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Recognition, reconciliation and voice: 'Unfinished, uncompleted, unfulfilled'

by Olivia Cleal

News

Taiwan divided over Gaza

What protesters and the organisers of the Harbour Bridge Protest hoped the world would see seems to have taken root. A Taiwanese pro-Palestinian activist with a background in sociology (who asked not to be named)...

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

Everything, Always

Doing everything means something always gives. Everything, Always follows the overlapping stories of three university students: Amelia, Jack and Jules, as they navigate the pressure of doing it all, often with the all-consuming feeling that...

Die Die Singlish

Whale Song

In Chains of Steam

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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...

Culture

Chemical Reactions: Northern Lights at the City Recital Hall

Musical chemistry is difficult to explain in words. It is a mysterious communication between two players that is felt only in the music itself. Musica Viva’s Northern Lights at the City Recital Hall certainly...