singer-songwriter, Suki Waterhouse, released her sophomore album, 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin', on September 13th, 2024, with the title inspired by the Australian “sparklemuffin” spider, which dances for its partner (or gets eaten). "God, it feels good to find someone...
W’SUP interviews ‘Made in the West’ ahead of its online Mega Movie Marathon event, starting 10th December 2024. Misty McPhail, ‘Made in the West’ CREATIVE, tells us what to expect when viewing these wonderful films online. W’SUP: What is the ‘Made in the West’ film...
On the 26th of November 2024, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) announced they no longer classify music and art as a therapy support. The NDIA is a statutory agency within the Australian government that provides services to people with a variety of...
You heard it all in part one - get ready for part two! In part one of W’SUP’s exclusive, W’SUP editor Eugenia Kourkoutas and W’SUP Director Natasa Aster-Stater interview Lottie McLeod on her rise to fame, the inspiration behind her latest singles, and her reflections...