Meet the ticket: REVIVE
Mystified by what REVIVE stands for? Hear from them directly in Pelican's "meet the ticket" series.
Welcome to election season
The yearly ritual of Guild elections has begun. The next thirteen days will decide who sits on the 112th Guild Council and directs the Guild’s policy and resources for the…
NUS reform: Is momentum building?
The National Union of Students is intended to be the national advocacy body for student unions like UWA’s Guild, bringing together each university’s student union to form a single body…
The STAR fades: long-dominant Guild group fields no candidates, withdraws
The release of candidate lists for the upcoming Guild election confirms the demise of what was the foundation of UWA student politics: STAR is no more.
The inaccessible reality of the national Education Conference
For the first time in 10 years, the NUS held its annual Education Conference in Perth. Being hosted by our neighbours at Curtin University, several members of the UWA Student…
Skim? Full cream? Or Caecilian? Meet the worm-like amphibian that produces milk
How do you like your coffee? Oat milk latte? Skinny cap? Lactose free? Full cream? Or maybe something a bit more exotic. Milk production has long been considered a uniquely…
Good artists copy, Kate artists teal: an interview with Kate Chaney MP
Kate Chaney is nearing two years as Member for Curtin in the House of Representatives. Her victory in the 2022 election broke a 24-year Liberal hold on the seat. I…
The fantasy of love
By Rachele Preto This piece first appeared as a featured article in volume 95, issue three of Pelican. You can view our print archive here. Love is Blind is a…
Lights, camera, budget! How Giles Chan produced his debut indie film Jellyfish
Perth certainly isn’t Hollywood, but it does have an appetite for independent films. Take Taylor Broadley’s Stubbornly Here (2024), currently at Revelation Film Festival, and Alexander Lorian’s Good for Nothing…
The Royal Australian Navy’s Surface Fleet Review: Why it matters
In late February, the long-awaited Independent Analysis into Navy's Surface Combatant Fleet (the Surface Fleet Review) was released. Although the full report is classified, we can glean considerable material from…