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11/12/2024

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02/09/2024

International students have emerged as the new victims of Sydney’s worsening rental crisis, with UNSW’s Arc legal and advocacy team receiving increasing numbers of complaints about young tenants being exploited by unscrupulous landlords.

Reporting by Pia Lenarduzzi.

Read the full story here: https://gamamari.com/arc-legal-on-how-to-avoid-rental-scams/

26/08/2024

“In the aftermath of the Taliban reoccupation, there was a steep decline in human rights, especially for women and girls, and the question we must force ourselves to ask is what drives the Taliban to prevent women from participating in society?”

Sabrine Nasri observes.

Read the article at the link in bio

23/08/2024

16/06/2024

With the advent of a newly re-named publication, some people might be asking, what ever happened to Tharunka?

Richard finds out.

On a stroll through campus, I passed by a stand holding copies of Tharunka. They were sitting there modestly, half taken. A spiderweb had literally formed across them. No more are the days where copies of Tharunka are flying off the racks, causing a stir with university administrators and students.....

13/06/2024

Tharunka editor Richard Neville was praised as Australia's Literary Larrikin for his co-founding of countercultural touchstone, 'Oz Magazine'. But what was behind the larrikin?

George Raptis unravels.

For all the words written about the life of Richard Neville I cannot scroll past a black and white image of him in his youth. With a face framed by jet black bangs, Neville has one hand casually perched in his jean pocket, wearing a jacket whose collar is lined with various-sized buttons. What is

10/06/2024

Foundation Day was once a staple of UNSW life. A way for students to establish their own identity of the campus and to stick it to authority. But where did it go?

Emma Partis explores a bygone time of UNSW history.

Did you hear about the time that UNSW students kidnapped an alligator from Taronga Zoo in 1964, and stuffed it into a cricket bag to be later collected from Kensington campus for a ransom? Or how, in 1961, a team of 20 UNSW students broke a world record by pushing a scooter non-stop from Melbourne

06/06/2024

Looking back on her editorship in 1970, political activist and journalist Wendy Bacon discusses her experience as a Tharunka editor, and how it helped shape her views for the rest of her career.

Anh Noel speaks with Wendy Bacon.

By Anh Noel - When she first arrived on campus she was lost. On the day of our interview, a frantic phone call with Wendy Bacon dictated our first impressions of one another...

31/05/2024

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We are also taking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from current UNSW students to apply for the 5 NEW Editorial positions!

https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/publications/new-name-loading