Issue 91.9

ISSUE 91.9

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Welcome Welcome Thank you for supporting On Dit. This would not be possible without you.

Editors Kathers Anderson Louise Jackson Sebastian Andrew Sienna Sulicich

Cover Art SHan Shareef

Graphic Design Sienna Sulicich Lily Baxter Shan Shareef

Art Sienna Sulicich Shan Shareef

Contributors and Sub-Editors Asirah Abdul Kadir Lily Baxter Arantza Garcia Mercury Green El Hall Alyssa Harding Ella Hunter Peter Jackson Emily Kelsall Xenon Lane Georgia Pyromallis Katherine Queen Allan Riley Devanshi Shah Shan Shareef Hugh Signoriello Briana Symonds-Manne T Charlotte Whincup Skye Xie Billy Z

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Always was. Always will be.

We want to acknowledge that the University of Adelaide’s On Dit is written and created upon Kaurna land.

The Kaurna People are the traditional custodians of the Greater Adelaide Plains and their culture, knowledge, and spiritual connections continue to run deeply within this Country. We acknowledge that the University of Adelaide is a place of learning attended by First Nations People from around the continent and, like Kaurna, their land and sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our deepest respects to the Elders of the past, present, and emerging.

Always was. Always will be.

Contents Editorial

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Youx report

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Editors’ Picks

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Sustainabilidit

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LRC

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Vox pop

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History Corner

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Unapologetically confident: why does my happiness as a fat person upset you?

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1984 Review

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a milennials understanding of zoomer language

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Past lives review

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how aukus is shaping our education

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William taylor aec interview

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I watched the riverdale series finale so you don’t have to

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membership fees, what are they good for?

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pessimist comics*

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Beer politics: the history and the revival

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‘stop the boats’, from abbott to sunak

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the election tribunal

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the reading room

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parliament: A first nations voice bonnie and Clyde put architecture into words the Arguments for a uni merger simply do not stack up

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the art of the possible team

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Ways ai may automate and enhance our workforce

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Akhapost: Eyes to meet you

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sen’s big quiz

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EDITORIAL

Content warning: mental health, cancer, extreme burnout

Dear readers,

The Cambridge English Dictionary defines burnout as ‘the state of having no energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard’. It is a state that Kathers and I are only too familiar with. As we approach the end of the semester, and our terms as Editors, we thought we’d take you on a cautionary trip down burnout lane.

With only a brief stint of actual burnout at the end of last semester, I’ve been on the brink of it since I stepped off an international flight in February, and then covered my first SRC meeting six hours later. Doing too many different things, and being the person in charge for all of them does not a relaxed brainspace make. I feel like I’ve been on the backfoot all year. My other curse of a blessing is how flexible my week is, making me the person most able to drop everything and solve a problem. A set schedule would probably help my stress levels… Though, dear Kathers brings burnout to a whole ‘nother level!

Oh man. I’ve suffered from burnout before many a time - but never to this extent. I had gone into this year thinking ‘Yeah, I’ve left each year of uni more tired than the last, but surely this time I won’t have the difficulties of COVID, having a family member with cancer, breaking a bone, or any of the plethora of issues that have plagued my uni career (it’s been a lot)’. And sure, I haven’t had those issues this year. Instead, my entire family’s mental health has entered a breaking point, alongside the unexpected workload and all the issues that have come along with being an Editor of On Dit this year.

This time, the burnout has been severe. I have taken a Leave of Absence from uni, and am now trying to reteach myself how to do things during the day, moving slowly from one or two things, to three or four, and so on. These things include the menial, such as showering, brushing teeth, or even eating. Do you have any advice on how to manage burnout, Lou? My key to managing burnout is to just keep going! Which goes against all sane mental health advice (can you tell I don’t have a therapist).

Someday I will crash and burn and it will be #epic.

Speaking more realistically, reading is currently my main escape. I’ve not had the time or brain capacity for any of my standard crafty hobbies this year, but I’ve read more than I have since early high school. Sitting down when I have half a day off and speeding through a book has been my lifeline. No planning, no stress, no responsibility except turning the page. What’s been your escapism Kathers?

My escapism has purely been reading trash, and playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate. And lying in bed. Lots of lying in bed. I’ve managed to join some online communities around the game, which has kept me sane during my inability to leave the house. So please, if you’re overloaded and starting to struggle, get some help.

Take some time for yourself. It’s a long way back up when you crash and burn to the bottom of the pit.

With all the love and consideration left in our burnt-out hearts,

Louise and Kathers

Need extra support?

Counselling Support University of Adelaide T: +61 8 8313 Lifeline T: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue T: 1300 22 4636

YouX Report

Dear students, Welcome back from the mid-semester break!

YouX has been hard at work over the last few months, improving your student experience.

Clubs In the Clubs realm, YouX is delighted to announce that we have successfully advocated for a one off increase of $40,000 to our grants budget. This is to be used by the end of the year for club events designed to enrich campus culture, particularly large events or events achieved through collaboration between clubs.

By the time this article is published, the successful clubs will have already been notified so if you’re a club member, go forth and enjoy the bigger and better campus culture that YouX is bringing you. If you’re not yet, have a look at the list of our fantastic clubs and join some: https://youx.org.au/interests/clubs/clubindex/ YouX will be seeking that this funding be continued in future years so that even more people can reap the benefits of a larger Clubs’ budget.

Clubs culture is an integral part of campus culture, which YouX is dedicated to restoring and enhancing as we emerge from Covid isolationism. The more resources that clubs have to run events, the bigger and better those events will be, and the greater our capacity to engage 10 more students.

Food Relief YouX remains committed to easing the cost of living pressure for students, particularly as it relates to food insecurity. That’s why we investigated, and are continuing to work towards, an expansion of our free Breakfast Club program to 5 days.

In the interim, we are funding a $4000 free food giveaway service on Mondays, from week 10 and continuing next year so that you can start your day right with nutritious snacks such as muesli bars and fruit cups.

In addition to this exciting expansion of student services, we have also successfully advocated for an additional $6,000 to our existing Breakfast Club program, offered by Student Care. This program is a great initiative which is popular among our students. For more information about it, please visit: https://youx. org.au/support/studentcare/financialwelfare/ breakfast-club/

Increased Critical Needs Funding As well as all the above, YouX has also managed to secure a $25,000 increase to Student Care’s ‘critical needs’ grant which is used to support students who are struggling financially. YouX takes immense pride in supporting students of all circumstances through their time at University, and this remains a core priority of YouX for the future.

Event Recap Over the last few months, YouX has run a plethora of events on campus. Some highlights include: Midwinter BBQ (Over 1,000 students came, petted animals, ate churros and basked in the sunshine) Bi-Annual Victor Harbor Trip (a partnership with YouX and International Student Support) Karaoke & Queens (a high energy collaboration between YouX, the Pride Club and the Karaoke Club) Native Food Market (native ingredient-based food sampled – Quandong Ice Cream always popular!)

Xpedition at the Adelaide Zoo (one of our exclusive members only events)

Governance Transparency With great pleasure, I announce that the Board has also passed the ‘In Camera Policy’, which will increase transparency on the Board by limiting the number of items that the Board discusses during confidential meetings. This means that students will have greater insight and capacity to hold the Board accountable for its decisions.

This change is a particularly dear one to me personally, having long advocated for increased transparency of documents and more public discussion of items of business from the Board.

Elections YouX has also recently held its annual elections for student representative positions next year. I congratulate all elected candidates and hope that they continue to advocate for quality services, constructive representation of student issues to the University, and a strengthening of campus culture.

If you have any questions, please reach out. We are always here to help.

Felix Eldridge

YouX Vice President

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Editors' Edito rs' Picks Picks If you thought cartoons were just for kids, you’d be sorely mistaken… We’ve narrowed down the best of the best, across a variety of genres, for your viewing pleasure!

The amazing world of gumball - sen My favourite animated show changes A LOT, but my two favourites have consistently been The Amazing World of Gumball and Regular Show. There’s just something about Cartoon Network that really warms my childish soul.

Both shows toe the line between ridiculous and witty, devolving with every episode.

Maybe they just feed into my spits of mania, but I can’t ignore the giggly euphoria involved in snuggling up in bed and watching something just for the fun of it. Anddddd if it’s not mania… it’s got to be The PowerPuff Girls. It’s a tragic show, okay? You wouldn’t get it.

