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Recognition, reconciliation and voice: ‘Unfinished, uncompleted, unfulfilled’

By Olivia Cleal

News

White Bay Power Station’s Two-Phased Renaissance

Sydney’s new cultural venue remains a work-in-progress as plans for the creative powerhouse unfold. White Bay Power Station is a celebrated addition to Sydney’s cultural life, but site-upgrades and transport challenges mean it won’t be...

Creative Nonfiction

Synecdoche Beirut-Sydney

Beirut 1992 Light drizzle taps the blue-eyed girl on the shoulder. With a gleam in her eye and nervous flutter in her chest, she clutches...

Sydney Writers’ Festival: Alisa Sapova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind on 5km From the Frontline

Ukrainian journalist Alisa Sapova and British photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind knew instantly they would be friends. “Our creative kinship happened by chance,” Taylor-Lind says. “It’s a...

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Commentary

Trump’s Misuse of ‘Socialism’: A strategy built on fear and misunderstanding

During a heated televised debate in September 2024, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being a "Marxist" in their first head-to-head encounter. "She's a Marxist. Everybody knows she's a Marxist....

Podcasts

Minority Report

Minority Report delves into the challenges facing American democracy post-2024 election, especially its ever-concentrating dominant powers, exploring pivotal moments, systemic flaws, and transformative possibilities through expert interviews and insightful analysis.   Ting-Jen Kuo · USSC2602 Podcast -...

Ghost Bride

Sirius and the Moon

Letters Never Sent

Cat Talk

Videos

Unification

Unification is a short documentary that follows the journey of Soulxpress, the University of Sydney Street Dance Society, as they prepare for and compete in an inter-university street dance battle. 

Culture

Review: Seventeen, Seymour Centre

Walking into WildThingProduction’s Seventeen at the Seymour Centre, we were instantly taken back to high school. The stage had been covered in AstroTurf. There was a broken swing-set, a graffitied table and even a...