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Recognition, reconciliation and voice: ‘Unfinished, uncompleted, unfulfilled’

By Olivia Cleal

News

Fair Fare fight continues to drive change

International students struggling to pay 50 per cent more than domestic students for public transport are dodging fares and risking big fines. More students at the University of Sydney (USYD) are not tapping their opal...

Creative Nonfiction

Synecdoche Beirut-Sydney

Beirut 1992 Light drizzle taps the blue-eyed girl on the shoulder. With a gleam in her eye and nervous flutter in her chest, she clutches...

Sydney Writers’ Festival: Alisa Sapova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind on 5km From the Frontline

Ukrainian journalist Alisa Sapova and British photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind knew instantly they would be friends. “Our creative kinship happened by chance,” Taylor-Lind says. “It’s a...

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Commentary

Trump’s Misuse of ‘Socialism’: A strategy built on fear and misunderstanding

During a heated televised debate in September 2024, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being a "Marxist" in their first head-to-head encounter. "She's a Marxist. Everybody knows she's a Marxist....

Podcasts

Minority Report

Minority Report delves into the challenges facing American democracy post-2024 election, especially its ever-concentrating dominant powers, exploring pivotal moments, systemic flaws, and transformative possibilities through expert interviews and insightful analysis.   Ting-Jen Kuo · USSC2602 Podcast -...

Ghost Bride

Sirius and the Moon

Letters Never Sent

Cat Talk

Videos

Unification

Unification is a short documentary that follows the journey of Soulxpress, the University of Sydney Street Dance Society, as they prepare for and compete in an inter-university street dance battle. 

Culture

SUAnime Brings Wuthering Waves Celebration to USYD Campus

Game lovers, cosplayers and visitors joined Sydney University Anime Society for a Wuthering Waves game-themed event celebrating its first anniversary at The Refectory on June 1. Chinese company Kuro Games released Wuthering Waves, an open-world...