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ARCHER - seb So, apparently my choice is a red flag. Or as others might say, my taste in animated series is in the… danger zoneeeeeeeeee! For those not familiar, Archer is equal parts globetrotting spy thriller and office sitcom. Set in an ambiguous historical period, it follows the misadventures of the titular character, Sterling Archer - the world’s deadliest spy/womanising, functioning(?) alcoholic plagued by severe parental issues - and the rest of the spy agency’s staff, all inept, ruthless, and downright psychopathic in their own various ways. I will say, there’s really no character you should strongly want to identify with. But it’s not just the colourful cast, snappy (often mean-spirited) dialogue, and farcical scenarios that make this show great. The show makes use of a technique which I’ve come to admire: very often, scenes begin with a character replying to another’s completely unrelated statement/question uttered at the end of the previous scene. Additionally, the premise of following a U.S spy agency in the midst of the Cold War allows for a notedly leftist commentary on the contradictions and moral failings of U.S foreign policy. The characters defend oil pipelines and cosy up to dictators, but the audience (not to mention the characters themselves!) are well aware of how bad this is.

fav fav Animated Animated series series The maxx - kathers We’re going dark and old school here, back to a cartoon released in 1995. The Maxx is an MTV Oddities cartoon adaptation of the Image Comics story written by Sam Kieth. Maxx is a homeless man who lives in a box on the streets of a city rampant with crime, cared for only by his social worker, Julie Winters. However, in the world of Pangea, he prowls the Outback of Australia, ruled over by Julie, the Leopard Queen. Maxx protects Julie in both worlds from Mr Gone, a serial murderer and sexual assaulter obsessed with Julie. The animation style is the closest I’ve seen to a comic book, and the jazzy music sets the scenes perfectly. The worst thing about the series is the abrupt ending, cut short by MTV’s lack of plans to run a 2nd season, but the rest of it is worth the watch. A warning though: there are sexual and violent themes throughout the cartoon, so it’s not for everyone. As a teenager, this was the first time I’d seen the themes of reality, imaginary, and the blurring of the two, and as an adult, The Maxx still inspires my creative and academic work.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - lou SPOP is a show that means a hell of a lot to me. From the moment the first images of title character She-Ra dropped and stirred up massive controversy for ‘not being sexy enough’ (the character is a teenager…), I was hooked.

SPOP is the story of Adora, a Horde soldier at war with the evil, magical Princesses of Etheria. She discovers a sword in the forest that gives her the power to become the legendary She-Ra, and quickly learns that the Princesses aren’t actually evil. Adora joins Glimmer, Bow, and the Princesses in the fight against the Horde, leaving behind her best friend Catra. What follows is a surprisingly dark tale of unlearning indoctrination, and, most importantly, the power of friendship. SPOP also wins every gold star for the perfection of slowburn friends to enemies to lovers Catra and Adora. All the characters live as stickers on my laptop, Catradora were my phone wallpaper for a good three years, and the final season is some of the most exquisite television I’ve seen in my life. SPOP is worth every bit of the 22ish hours it’ll take you to watch it.

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SUSTAINABILI- DIT & Hearsay: A Ghanaian case study Georgia Pyromallis, SDG Hub Sustainability: a concept that people mostly associate with combating climate change, and in turn agriculture, the coal industry, and other notorious drivers of environmental degradation. But sustainable practice involves much more than acts like recycling and car-pooling.

Sustainability is relevant to every aspect of our lives.

This article sets out to relate sustainability to the topic of ‘hearsay’. It’s an abstract connection, but is the most effective way to prove this statement. To set the premise, let’s define hearsay as ‘a claim that cannot be substantiated with evidence’.

How is this connected to sustainability?

Where better to start than with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

The most relevant SDG for ‘hearsay’ is Goal #1: End Poverty in All Its Forms, Everywhere. Poverty encompasses the inaccessibility of shelter, clean food and water, education and safety, and is sadly something that many children are born into.

Ultimately, it is your family’s history that determines whether you will endure the challenges of poverty, and your potential to prosper beyond these hardships. Yet in Kumawu, Ghana, this very thing is subject to hearsay.

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Some statistics! 1) Of Ghana’s total resource consumption, the wealthiest 10% consume 32% while the poorest 10% contribute only 2%.

2) Gender inequality prevails. Women are half as likely to own land than men and only 6% of Ghana’s most wealthy people are women.

3) 33% of children within poorer families have never been to school, while this is only 5% for wealthier families.

Sustainability of wealth distribution, human rights, and economic stability is not at its finest for Kumawu. We see this particularly in the battle over land rights, as land ownership is the primary driver of wealth.

Over the past few decades, we have seen recurring court cases contesting land entitlements, whereby evidence is based on narratives of past events. But how reliable are these narratives? Such accounts can be of recent or ancient provenance and remain permissible despite being orally transmitted over generations, and we see wealthier Ghanaians exploit this. As we witness more polarisation in the form of poverty, shouldn’t this approach take upon reform?

In the 18 th century, the nature of claims to land were often informal. Unlike today’s pervasiveness of legally binding leases, land was often awarded on the basis of a distant ancestor’s victory in battle. Logically, the reliability of these statements should decline as time progresses, but this is not the case. Rather, the wealthy landowners will exert the power of status to retain ownership of land, even when their ancestors’ acquisition was of a trivial nature. We see this in a 1993 High Court case over land ownership which exemplifies the issues with sustaining poverty-reduction.

In the 1993 case, the defendant presented a witness whose testimony entailed a series of events occurring in the 18th century. Unsurprisingly, the plaintiff ’s objection stated that the testimony provides “nothing but hearsay.”

In this case, and many alike, the defendant would evade testimony by bringing forth a royal official to convince the bench that the hearing be delayed on the basis of some well-rehearsed excuse. With repetition, the prevailing pattern of refusing testimony follows with the judge recusing their subpoena and issuing their ruling, consequently enabling the defendant to bring new charges for an insufficiently informed ruling.

What does this tell us about Ghana? It tells us that high-status connections come with wealth, and that wealth comes with family money, which was derived from tails of the 18 th century. It tells us that the wealthy are capable of exerting power to an extent where Ghana’s poor citizens are pushed further toward poverty. This is the polarisation we see today. Yes, land ownership is just one aspect of wealth.

And yes, there are definitely instances where wealthy land-owners’ evidence of rightful entitlement are more than just hearsay. But where this is not true, what can be done to lift the victim families from beneath the poverty line?

Research suggests that Ghanaian poverty is heavily influenced by customary law, and as it stands, such laws are not favourable towards wealth distribution. As seen in the 1993 High Court case, customary law in land ownership effectively permits hearsay, which does not uphold SDG #1. If customary law is the source, it may be time to set new precedent particularly as Ghana experiences structural transformation (the shift from land ownership to financial assets as influencers of wealth).

This anticipation of legal reform is beyond my capabilities, so I will leave this to the students of economics, indigenous culture, and law. However, my background in sustainable development puts me in good stead to prove that sustainability can present itself in any and every area of life. In this case, the notion of ‘hearsay’ is not something you can instantly relate to sustainability, yet I challenged myself to do so. Likewise, I challenge you to select a random word or concept, and devise the relationship it has with sustainability.

References https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d1e4fff0-f38c456e-87337a6c2a80d82c/download_file?file_format=application%2Fpdf&safe_filename=Ghana%2BWealth%2 BDistribution%2BFinal%2BVersion.pdf&type_ of_work=Journal+article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0305750X97000399?via%3Dihub https://www.oxfam.org/en/ghana-extreme-inequality-numbers

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On October 14, Australians will vote in a historic referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the Constitution. Do you support a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ result?

socialist alternative: Written by El Hall

Written by William Pincombe

Socialist Alternative strongly support a Yes vote

The Greens Club absolutely calls for people to vote Yes for the Voice to Parliament. First Nations people deserve to have a say in policies that impact their lives.

The opposition to the Voice is extremely racist, arguing that it would bring about anti-white apartheid amongst other obscene claims. A win for the No campaign would embolden the Liberals and other sections of the right to push forward with further attacks on Indigenous people.

Top-down government policies have failed First Nations people with the most recent “Closing the Gap” report showing that the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is getting worse on many indicators.

That being said, the Voice itself will do little to seriously challenge anti-Indigenous racism, and Labor is no friend of Indigenous people, as demonstrated by racist law & order campaigns they’re running around the country.

Most egregiously, Queensland Labor is suspending their human rights act to lock up youth offenders in adult prisons, the majority of which are Indigenous children.

The fight for indigenous rights will require more than an advisory panel set up by the government. The wins of past struggles for Indigenous rights were the result of mass campaigns involving protests and strikes, and that’s what we’ll need to continue to challenge racism in the future.

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GREENS CLUB:

The idea of an elected First Nations advisory group is not new. Several have existed but have been weakened and removed by governments unhappy with their advice. Embedding the existence of a Voice in the Constitution protects it against any future racist governments.

The Voice will not solve problems instantaneously, but it is a step towards reconciliation and fairness. A No vote would represent the rejection of a very humble request from First Nations people and would be a massive setback for First Nations justice.

The government should fulfil their election promise and fully implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart: Voice, Treaty and Truth.

I know what you’re thinking. ‘One question? Seb, you forgot to send the other two questions!!’ Fear not - it was a conscious decision to have one, longer discussion. Australia faces an important question on October 14, so we put that question to our regularly featured political clubs with a one-time extended word count.

Liberal CLUB:

labor CLUB:

Written by Henry Southcott

Written by Steph Madigan

The Adelaide Uni Liberal Club supports the No result in the referendum, emphasising the importance of constitutional amendments.

