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Rudolf interviewed Jess Stone for our February Issue to ask her about her experience as a youth advocate. You can keep up with her work on Instagram at @occa.youth. RUDOLF – What do you do and what organisations are you a part of? JESS – Well, I do quite a bit, so it’s always quite […]
Continue ReadingEvery year, the UQ Union hosts the Clubbies Awards. This is a special night dedicated to the over 220 clubs and societies at UQ, and all of their achievements throughout the year. The awards recognise excellence not only for the clubs themselves, but also for their events and executive team members. For the clubs and societies article in the 2026 February Edition of Semper, we reached out to […]
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On Wednesday 3rd of September, just over a year since the last one, the UQ Union held a Student General Meeting (SGM), for students to vote on the following businesses: Doors opened just after 5 pm, and students were required to register and show their ID before entry. Bags also weren’t allowed in the room. […]
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In two months, the genocide in Gaza will mark its two-year anniversary. Two years of schools, hospitals, shelters and breadlines being bombed. Two years of starvation and displacement. Two years of Gaza being razed. Israel has shown no signs of stopping, with Netanyahu intending to totally occupy the Gaza Strip. Thanks to the complicity of […]
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Asalam Alaikum everyone, may peace be upon you all today. My name is Shahzaib Farhan. I’m a member of BDS Youth Meanjin, and I stand here today as a student, a witness, and a human being grieving a genocide. Since October 2023, we’ve watched Israel’s colonial legacy subject Palestinian’s to an active genocide, a project […]
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Content warning: This piece includes mentions of ableism and derogatory terms for disabled people. If you’ve been involved with the UQ Union at all, you may have heard of the UQU Disability Collective. As stated on the Union’s website, the collective is a branch of the union, ‘concerned with the advocacy, support and social connectedness […]
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Whether you’ve just started at UQ or you’re a continuing student looking for ideas, I’ve got you. Starting at UQ as an autistic/neurodivergent student is pretty difficult – while it’s started to improve in recent years, the path is still cloudy and a lot of the help available is hidden behind hours of research. Now […]
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After 21 months, bombs still rain on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Mothers are forced to scrounge up flour from the dirt to feed their children, as the entire Gazan population has been systematically starved, and has reached critical risk of famine. Schools, hospitals, and homes have been reduced to rubble and dust. […]
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Semper Floreat was invited to attend the screening of the Oscar-winning documentary on May 12th ‘No Other Land’ held by the Towards International Medical Equity Club (TIME). Following the screening of the film, a Q&A session took place with Dr Bushra Othman and Dr Ahmad Abou Sweid. Dr Bushra had risked their life to volunteer […]
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As a wildlife biology student, I find that often the best learning of the natural world may be found not in books or classrooms, but with the wildlife one wishes to study. I formerly documented the wildlife of Victoria and Malaysia whenever I returned on expeditions. Now in a master’s degree, I find myself relocated […]
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