Anticlimactic end to UQ Union’s last TOGA Party – Ever?
Mother Nature has intervened in UQU’s much-anticipated annual TOGA party, which was scheduled to take place today but has officially been cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The overnight rain, which has continued through the day, has rendered the party’s venue (The Great Court at UQ’s St Lucia campus) completely unusable. Speaking with the contractors […]
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Towards a Mentally Healthy University Community
Mental Health and Well-being play a significant role in students’ general welfare, academic performance, social life, future employment prospects, and risk of dropping out of university. Universities are critical in shaping a working environment that profoundly impacts the psychosocial risks and the general mental health and well-being of both staff and students. Indeed, the 1986 […]
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Cost of Living Crisis: Addressing Student Poverty needs to be a priority
To attend university, study and attend classes or to miss a class and that time you wanted to study to work a shift to earn some extra income to afford the incoming week’s rent or bill you need to pay – that is the reoccurring question that many students are now asking themselves because of […]
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How much should our groceries really cost?
It’s a real question that many are asking when the cost of living has seemingly escalated to levels that most young people (the majority of our readers) are now struggling to find the income to study full-time. A Senate inquiry into the Cost of Living was launched last December to address the current financial pressures […]
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The Last Straw: Why I’m a Sustainability Advocate Against Banning Plastic Straws
The sound of choking echoing down the hallway is becoming worryingly familiar in my household of late. There is a certain fear inducing factor to awaking at ungodly hours to the noise of a person you love, struggling for air. Adding to this fear is the knowledge that thousands of disabled individuals are now at […]
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Everyone’s struggling but not the man-in-the-middle
Here at UQ St Lucia, the daily grind of student life intersects with the necessity of grocery shopping. The proximity of major supermarket competitors like Coles and Woolies should theoretically drive down grocery prices for city dwellers. However, this stark fantasy tale is as fictitious as the salaries the big bosses of these organisations received […]
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Is There More to 90s Cinema Than Pulp Fiction?
For the first semester of 2024, the UQ Film Appreciation Society (UQFAS) will screen a selection of 1990s films. These include familiar favourites T2: Judgement Day (1991), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), and Fight Club (1999), alongside arthouse picks such as Trainspotting (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and The Thin Red Line (1998), and […]
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Lowering the age cap for graduate visas will be catastrophic to Australian Research
Recap: In early December last year, the Federal Government released its 99-page Migration Strategy to address temporary skills shortages and close ‘loopholes’ in the existing migration system. The key themes of this package include better protection for the worker’s rights of temporary migrants and a renewed focus on permanent migrants to meet Australia’s workforce needs. […]
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Dutton’s Woolworths Boycott Backlash
The Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, is facing immense backlash for advocating people to boycott Woolworths for no longer stocking Australia Day merchandise. This backlash comes after a Woolworth store in Teneriffe was found vandalised with “5 days 26 Jan Aussie Oi Oi Woolies fuck u” spray painted on its exterior, as reported by […]
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111 years later, the University of Queensland Union will soon become incorporated.
On the 15th of December, the outgoing 2023 UQU executive team uploaded a press release onto the UQU website. It read: ‘Notice of Successful Referendum: Proposal to Incorporate the University of Queensland Union’. Well, it seems at least one referendum passed in 2023. Satire aside, the media release explains the reason for incorporating, revealing how […]
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