We stress the importance of individuals forming educated opinions about the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. If you’re not certain about it, you shouldn’t vote Yes.

For over 100 years Indigenous Australians have called for a voice in decision-making processes that affect them. Politicians have spent billions on failed programs and broken policies to address gas which still exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. So they have made the reasonable request to be listened to and given a chance to propose their own solutions.

Importantly, a No vote does not signify opposition to future recognition or consultation efforts. It simply means you don’t wholeheartedly agree with the proposed amendment.

We acknowledge the significance of ongoing consultation on pertinent issues and addressing Indigenous disparities.

Previous consultation committees with Indigenous communities in Australia have a track record of failure, and constitutional inclusion would merely make a potentially unsuccessful Voice permanent. I would feel more comfortable voting for an enshrined voice once it has been tried, tested, and proven effective. Until then, I remain entirely unconvinced and will be casting my vote with a firm NO!

While there is no single view among Indigenous Australians, more than 80% support the proposal. Putting the Voice in the Constitution gives it the time, security, and independence to provide honest and meaningful advice. To the extent there are other Indigenous organisations working with the government, the Voice complements, not detracts, from their work.

The Voice is also supported by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In human rights law, equality and anti-discrimination means more than just treating people exactly the same. Indeed, this often perpetuates marginalisation because it doesn’t address structural discrimination, or recognise difference. Voting yes is an important step but only part of the equation – Truth and Treaty now!

Image Licensed under CC0 1.0 We the people. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

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1. Favourite quote/saying 2. Has the internet ruined dating?

3. Do you agree with personality tests like Myer Briggs? Why/not?

VOX VOX POP POP We asked two UofA students the most pressing questions. If you want to be featured in another issue, email us!

1. My favourite quote / saying would be “Family over everything, God over all” because it’s a motto that I live by and aligns with my values. Honourable mention would be “it is what it is” as it has taught me to not worry about the past and let it instead be a lesson.

2. I think in a general sense the internet has made dating more challenging. But ruined? I would disagree. If it wasn’t for the internet I would’ve never met my now long term partner and that’s why even amidst all of the internet’s ugliness, it can beautifully bring together two soulmates who wouldn’t have met otherwise.

3. I take things like the Myer Briggs test with a grain of salt as it only has 16 personality types when there are 7+ billion people in the world. If people really wanted to know about their personality, they could study cognitive functions for more accurate results. I also will add that people can change and so will their personalities slightly so that’s something to keep in mind.

Alicia.she/her

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B.Media(Journalism)

1. This group assignment will be the end of me (repeat every semester until the end of time) 2. Probably, the internet has ruined all IRL social interactions 3. No, I don’t think personality is a sum of boxes, it’s fluid and changes with time and influenced by experiences

Sally.she/her B.Health_&_Medical_Science

In the aftermath of the First World War, large numbers of veterans were settled in Western Australia and given agricultural land by the Australian Government.. The government encouraged these new farmers to produce wheat crops, despite falling prices and other effects of the Great Depression.

Then, in 1932, the emus descended.

It’s typical for emus to migrate from inland to the coastal regions during their breeding season. Some 20,000 emus found that the freshly cleared land, livestock water supplies, and plentiful crops made for a wonderful place to settle down. Upon settling, emus would ruin crops, and leave holes in fences which were in turn used by rabbits to wreak even more havoc.

Naturally, the veteran farmers sent a delegation to Sir George Pearce, the Minister of Defence and, drawing on their war knowledge, they requested machine guns. This was approved, on the condition the guns were used by active military personnel. The WA Government would pay for transport, farmers would provide room and board and pay for the ammunition, and the military would attempt to reduce the emu problem.

Emus, as it turns out, have a surprising affinity for battle. The birds would split into small groups to make themselves more difficult targets. Later in the first (yes – first) attempt, ‘war’ commander Major Meredith would note the emu groups appeared to each have adopted a leader – generally the biggest bird. This leader would act as a lookout, while the others would ravage crops. Their military tactics were compared to those of guerrilla fighters.

Casualties were estimated at anywhere between 50 and 500 emus, and zero humans (Meredith genuinely made note of this). The military gave up and withdrew after about a month.

A second attempt in summer proved far more successful. In a month, Meredith reported 986 dead, and an additional 2500 later succumbing to their wounds.

Farmers made requests for military assistance AGAIN in 1934, 1943, and 1948. They were turned down in favour of a bounty system (people were paid for any emus they killed).

The Emu War has come under repeated fire and ridicule in the last century. It’s suggested that the WA Government only engaged in the action to appear to be helping the veteran farmers.

Sending an official photographer to cover the war only added fuel to that fire.

Despite the casualty rate of the 1932 campaign, machine guns proved no match for the mighty emu.

References Johnson, M 2006, ‘“Feathered foes”: Soldier settlers and Western Australia’s “Emu War” of 1932’, Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 30, no. 88, pp. 147–157.

Louise Jackson

History Corner History Corner History Corner History Corner

The time we went to war with the emus (and lost)

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Unapologetically Confident: Why Does My Happiness As A Fat Person Upset You? TW: Fatphobia, mental health difficulties, mentions of eating disorders and trauma /s= sarcastic While doomscrolling through TikTok, I came across a discussion of fatphobia on my feed regarding the video creator Mary Fran (@itsmaryfran), a body positivity and PCOS advocate. She has repeatedly been the target of bullying and accusations of ‘glorifying obesity’ on her platform. As a fat person myself, I was sceptical and familiar with this rhetoric amongst fatphobic harassers online, that self-confident fat people (simply existing happily) are promoting unhealthy behaviours.

I’ve always been aware of how offended people are by my weight and appearance (and how devalued I am, especially in combination with being a woman. Amazing! /s). I’ve endured unsolicited comments from both peers and strangers, their words thinly veiled as concerns for my health and trivialised as ‘harmless advice’. Endless reminders of the obvious as if I’m not painfully aware of how I’m perceived.

I’ve always found it thought-provoking how accepted it is to ridicule fat people and how, compared to other forms of hate, weight bias isn’t taken as seriously because ‘Hey, I just think (like it’s my business to tell you) that you need to exercise more.’ I’ve had this conversation many times over, where people think that pressuring you into hating yourself so you alter your body is totally justified.

Mary Fran’s situation on TikTok hit a sore spot for me: how much more aggressive this hatred becomes when a fat person doesn’t absolutely loathe themselves. Mary is known amongst her TikTok audience as a beacon of empathy and comedy. However, this body positive attitude tends to piss off a lot of people. How dare fat people have confidence despite their state? How can this person be so likeable and have good self-esteem when they look like that? How can a person who doesn’t fit my standard of attractiveness be happy in life? Interestingly, the instigators of these internet harassment raids are frequently former fat people who pushed themselves to get fit in an attempt to be accepted by society (but still lack that desired self-esteem). They feel threatened by people that have Mary’s self-love and struggle with understanding why weight loss didn’t entirely change their life like everyone tells you it does.

We put far too much prioritisation on getting physically fit over being mentally well. I thoroughly believe that a lot of fat people are fat because of psychological barriers that aren’t simply broken through willpower to grind at the gym. It’s complex and often not taken as seriously in medicine and psychology as it should be. TikTok creator Sabrina (@madameking_x0)’s response to Mary’s harassment that ‘Being fat is traumatising’ resonates with many. The hate you receive from others, the damage to your mental health, the ignition of eating disorders, and the basis for your entire self-worth is impacted by this normalisation of fatphobia. Encouraging people to love themselves and educating others on positive attitudes is the way forward. Continuously fixating on appearances and trying to put fat people in their place (for being authentically confident in their own bodies!) cannot be the solution.

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Ella Hunter (they/she)

1984 Review

Kathers Anderson

Brought to you by the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild Student Society, Michael Gene Sullivan’s theatre adaptation of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ cannot be described as any less than a hit.

Orwell’s story of blossoming love struggling to survive in a warring authoritative country runs disturbingly parallel with modern life. Director Oswin Kwan’s Australian adaptation, and his detailing of the fictitious conflicts between Oceania and East Asia, hit hard, especially when one considers the current political strain between the West and China. It is only deepened by Kwan’s background of living in Hong Kong post-occupation, and the changes this brought to the region.

The audience witnessed an interrogation as Adam Bullmore (The Interrogator) paced behind their chairs, his voice projecting clearly throughout the room. “Be precise!” he yelled at Liam Warmeant (Winston Smith) as he slowly and tortuously pries the events prior to Warmeant’s arrest. The audience observed as four Party Members assisted Bullmore in their interrogation - but, placed as they are, who is to say the audience have not also been conscripted to the Party?

The raw anger and frustration brought to the stage by Ravij Paranavithana as Party Member #3, paralleled by Lily Watkins’ (Party Member #4) steadfastness creates a tension and humanises the Party Members. Henry Chipperfield and Veronika Wlodarczyk’s (Party Member #1 and Party Member #2) confusion during their recreation of Winson and Julia’s romance demonstrates a yearning for the innocence that has been lost in the Big Brother world. Their roles drove home their steadfast loyalty to Big Brother, loyalty created by underlying fear and uncertainty. Their movements flowed and synchronised, sometimes violent, sometimes seductive - beautifully choreographed by Movement Director Deli Cooper, whose involvement in this production should not be ignored.

