Students Protest Major Cuts
The leaders of the ‘UWA Has Major Issues’ campaign ran a stall during common lunch hour today to raise awareness about the Arts Faculty’s proposed rescission of its Gender Studies,…
Can the real Paul Johnson please stand up
Just who is our Vice Chancellor, exactly? “I’m not sure that anyone would ever say administration is the endgame. No one wants to end their days sitting in meetings.” UWA’s…
The Consensus on Lomborg
Pelican speaks to the charismatic Copenhagener about his new role at UWA Interview by Kat Gillespie The announcement that UWA will use a $4 million federal grant to build an…
The Potato Expose: The Truth Behind Australia’s Most Regulated Vegetable
The Yukon Gold. The Austrian Crescent. The Irish Lumber and the Bintje. These are outlawed potatoes, just a few of the many varieties that are people are forbidden to grow…
Skeletons in the Closet
When I left home, and my disposable income became my not-so-disposable income, the first thing I gave up was fashion. For someone who’d grown up on a diet of Country…
Save Australia’s Most Venerable Institutions
You may not yet know it, reader, but we are under attack. From whom? By what? And how? These seemingly pertinent questions lapse into irrelevancy when we consider two points:…
Criminalising Peaceful Protest
A new anti-protest bill currently being debated in the Western Australian Legislative Council is starting to create a bit of a furore, due largely to its vague language and the…
Guide to Left Politics on Campus
LABOR LEFT: Born-to-rule elites that thought ALP stood for Another Liberal Party. Have hacks and spies in every Club and Society on campus. Possible ASIO conspiracy UNIONIST: Thought United Voice…
The Problem With Guild Politics
University students are an opinionated bunch. It’s a trait we celebrate and defend vehemently. The question of whether UWA’s Student Guild should be politically impartial, however, is as gnarly as…
Protesting With Icelandic Black Magic
How to So you want to make your local Liberal MP’s life just that little bit harder. Don’t we all? But with firebombing their office or throwing caltrops on their…