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Being a student during COVID-19
There is absolutely no denying the fact that university and TAFE students across Australia have been doing it tough over the past 7 weeks of social distancing…
Continuing the fight for climate action
Climate change will “completely reshape global, national and local politics.” We must agree with ALP Federal President Wayne Swan’s August 2019 assertion and grapple with the fact that we will be…
My Experience with the TWU
Everyone in my family has been longstanding union members, and I understood the immense value they hold. Despite this, before my internship at the NSW Branch of the Transport Workers’ Union and…
What Now? Rebuilding in the wake of COVID-19
It seemed just a few days ago, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was announcing his first economic stimulus package in response to COVID-19, and the country was on the brink of heading into lockdown…
“You’re cordially invited…”
During the 2019 federal election, door knocking the streets of St Mary’s, my local Labor candidate and I were insistent that our campaign flyers were not “junk mail” but rather “an invitation to participate...