All of this was observed with morose despair by Warmeant, as he witnessed the reenactment of his actions that brought him to his confinement.

The performance by Warmeant was captivating and not once during the period of the performance did he break out of character. One would be filled with a sense of morbidity while filling the theatre and during the interval, as Warmeant lay sprawled, as if dead, upon the platform on the stage. The audience talked amongst each other without a care, as if an unmoving body was part of social normality.

Warmeant’s shifts from defiance to lost despair were only emphasised by Bullmore’s performance as the Interrogator. Bullmore’s voice, once revealed, was powerful and fearsome - akin to an army sergeant disciplining a wayward soldier, but far more sinister when dealing with Warmeant.

This performance should not be missed. The care and attention to detail brought by everyone involved with the production imprints itself upon one’s consciousness, where you’ll find yourself considering the messages Orwell and Kwan have immersed the narrative with.

Image: Charlie Milne

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A Millennial’s Understanding of Zoomer Language INTRODUCTION Being in this editorial team has aged me. My poor Millennial heart and brain has been tested time and again by the absurd Zoomer slang of my co-editors.

We (they) thought it would be funny to test me on the slag I’ve learnt over the past year, and compiled a list that I had to define. Unfortunately, because I love to torture myself, (almost) no Google was used in the definitions below.

I love my co-editors: especially when they decide to be sadistic, giving me a list of words and terms, the majority of which I’ve never even heard of before.

Thanks guys.

Kathers Anderson

Based: This is a word that was said to me earlier in the year

by Seb. When I indicated I had no idea what it meant, he just replied ‘It’s a youth slang’. Nah duh.

I’ll admit I did a bit of research on this word before I was assigned it for this test; asking other non-Zoomer individuals and conducting a cheeky Google search. And I still don’t get it. It’s either something to do with cocaine or something to do with self-positivity and being true to yourself. Either definition could have worked with the way I saw it used, but I’m going with the self-positivity.

“Oh my gosh, you are coming off absolutely based today! I love it!”

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Vibes: I was banned from trying to use this word in the office so I’m not even going to try.

“Kathers is not vibing with this word; she actually has no idea.”

Tea: I freaking love tea, whether it’s a hot cuppa or, in the Zoomer sense, a saucy tidbit of gossip, freshly boiled and ready for my consumption.

“Guys, sit down, shut up, and get the scones ready: I have some fresh hot tea to share.”

Cap: I’ve heard whispers of this word, alongside no-cap.

Could it be similar to ‘no hat - no play’? Cap or it didn’t happen? I take my cap off to your sir? There’s obviously a positive-negative play here.

“I managed an ollie at the park yesterday!”

“What? No-cap - you can barely stand on your board.”

“Yeah, nah, it’s cap. Check out this picture!”

Bussin: Whatever I think this word means does not belong in this magazine.

“You been bussin some ass over there?”

Queen Shit: I have never in my life heard of this term before. Where do y’all get these from?! The only thing I have to go on here is ‘Yas Queen’, something I periodically use, but honestly still do not exactly understand - potentially due to hearing it used both ironically and earnestly. Is ‘Queen Shit’ the opposite of the glamorous and absolutely fabulous ‘Yas Queen’? I’ll assume so. Queen Shit is someone who literally is a stinky heap of crap in the face of society, usually closely accompanied by Skidmark Syd. “What happened here? Is everyone alright?”

“No. We had a Queen Shit and Skidmark Syd situation, if you can’t tell by the trail left behind.”

So how did I do? Feel free to write to me through the On Dit email to tell me how great I am at deciphering Zoomer language, or if you want to test me on more terminology.

Peace out!

Past Lives When I saw Past Lives, I didn’t get it. I certainly didn’t get it as a love story.

So badly was I waiting for the tears to flow down my cheeks as I clutch my chest in agony. So badly was I waiting for that gut-wrenching knot in my stomach, and the unbearable feeling of melancholy promised in the trailer. But by the halfhour mark all I felt was sleepy and frustrated.

That all changed a couple days later. As I was reading Michelle Wang’s review of the movie in The Saturday Paper, it finally clicked. Suddenly, all that I was hoping to experience in that darkened theatre hall – the tears, the knot, the melancholy – came pouring down, as heavy as the rain in New York City the day Hae Sung finally came to visit.

Past Lives,Celine Song’s debut film, is about two childhood lovers from South Korea. The relationship between Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) comes to a halt shortly after their first date, when Nora’s family immigrates to Canada.

They briefly reconnect over social media but lose touch again. Nora becomes a playwright; Hae Sung becomes an engineer. Nora gets married to an American and moves to New York; Hae Sung remains in South Korea. Some 20 years later the pair reconnect in New York City.

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I didn’t get Past Lives as a story of love lost between two people. The way Nora spoke of Hae Sung – that he’s just “so Korean” and conservative unlike her Korean American friends and herself, at once belittling him and their culture, made me and everyone else in the theatre hall cringe. The way she treated her husband, ignoring him as she engages in deep conversation with Hae Sung, clearly exuding with attraction, was less than ideal too.

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But their dynamic made more sense when observed through the lens of an emigrant reconciling her relationship with her home country and new life abroad. Hae Sung isn’t just an old lover from South Korea, he is South Korea. The South Korea Nora knew and grew up with; the one she once called home and the one she had to leave to pursue her dreams, because according to young Nora: “Koreans don’t win the Nobel Prize for Literature”. Her leaving South Korea was never deliberate or done out of spite, it was simply to find her place in the world. This probably explains why she’s drawn to Hae Sung and continued to toy with the “what ifs” – what if she hadn’t left South Korea? Would she have still become a writer? Would she have still loved her country all the same?

Arthur (John Magaro), Nora’s husband, represents Nora’s new life in America. Despite his apparent insecurity towards Nora and Hae Sung’s relationship, Arthur couldn’t bring himself to feel angry because he knows that he could never replace the deep connection she has with her home country. All that’s left for him to do is to love her and care for her just the same.

As for Nora, she’ll continue to yearn for South Korea with the knowledge that she could never go back because home is now in America, with a husband and a job and a life she loves.

Past Lives to me is an autobiography of the complex relationship between a person and place. It is a reflection on the bittersweet experience of emigrating to a new country told ingeniously through a love triangle, and that is enough to leave me crying and clutching my chest in agony.

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How AUKUS is Shaping Our Education The Australian ruling class has hitched itself to the U.S. through the AUKUS pact, which sees the government spending 368 billion dollars on acquiring 8 nuclear submarines, whilst those living in Australia fight to stay afloat amid a costof-living crisis. This is a frankly disgusting use of taxpayer money to aggressively militarise and contribute to the drive to war between the US and China.

South Australia and our Premiere Malinauskas are bending over backwards restructuring industries to meet the needs of the Australian war machine. As a part of this the annual SIA conference this year, SubSTEC7, will focus on preparing the state for the construction of the Nuclear Submarines. This is made crystal clear by the conference’s theme “From Collins to SSN”.

While the state’s involvement in the conference is clear with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles in attendance, the Universities are also lining up to contribute their part for nuclear subs. Flinders University is a partner of the conference.

As a student, it begs the question, who decides what my education is for?

The reality is that students are ground into a malleable substance and shoved into moulds, their aspirations utterly subordinated to the interests of the government, capitalist enterprise, and the corporate university. At Adelaide University, our university council is sporting folks like Andrew Keough, managing director at weapons company

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SAAB, David Hill, and Janet Finlay who were COO and partner at Deloitte and EY respectively. The university has ties with numerous military companies such as Lockheed Martin and SAAB, as well as fossil fuel companies such as Santos, and BHP. Universities play an important role in elevating the prospects of these companies, of which one necessary element is delivering them fresh intelligent, capable, and unquestioning workers.

Students have no interest in being funnelled into these criminal corporations. SAAB sells weapons to the Indian government, the same government that incites racist pogroms against Muslims.

Lockheed Martin is the company that openly declares it “...has proudly played a significant role in the national security of the State of Israel since 1948”, whilst Israel continues its settler-colonial expansion into Palestine and subjects Palestinians to apartheid conditions. Santos tramples over indigenous resistance to open new gas projects on their land in Narrabri whilst the devastating effects of the climate crisis can be seen ravaging the globe.

These are just some of the crimes which our university is complicit in. So, why is it then that our university keeps such wretched company?

It is because under capitalism, the university identifies first and foremost a business that must relentlessly pursue profit. The product it sells are highly skilled workers to the highest bidders, and it does this all the while shifting the cost of production increasingly onto these future workers through considerable HECS debt.

