Category: Opinion
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Your version of the Bali Paradise is sold to you with an eye-gasm
Your ‘For You Page’ is not only your seller, but your life manager now. It tells you where to go, what to do, and how to interact. Doomscrolling has not only become a thoughtless dopamine-inducing hobby but my most reliable dopamine hit. Lately, though, the algorithm has lost its grip on me. My dear…
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“Don’t go to uni” – a current university student’s take on why Australian universities are in crisis
“Don’t go to university next year.” What was Jenna Price, a columnist at the Sydney Morning Herald said. On the surface, it sounds like poor advice in our current knowledge-based economy. How else to move up the sky-high career ladder without this rite of passage? Yet in 2026, this sentence reflects a growing worry among…
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The Concession Curse is here to stay
It’s 9AM. You spot a mob of transport officers waiting at High Street as you get off the light rail. You lower your gaze and continue walking. Unfortunately, you’re short-sighted and miss the one standing by the university entrance. “Your Opal card, Miss”? Too late. You’ve been cherry-picked from the crowd. With universities reopening for…
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Find your Match in this year’s SRC Election
It’s that time of year when walking down University Mall demands a fevered assessment of the best escape plan: if a student politician tries to apprehend you, how are you getting away? You’ll almost miss the light rail as eager faces orbit you, hands outstretched with pamphlets, overwrought confidence, and big ideas. Nevermind that some…
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Will a socialist party be the change Australia desperately needs?
This is an opinion piece by Parijat Barua. Any opinions expressed in this article are hers and hers alone, and not representative of the views of any groups she is associated with. If you’re not up to date with the current political state of Australia, recently the 2025 elections took place where the Labor party…
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The Privileged Runner
How participation in the sport is more than a matter of physical fitness I first took up running in primary school. I can recall the kindergarten race which gave me the short-lived notion that I might be good at this: my then-bully tried to wrangle me to the ground so I couldn’t claim first place…