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Learn it now so you can be ready for the next one… if there is a next one. (Nah, there will be.) The eyes of the world have been on the USA’s election, and it hasn’t been the easiest thing to understand. For starters, it isn’t like you vote either Democrat or Republican, and whoever…

It’s fair to say that, on the whole, humans aren’t amazing for the environment. We tend to cause a lot of damage with our international jet-setting, overfishing of the oceans and whatnot. So it’s interesting to see what will happen to this planet of ours as a result of a global pandemic. Here are some…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. Notorious Golden State Killer sentenced Four decades of fear and uncertainty have finally come to an end after the Golden State Killer, identified in 2018 as ex-police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, was sentenced to life without the possibility for parole. Originally thought to be separate…

How the Western Australian model is reshaping Australia’s fashion landscape, one pose at a time. Getting scouted on Instagram is the ultimate dream of all of us who look amazing and work well with filters, so it’s nice to see that dream come true for someone like Nathan McGuire. Master of brooding poses and that…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. Australia’s border wars have heated up It looked like we were all going to start getting on with each other again for a minute there, but some sudden spikes in coronavirus cases turned our nation into a series of battlegrounds. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. https://t.co/ZjzQfVhTwZ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020 Trump gets tough on Twitter Look, it miiiiiight be because his favourite social media hangout dared to fact-check his tweets, the US President has decided to rain down hammer blows on the little blue bird we…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. The Pentagon admits there’s weird stuff in the sky While we’ve all been distracted by whatever’s going on inside our own homes, the Pentagon quietly let us all know that there are UFOs out there and they have no idea what they are (wellllll, the…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. We tried to ignore it… But COVID-19 is still here after all this time, stinking up the mix. There’s plenty of misinformation around, especially from older family members on Facebook who are posting from their toilet-paper forts, so it’s difficult to know what we should…

This week held national ‘Close The Gap’ day, and it’s so important in these times more than ever. We need to be mindful in these times and keep calm and remember the bigger picture. Indigenous people still have massive health issue and as this crisis gets bigger and bigger, it’s becoming a worry on my…

Miiesha is a young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist that needs your attention right now! She’s from central Queensland and she is killing it at the moment with having just dropped an absolute banger of a song, Twisting Words. Miiesha first caught my attention about late last year when I heard her song “Drowning”….

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. Smoke haze affected our sporting heroes Even the fittest people in the world aren’t immune to the effects of smoke on the lung, as we saw during the Australian Open – when, thanks to the bushfires burning across Australia, the air quality in Melbourne was…

7 – 11 December, 2020 Apply to join us on the 2020 Wingara Mura – Bunga Barrabugu Summer Program! Spend five days at the University of Sydney on a residential program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 9-11. This program will give you the chance to experience uni life, explore world-class facilities…

Our monthly wrap-up of what’s been happening in the world. What happens to celebrity reputations when they die? Spend any time on Twitter recently and you’ll see the war brewing over the latest huge name to die before his time: Kobe Bryant. Leaving aside the question of whether having great hand-eye coordination should be enough…

Each year Yabun is such a culturally rich experience, and this year was no exception! Every single time that I head out to Yabun I’m always filled with mixed emotions; excitement to see the acts, performances and dances, anxious to see the mob that I have been missing, and sadness because this is a festival…

Here’s some inspo if you’re looking to get on the list. There are many fields in which you can make your mark: art, music, politics, fashion, being really good at Mario Kart… Here are some young people currently crushing all opposition in their quest to be the GOAT. At least until they age out of…

Language has always been a battleground. We’re still fighting. Historically, one of the most powerful weapons invaders and subjugators have used against the people they’re enslaving or dominating is to deny them their native language. Sometimes this has meant separating people from the same tribe or group, so they can’t communicate with anyone around them….

You mean literally? It stands for National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Just in case you thought there was a person or people named Naidoc. Actually, if you want to know the history, here’s an official story. The committee began in 1938, when around 100 Aboriginal people came together for the first Day of…

And is “celebrate” the right word here? Anzac Day is special. It’s a day of remembrance for the sacrifices of the past, of the young people who gave their lives in service to the nation. It’s more accurate to say we commemorate Anzac Day, which is the anniversary of a group of Australian and New…

Modify a few habits to do your part. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming, that there’s no point separating your recycling if multinational corporations are going to continue attacking the planet. But that’s what the baddies want you to think. Especially the baddies who want to shrug and say there’s nothing we can do. Here are…

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