Image: Navy.gov.au

Universities play an integral role in maintaining a competitive advantage for domestic capitalists for which the Australian state needs a steady flow of increasingly sophisticated and destructive weapons. Universities across the country have leapt at the opportunity to service AUKUS. The vice chancellor of Adelaide Peter Høj openly acknowledges this role when he says “A sovereign nuclear-powered submarine capability will need engineers and scientists from a range of disciplines”. For example, Adelaide University is offering a new postgraduate course in radiation management and adapting its master’s degree in marine engineering to focus on nuclear propulsion.

These training grounds have ironically frequently been breeding grounds for radical opposition to the war machine. Students historically have been spirited participants in the struggle against war.

The massive demonstrations against the Vietnam War were in no small part built on the backs of years of tireless student activism against the war.

It was the small protests led by left-wing students outside parliament in ‘65, the burning of draft cards, and participation in teach-ins that laid the groundwork for more radical left-wing actions, such as mass occupations of university buildings, protests against visiting South Vietnamese dictator, gathering of funds to support the National Liberation Front, the bastion of Vietnamese resistance, and arguing for the more radical slogan “stop work to stop the war” to be taken up by the gargantuan moratorium marches.

This is all to say that whilst we may not exist within the same context, it is imperative that leftwing students take principled opposition to the drive to war in any way that it manifests, because this becomes foundational work on which future anti-war movements are built. The SubSTEC7 conference is a microcosm of a nationwide shift toward gearing up for imperialist conflict. Protesting SubSTEC7 then, is an important initiative that begins building active opposition to the ruling class’s drive to war.

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William Taylor AEC Interview Kathers Anderson

Have you ever wanted to have a say in something huge that will change the Australian social/political landscape (ignoring state and federal elections, of course…)? With the upcoming Voice to Parliament Referendum currently shaking down Australian politics (which is already as wobbly as a plate of jelly), you have a chance to vote whether to change the Australian Constitution.

I was privileged to receive the 101 on preparing to vote in the upcoming Referendum from William Taylor, the Assistant Director of Operations at the Australian Electoral Commission.

Hello Will, thank you for joining me today. To begin with, what is a referendum, and what do they do?

A referendum is a national vote initiated by the Government as a means to alter the Constitution.The Parliament will decide if they see an issue - in this particular one the issue is proposing to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution through a voice to federal Parliament. The last one was in 1999 and that particular Referendum was to ask Australian’s whether or not we wanted to become a republic.

When is the Referendum happening, and when does voting open?

The Referendum has been scheduled for Saturday October 14th. It is an in-attendance ballot on the day, but there are provisions for people to vote early if they are unavailable on the day of voting. Our early voting starts in South Australia on Tuesday the 3rd of October, and we also have our remote voter services starting from Monday the 25th of September, so they’ll look to service the remote communities across South Australia. Postal voting applications have also been opened since the 11th of September and will close at 6pm on the 11th of October.

We expect that ballot papers will be sent out on the 25th of September to those people who have applied for a postal vote. It is important to note that there are eligibility requirements for early voting, and that these can be found on the AEC’s website.

Where are students allowed to vote? Does it have to be in their LGA? Students can vote at any polling place within their state on the day - they don’t have to vote within their federal electoral division. If they don’t vote within their electoral division, then they will have to via what is known as an absent declaration vote. If they’re travelling interstate, then we encourage those people to vote at a pre-poll centre. If they are unable to do that and are interstate on the day of polling, and they haven’t voted prior, then they will have to seek out one of our specific interstate voting centres.

When will we find out the results?

It depends on how close the vote is. We do our count on the night and that will give us a decent indication of how the vote is tracking in each state and territory. However, electors have until the 13th day after voting day to return postal votes to us. If the results are close, then we won’t be able to announce the outcome until later in the piece, but obviously our intention is to try to declare the results as quickly as possible.

For our readers, here is a list of the important dates:

Monday 11th September - Postal voting opens Monday 25th September - Remote voting opens Monday 25th September - Postal ballot papers progressively sent out Tuesday 3rd October - Early voting opens Saturday 14th October - In-attendance ballots opens *LAST CHANCE TO VOTE*

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I Watched the

Series Finale So You Don’t Have To

Spoilers abound for Season 7, especially Episode 20!

It’s the end of an era. On August 23, after seven seasons of murder mysteries, Gargoyle Kings, Jingle Jangle, superpowers, and stripteases to ‘Mad World’ (seriously wtf?), the internet’s fave hate-watch series Riverdale came to its conclusion. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six years, you’re already familiar with the CW/Netflix teen drama based on the characters of the beloved Archie Comics. From its wacky, nonsensical storylines, to the cringey dialogue that the poor ensemble cast were forced to say with a straight face (‘epic highs and lows of high school football’ anyone?), there is no denying the show’s impact on pop culture.

While most people gave up on Riverdale around its second or third season (floating babies and mass seizures will do that to you), I stuck through it all to the end, revelling in its ridiculousness. It’s crazy to think I was just 14 years old when the show premiered in 2017, and it’s bittersweet that this is the death of the teen drama as we know it. In the streaming age, it’s hard to imagine a series of its calibre surviving as long as it has. We will never see anything like Riverdale ever again. If your teenage self is curious as to how the writers wrapped things up, but can’t be arsed wading through the tomfoolery, never fear.

I dutifully chronicled the whole thing!

Surprisingly, the final season was actually kinda good! That is, if you ignore the fact that the characters time travelled back to the 50s, thanks to Pop Tate’s granddaughter Angel Tabitha, to save the town from Bailey’s Comet (I just can’t with these names that are so obviously meant to be a stand-in for something else). Cheryl and Toni were recoupled, Kevin finally got a decent love interest who didn’t die or betray him, Betty and Veronica admitted to having sexual fantasies about each other, Veronica and Jughead became a thing, and there was some actually decent commentary on feminism, civil rights (the murder of Emmett Till for one) and

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queerphobia (and their intersections) – all issues that the show had been criticised for not addressing in its earlier seasons. It reiterated that the existence of these minorities and their struggles weren’t any less prevalent then as they are now; it merely happened behind closed doors. Moral panics surrounding Communism and comic book censorship, for the ‘threat’ they posed to traditional American values, were also engaged with. As a standalone season, without all the supernatural bullshit, this actually would have made for a compelling piece of teen TV! Of course, this is all undone when Angel Tabitha returns from her work of ‘untangling the timelines’ (whatever that means) and restores the characters’ memories of their past lives (by literally making them watch the show up till this point. Very meta!) Hands down, my fave line from this moment comes from Cheryl: ‘When Julian (her twin/triplet who she absorbed in the womb) found out he was just a doll, he didn’t want to come’. Everyone, except Jughead and Betty, ultimately decides to only remember the good times. I would argue that choosing to remember the time you cheated on your S.O. with their bestie doesn’t constitute a happy memory but whatever – this is Riverdale!

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The final episode flashforwards to 2023, where an 86-year-old Betty learns that Jughead has died, making her the only surviving member of the gang. With her Alzheimer’s progressing, Betty asks her granddaughter Alice to take her on a road trip to see the town she grew up in one last time. Meanwhile, Angel Jughead appears and offers her the chance to relive a single day of her choosing. She chooses the last day of Senior Year (in the 50s) which she regrettably missed due to a case of the mumps. Throughout the day, Betty gradually remembers what became of all her friends. Cheryl and Toni lived fruitful lives as artists and activists with their son Dale (sigh). Archie moved to Modesto, became a construction worker and amateur poet, married ‘a sweet girl’, had an unspecified number of children, and was buried next to his dad in Riverdale upon his death. Veronica became the head of a movie studio, winning two Oscars, and was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (they neglected to tell us if she had a partner). Jughead never married but became the founder and editor-in-chief of the satirical ‘Jughead’s Madhouse Magazine’.

Similarly, Betty also didn’t marry, but adopted a daughter named Carla, and established the feminist magazine ‘She Says’ (not her coming for Elle Dit!)

But the juiciest tidbit we learned by far, was that, in their Senior Year, the Core Four were in a quad relationship! As in they were all dating each other. Honestly, slay. The only pairing we didn’t get out of this was Jughead and Archie (a real shame).

Essentially, all the ships were endgame, and yet none of them were endgame. While this might’ve been a lazy choice on the writers’ part, it was the only natural way it could have ended after seven seasons of relationship drama.

They all had way too much chemistry with each other! The other revelation that threw me for a loop was that Sheriff Keller (Kevin’s dad) and Archie’s Uncle Frank were lovers who were murdered by Chic (aka Betty’s fake secret brother, husband of her real secret brother, a character that hasn’t been mentioned since Season 4). Huh? So fucking random and so grim.

The episode ends with Betty passing away in the backseat of her granddaughter’s car outside of Pop’s. Her 17-year-old self enters the diner and reunites with her friends à la Titanic. Who’s cutting the onions? Angel Jughead narrates the sequence and bids us goodnight. And there you have it! Did it answer all the burning questions I’ve had since Season 1? Fuck no. Was it emotionally satisfying? Eh. I’ve seen worse series finales (cough PLL).

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YouX Student Employment offer personalised support, discounted short courses, and a free jobs board to help you find a part-time or casual job while you study.

Visit youx.org.au/employment or speak with us on (08) 8313 4406 for advice and support.

youx.org.au/employment

Membership Fees, There has been some recent discussion about the future of YouX memberships sparked by the forthcoming merger of Universities.

what are they

good for?

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YouX (the rebranded Adelaide University Union) charges $30 for a one year membership and, until very recently, $55 for a three year membership.

This membership entitles students to various discounts on and off campus, as well as the fortnightly free lunch provided by YouX. As of 1 August 2023, YouX has sold 1393 memberships, bringing the total on paper membership of the organisation to 3688. This is a 15% decrease from the 4366 members in 2019.

Paid membership of the AUU/YouX has a brief history which only dates back around 15 years.

The Howard Liberal Government from 1996 to 2007 had a university agenda rooted in the idea of ‘Voluntary Student Unionism’. They were successful in executing this agenda in 2005 and VSU came into effect 1 July 2006.

Previous to VSU, every student had to pay a yearly fee of several hundred dollars directly to their student union, in our case the Adelaide University Union. VSU abolished this fee. The imposition of VSU meant that student unions lost a vast majority of their revenue streams overnight.

The AUU was remarkably lucky to weather the storm and was one of the few student unions nationwide to survive this process. Within South Australia, both Flinders’ and UniSA’s student unions had to fold in the form they operated in.

The AUU survived through two means: - The sale of the Unibar to the University of Adelaide in exchange for a 10 year funding agreement - The introduction of a membership fee for the organisation

Back then, a membership fee was required to ensure that student services and representation could continue. When it was introduced, the annual fee was $99 and provided more or less similar discounts to what it does today.

Student unions were saved in 2011 when the Gillard Labor Government brought in the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). Students now pay money at the start of the year ($326 for full time students) which is pooled together by the University to be spent on student services.

Organisations like YouX and Adelaide University Sports then have to sit down with the Uni and negotiate for this money.

YouX receives 37% of the total SSAF collected, in 2022 this equated to $2,596,582. This is the overwhelming majority of YouX’s funding. In 2022, memberships brought in $85,559; it seems significant but is less than is brought in by advertising ($90,669), and almost half of what vending machines bring in ($188,477).

With fees bringing in only 3% of total revenue, you would think the Board would have decided long ago to do away with the membership…

The forthcoming merger is the biggest shakeup to South Australia’s education system in years, if not ever. It offers an incredible amount of anxiety for students, while also presenting a once in a generation opportunity for our state if done correctly.

The merger is set to go ahead on 1 January 2026, meaning that this year is the last year that three year memberships could have been comfortably sold before YouX would be unable to guarantee 3 years of benefits. In a briefing provided to the Board for their July meeting, it was suggested by staff that the 3 year membership option be removed from 2024. This would come at an approximate revenue loss of $20,000 for YouX. The Board concurred with this suggestion and 3 year membership cards will no longer be printed from next year.

This begs the questions though, why not just abolish memberships all together?

This is what current YouX President Luke Allen queried at the July board meeting. He suggested that refunds be given to all students who have previously purchased a 3-year membership. At the August Board meeting it was shown that it would cost $61,175 to refund memberships and cause around $45,000 in lost revenue. No decision has yet been made.

This combined figure is quite a large number, and equivalent to the entire Club’s Grant pool, or a bit less than two staff member salaries. The cost to YouX could be significantly reduced if no refund was given however.

The principle of refunding memberships is sound. You don’t want people annoyed that they paid for something that everyone else is getting for free. But every student still pays more than a hundred dollars into YouX through SSAF each year whether they are aware of it or not.

I say that YouX should abolish memberships as a defunct historical remnant of VSU and that impacted students should suck it up and continue to enjoy their excellent free lunches, perhaps with a few more potential friends.

Billy Z

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pessimist comics* ©shan insta/typewriterboy

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Wait! You dont want to do this!

Life is all about chaos & misery!

We can always choose to turn back, make ourselves not being born & make a depressing life from not happening.

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Think! Do we really have to do this?

Fighting over something so depressing?

The choice is yours.

Its now or never.

Well, okay.

We will choose not to enter, wise one.

Wait! Where are you going?

On my way to enter.

What!?

What makes you so special?

You just said...

I was not talking about me.

I was talking about you guys.

Firstly, I knew the truth.

I can bear all that pain anyways. You guys can’t.

Who are you anyway?

Blup!

I am one of those pessimistic seniors you might meet in your college years.

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Beer Politics: and the The collapse of the Soviet Union and resulting political liberalisation across Russia and the former Eastern Bloc saw a mad scramble to form political parties and fill the political vacuum. ‘Beer Lovers parties’ were among those that cropped up all across Eastern Europe.

Part satire, part legitimate popular movements, beer parties saw beer alcohol as something more than a beverage to be consumed. It was the glue that held friendships together, a communal activity. A way to connect society. Debates over the availability of beer reflected greater debates surrounding market liberalisation and a growing spirit of entrepreneurialism. Measures to make beer-drinking easier by tackling unemployment and cutting taxes often had broader policy goals. In Russia, beer became the symbol of a free, fun, regular middle-class uprising against the mean, bureaucratic ‘vodka’ class. To others, a party brand so outlandish reflected a desire for a politics that was kinder and less serious.

Beer parties were a lot of things. An immature waste of time was one thing they were not.

Limited successes were achieved, mostly at the local level.

In Poland, the Polish Beer-Lover’s Party managed to win 16 out of 460 seats in the nation’s legislature and helped form a government following the 1991 election. Eventually, a combination of limited support, fracturing, or absorption into mainstream parties, saw Beer Parties get washed away.

Beer political parties may have, for the most part, been conceived and died as a fad in the late 1990s, but at least one has seen recent growth. The Beer Party (BIER) party in Austria was formed in 2014 by a punk rocker named Dominik Wlazny, otherwise known as Marco Pogo, and has become increasingly active since 2019, following a corruption scandal that brought down the then-government.

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BIER labels itself as a ‘beerocratic movement’ and supports the notion that power in society emerges from the availability and diversity of beer. Some of their policies are clearly satirical. They propose a beer fountain to replace the Hochstrahlbrunnen, a water fountain and prominent landmark in Vienna, the prohibition of Radlers (otherwise known in Australia as a Shandy), and a monthly allowance of beer for

The History Revival all Austrian households (including 20L per child). But like the parties that came before them, they’re nothing to scoff at.

They propose measures to support businesses crippled by pandemic measures, combatting discrimination in society (except against Radler drinkers), as well as a rapid transition towards green energy and measures to address liveability.

The themes of LGBTQ+ tolerance, environmental action, and sustainable living stand most prominent on their website where candidates list their areas of interest. Whacky beer policies (or beer-related policies at all) barely get a mention!

Although the Beer Party may have fallen short in recent elections, it shouldn’t be discounted. Recent polls have had the Beer Party hitting 11-12% of the vote in the 2024 Austrian legislative elections. This would make them the fourth largest party in terms of vote share, and deliver them up to over 20 seats (out of 183). That would put them with equal or more seats than the Austrian Greens (who currently control the presidency!) and potentially make them a key player in negotiating a coalition government.

Additionally, a higher profile and legitimacy could make things interesting come the 2028 Presidential election, which, unlike last time, will be an open race without a popular left-wing incumbent. Wlazny hit only 8% in the latest presidential election, but having seats in the legislature could give the Beer Party greater reach and legitimacy as a party.

Whether the growth of BIER represents just a splash, or the beginning of a revival of beer politics across Europe, remains to be seen.

References Die Bierpartei 2023, Mandates, Die Bierpartei, viewed 16 August 2023, <https://www.bierpartei.eu/politik/mandate/> Fazekas, C 2021, ‘‘Rise and Fall of Beer Lovers’ Parties in East Central Europe: Party History and General Lessons’, Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, vol 10, no.2, <https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A698823383/AONE?u=adelaide&sid=googleScholar&xid=0123c087>

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‘Stop the boats’,

‘Stop the boats’ is a phrase familiar to anyone who spent the 2010s in Australia. It rose to prominence as the election winning slogan for the Abbott Coalition government in 2013. The migration policy that followed was slammed by humanitarian groups as ‘anti-asylum’.

The UK Conservative party has launched an eerily similar policy this year, right down to the slogan…

Australia, Tony Abbott, and the plight of the ‘illegals’ Australia is no stranger to anti-immigration sentiment. For the better half of the 20th century, the White Australia Policy heavily restricted non-British immigration. In the 2000s, the refugee crisis became the new frontier for the anti-immigrant movement. In the lead-up to Abbott’s 2013 win, hundreds of boats carrying asylum-seekers had reached Australian shores.

Kevin Rudd’s Labor government announced in July 2013 that no asylum-seekers arriving by boat would be granted asylum in Australia.

They also instated Australia’s asylum processing system of ‘off-shore detention’, which comes under fire constantly for decades-long wait times and prison-like conditions.

Abbott’s election campaign played into White Australia’s fears of refugees stealing their jobs and ruining their way of life. With the help of the Rupert Murdoch media empire, asylum-seekers were labelled as ‘queue jumpers’, ‘illegals’, and ‘criminals’, reduced from refugees to ‘boat people’. Current Liberal party leader Peter Dutton claimed at the time that the ‘boat people’ were fake refugees looking to steal money from Australia. Effort was also made to condemn the people-smugglers who provided the (often unsafe) passage to Australia, mostly

from Indonesia. The message resonated with many, handing Abbott his victory and ending six years of Labor governance.

The Operation Sovereign Borders policy appointed a three star general (2nd highest rank in the Australian Army) to control the combined resources of several government departments. It proposed a marketing campaign, boat buy-back scheme, support for those tipping off Indonesian National Police about people-smugglers, and most importantly boat turnbacks.

Boat turnbacks, likely only so successful due to Labor’s earlier dissuasion of people-smugglers significantly reducing boat numbers, involved literally sending the boats back to the country they departed from. Other groups were flown to offshore detention centres. These interceptions did, technically, stop the boats. They also compounded decades of anti-migrant sentiment into a toxic cocktail of racism and isolationism. We don’t know how many boats have been turned back, just that, since 2014, none have reached the shore.

In December 2014, a bill passed through Parliament which granted priority to border policing over the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees’ commitment to not return any person seeking asylum to a country where they may face persecution.

Rishi, Suella and, Bibby Stockholm the Barge Rishi Sunak can hardly be called a popular UK Prime Minister. The Tory party leader has not been formally elected to the top job; he was the second preference after the disastrous internal selection of Liz Truss following Boris Johnson’s resignation. They’ve gone through a lot of PMs recently… He’s been broadly criticised for not

from Abbott to Sunak

calling a general election, something the Tories would almost certainly lose.

The demonisation of ‘the other’

His government has also been bad at delivering on their promises. In February, they pivoted to a controversial new border policy. But it doesn’t sound new at all… Sunak’s lectern was emblazoned with the slogan ‘stop the boats’. Home Secretary Suella Braverman stated her priority was stopping the boats crossing the English Channel from France. The announcement was made that no person arriving by ‘unauthorised’ means would be granted asylum in the UK. The Paris police have been promised £500 million over the next three years to increase beach patrols and stop the boats from leaving.

The UK and Australia are both island nations with racist pasts and a deeply ingrained fear of outsiders. Framing is everything, and throughout the world, those seeking asylum are framed as illegal. The right to seek asylum is established in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, yet is frequently violated in favour of tougher border policies. Humanitarian intakes are reduced, and refugees turned away throughout the world.

It is easy to reduce campaigns to stop the boats to simply trying to prevent maritime deaths.

The people-smuggling industry is undeniably horrific and preys on the desperation of those seeking asylum – often the vessels used are barely sea-worthy. Stopping the boats is phrased as a humanitarian policy, a compassionate solution.

The Tories have also announced an offshore detention system, where up to 500 asylum-seekers will be placed on Bibby Stockholm, a ginormous barge. This has received criticism for being a deeply inhumane solution. The initial migrant occupants were recently evacuated when legionella bacteria was found on board.

Bibby Stockholm is, like Australia’s off-shore detention centres, a deterrent. It’s barely even offshore.

Braverman has admitted the policy isn’t particularly compatible with international law. The UNHCR have expressed deep concern over the UK’s current direction. But Sunak needs a win, and this might finally be the promise that gets him one.

But that reduction is ignorant. These discussions may start with condemning people-smugglers, but as we saw in Australia, and now see in the UK, they quickly become condemnations of refugees. The process of seeking asylum is incredibly difficult, and no one is paying people-smugglers exorbitant prices to put their families on rickety, crowded boats just for the chance to skip a queue. Asylum-seekers deserve to be treated with dignity, not contempt.

Louise Jackson

Election Tribunal disqualifies Hall, Clendon and Govender from candidacy, and triggers student election recount Louise Jackson and Sebastian Andrew The University of Adelaide Election Tribunal has disqualified Eleanor Hall, Leila Clendon and Kalesh Govender (all Left Action candidates) from their candidacy in the recent student elections.

In a complaint put forward by current SRC President Georgia Thomas (Unite), Hall and Clendon were disqualified for campaigning in Victorian Socialists political party merchandise. This breach was found during the campaign, but resulted in a one-day campaign ban rather than the immediate disqualification outlined in the YouX Election Rules. Govender was disqualified following additional complaint from Domin Joseph (Progress) for wearing Victorian Socialists merchandise in her candidate photo.

Left Action ‘believe that the tribunal is wrong in its ruling’ and that Unite and Progress candidates have ‘exploited a legal technicality’ and ‘squashed’ democratic results.

By order of the Tribunal, the positions of SRC President, SRC Environment Officer, SRC Postgraduate (Coursework) Officer, SRC Women’s Officer, SRC General Councillor and NUS Delegate were today recounted after the disqualification of Hall, Clendon and Govender.

Written complaint was made to the Returning Officer on the first day of campaign week (Monday 28 August) by Oscar Ong (Progress). He suggested Hall and Clendon were in breach of Rule 25.2.18 of the YouX Rules Concerning the Conduct of Annual Elections, By-Elections and Referenda regarding non-permitted material:

The RO issued Hall and Clendon with a one-day campaign ban, which was served on Tuesday 29 August, for campaigning in merchandise printed

August, for campaigning in merchandise printed by the Victorian Socialists party. The RO stated to the Tribunal that the Victorian Socialists party are registered with the Australian Electoral Commission but are not registered with the South Australian Electoral Commission and do not run candidates within South Australia.

They deemed Hall and Clendon in breach of Rule 25.2.18, but determined a one-day ban was an appropriate penalty.

Thomas’ complaint claims that the full spirit of the Rule – immediate disqualification – was not carried out in the RO’s decision. Thomas was the runner-up for the SRC President position won in the provisional election results by Hall.

In a joint response to the Tribunal, Hall and Clendon argued Election Rule 9.4 outlined a procedure of warnings for rule violations – only if violation continued is immediate disqualification appropriate. They characterised the one-day campaign ban as an appropriate warning.

Thomas argued that as Election Rule 25.2.18 (and 25.2.17) outlines a specific penalty for breaching the rule, Rule 9.4 is irrelevant to its interpretation.

The Tribunal did not find that Rule 9.4 and 25.2.18 contradicted each other. They ruled 25.2.18 was targeting the use of third-party political campaign material, with an explicit and separate penalty for violating this rule.

The Tribunal ruled that the correct penalty for Hall and Clendon was immediate disqualification from the election. They noted it was ‘not for the Tribunal to comment on the appropriateness of the Rule and its mandated penalty’.

Further complaint was made against candidate Kalesh Govender (Left Action) by Domin Joseph (Progress) during the existing Tribunal procedure, targeted at her campaign photo. Thomas says she was ‘unaware’ of the complaint against Govender.

Joseph was runner-up to Govender for the position of SRC Environment Officer.

(Activate) were elected and all other non-disqualified candidates retained their positions.

No complaint was made to this effect during the elections. Govender was found to be in breach for the same reasons Hall and Clendon were, despite arguing she was not given any opportunity to provide a new campaign photo and that clothes in the campaign photo did not constitute ‘campaign materials’. The Tribunal placed the responsibility for recognising the clothing in the photograph breached Rule 25.2.18 with Govender.

After the recount, SRC numbers are as follows: PROGRESS – 9 UNITE – 4 ACTIVATE – 1 TRANSPARENCY – 1 GRASSROOTS – 2 LEFT ACTION – 8 VACANT – 1

The Recount and Where StuPol Stands The ensuing recount lost Left Action two NUS Delegates (Hall and Govender). Left Action previously dominated with 4 delegates, with Unite holding the remaining 3. Harrison White (Activate), and Rafael Aquino (Unite) gain positions in the recount.

This leaves 4 Unite delegates, 2 Left Action and 1 Activate.

But the changes in SRC composition are far bigger.

In provisional election results, Left Action swept into power. They claimed the SRC President office and 11 Office-Bearing positions, scraping a bare 13/26 seat majority in the SRC. It was a bitter loss for the Unite/Progress coalition, who’d held the Council with a seemingly insurmountable majority, and a jubilant day for Left Action, surging from only 2 seats in 2023.

Left Action have now lost that majority, dropping from 13 to only 8 seats.

Lashhanth Dhevaraju and Domin Joseph retained Postgraduate Officer (Coursework) and Environment Officer for Progress. The recount still couldn’t help Unite hold Women’s Officer, though, with Valeria Caceres Galvez snatching the position for Grassroots.

Although it’s tighter, this means the SRC essentially maintains its distribution status-quo. A Unite/ Progress coalition would hold 13/26 seats (although one seat has long sat vacant so in effect it’s more accurate to say thirteen out of twenty-five).

Left Action would still fall short of majority even if it managed to cobble together a coalition with Activate, Transparency, and Grassroots.

Casual vacancies are where things get really interesting. The election of Symonds-Manne (Left Action) to two positions creates a casual vacancy, as a representative cannot hold two positions on the SRC at once. Casual vacancies are filled by recommendation of the SRC Executive (the President, General Secretary, and 3 other members elected at the SRC’s first meeting), and are ratified by a full council vote. This power now likely returns to the Unite/Progress coalition, and should ensure they can achieve an absolute majority through filling Symonds-Manne’s vacancy.

The Tribunal complaint function has been used to disqualify candidates in the past, but rarely does it appear to have been quite so effective in completely overturning the results of a student election.

The most heartbreaking loss has to be SRC President. Winning the presidency was the cherry-ontop of a fantastic night for Left Action. Formerly outgoing-President Georgia Thomas was easily re-elected after Hall’s exclusion.

Thomas maintains that Rule 25.2.18 ‘is legitimate in its intent to separate student elections from being overtly connected to state and federal political parties’ and that ‘Liberal, Labor or Greens material’ had been used ‘there would be no question of this being a breach of this rule’.

The 8 General Councillor positions remained largely unchanged. Education Officer-elect Briana Symonds-Manne (Left Action) and Robin Wood

Left Action have stated ‘there is no suggestion that our candidates had any unfair advantage or that it impacted the results of the election in any way’.

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The Reading Room I have an essay due.

It’s actually overdue and I haven’t started. I can’t really focus at the moment. I feel like I’m drowning in a pit of my own creation.

Whenever I feel like this, I do more. Take on more responsibilities, distract myself. Be so busy I cannot think about anything.

Bit of an unhealthy coping mechanism.

I haven’t been able to do this recently. Distraction doesn’t work anymore, it makes things worse.

The mask is coming off. The extroverted girl I try to be isn’t real because I thrive on being alone…

So, I do what I know will work to get this essay done and break this melancholy. I sit alone in the reading room.

This day was lovely. The sun was out shining. There was a warm breeze. It did not feel like winter, but the start of spring. It was student politics week, which always offers a form of entertainment. I walked through Horace Lamb, through the new areas and into the foyer outside the reading room. All the bookcases were gone from here. I feel a sense of loss. I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with change. I walk into the reading room. It smells a bit musty but it’s bright. It feels nice.

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Last time I was here was during summer exams, and I was here with you.

I couldn’t find a seat except for one of the tables by the glass doors, near the Russian Revolution collection. When I was here last, I was going insane trying to get this finance assignment done, all the while, getting distracted by someone who I didn’t know would become my best friend, and now, barely a friend. I get a bit distracted by the stupol candidates I can see outside. I set up my desk and start to work.

Listening to one of my favourite Youtube classical music playlists, I try to focus on the task at hand.

Leadership. Vision. Empathy.

Who am I? This essay hits too close to home. Maybe that’s why it’s so hard to write.

Someone walks up to the glass doors. Looks at them, and tries to push them open. I smirk.

They walk away and I get back to my work. I imagine if you were with me, I’d send a little snarky message and we’d give each other a knowing look.

Then it happens again, and again, and again. In fact, it happens about 7 times until I start keeping a tally of people who make an attempt.

I begin a new playlist to listen to.

“You’re in love with someone you

can’t have (a classical) | Dark academia playlist,” I feel so serious.

Sitting in a room full of history and grandeur. Reminiscing the past with someone I feel I can no longer breathe properly around.

Watching people open doors.

8th person.

The essay is not going well. I’m trying to research leadership styles. I feel like I haven’t really been paying attention in my course. To be honest, sometimes I feel like everyone knows what they’re doing and I don’t. I’m just faking it, with everything I do.

I don’t really think I’m good at anything. I don’t know what I’m doing. Relationships, emotions, people. I fake it all. I also think that I’m terrible at giving my own opinion, in case it’s wrong. Don’t show this to my prospective employers.

9th and 10th person.

I posted my door count on my close friend’s insta story. I thought about making it public.

You’re not on my close friends anymore. I needed to define some type of space without blocking you. It feels like some type of punishment, but it really feels like it’s just punishing myself. You don’t really care. You don’t really understand how to use social media. I love that about you. I wish I was like that. I wish I could turn

it all off. I think you’d find this funny, me tracking the doors.

You probably wouldn’t care.

11th, 12th, 13th person.

The group attempts to open the door and walks awa14th person??

Bro. Not only did someone watch another person try to open the doors, but then they tried to open them themselves? Like they thought they would have a magic touch? Like they knew the secret of the reading room and everyone else was incompetent. If you were here I would send you a message about how stupid it all was. I would turn around and roll my eyes every time someone else would walk up, and tell you to try.

15th person.

I’m too distracted here. I can’t actually get any work done. With the noise outside and with the thoughts of you. The pain of it all. The fact that no matter how much I want to text you all these thoughts, I really can’t. Now we just talk painfully about ourselves. How I don’t know what to say and how awful I feel. The loss of our friendship. I’m stuck in the memories of what it was and don’t want to look at what it became. How I ruined everything.

16th person.

I stare at the ceiling and think about everything. Do I regret it?

Should I have pushed you away like that? I shouldn’t have cared but you should have done more.

You should have said sorry. I should be enough. It shouldn’t be this hard. You should’ve fought to keep me, not lost me. I shouldn’t keep asking you to notice me because I deserve better. I remember the moments back in summer when I could float up in the sky. When I would smile ear to ear. Without the whispers of our friends asking what we were.

Where everything was just ours and you were my best friend and I loved you. I was enough for you then.

Maybe I’m stuck trying to fix our past, that I’m not even looking at what the future holds and how great it can be.

18th person.

I get up, walk to the doors and look around. It’s very tempting to give it a try. Maybe the new me gives into her desires. Her thoughts that she’s the chosen one who can open the glass doors of the reading room. Which, by the way, why can’t they be open?

Maybe then I’ll get my essay done.

17th person.

I started to cry and then I didn’t.

I put my things back in my bag.

I only got so much work done. It was a start. Everything is a start.

Everything feels so wrong and uncomfortable but I have to do it.

I have to find out who I am. The problem is always starting. I decide I’m going to sit outside and escape for a little bit. I imagine if you were here, we’d joke about attempting to open the doors.

Or not. Maybe I made you up in my head. Maybe you wouldn’t do any of this at all. Maybe we don’t know each other at all. Maybe that’s why I feel so wrong.

Katherine Queen

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The Indigenous Voice to The Path To Equity Through Disclaimer: This article was written by a non-Indigenous person who wishes to recognise her privilege before beginning, and use this opportunity to direct readers to resources created by Australian First Nations peoples, particularly the Uluru Statement From The Heart.

Right now, we’re watching history uncover itself right in front of our eyes. As we head to the polls for the country’s first referendum since 1999, Australian citizens across the country are grappling with what we’re being asked to vote for come October 14th: enshrining a Voice to Parliament for the Australian First Nations Peoples.

Let’s start with the basics. Where has the voice come from?

It comes from the Uluru Statement From the Heart. This one page statement was a result of the largest collaboration of First Nations Peoples in Australia’s history, where thirteen regional dialogues (a series of meetings between December 2016 and May 2017) were hosted for conversations about the next chapter to unify our country and improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Following these dialogues, 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders were invited to Uluru to combine the findings of the dialogues, and unite as signatories prior to gifting the statement to the Australian public. It’s important to note that whilst it was a large collaboration across the country, not every community had a representative, and all but seven people signed the statement (over concerns about it diminishing Treaty).

The statement outlines a pathway of voice, treaty, and truth. Beginning with enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the constitution, it seeks to diminish the barriers between the lives of everyday Australians and First Nations populations through constitutional recognition, as 46 agreed upon by the hundreds of leaders and

representatives included in these dialogues.

Chairing the Uluru Dialogue is Alyawarre woman Pat Anderson AO, and Cobble Cobble woman Professor Megan Davis - both Indigenous leaders that are well-respected by their communities.

The Voice is from Indigenous Australian peoples, for Indigenous Australian peoples, with independent researchers Ipsos and YouGov finding that 80-83% of First Nations support the Voice.

WHat will the voice do?

The Voice will empower First Nations Peoples by including them in conversations about their lives. It supports the notion of ‘nothing about us, without us’ where representatives will be able to offer advice on anything regarding the Indigenous Australian population.

The Voice itself aims to improve the lives of communities by establishing a gender-balanced, age-balanced, and internally elected advisory body that is able to communicate directly with the government on issues and laws that affect them.

Parliament: a First Nations Voice

Alyssa Harding

There’s no veto powers. No control on policy-making. No holding up the High Court.

It’s an advisory body. Developed by Indigenous leaders. To include communities in conversations on issues that affect their lives. Simple.

Where does equity come into this?

The Voice to Parliament is about opening a pathway towards equity.

For hundreds of years, Australian First Nations Peoples have disproportionately faced barriers to parts of everyday life. A departure from the limitations of equality, and a clear path towards equity, is one of the main benefits of establishing a Voice to Parliament.

The embodiment of equity is fairness and justice. Is that not what we, as a strong democratic nation, desire?

Equity means recognising that not everyone has the same starting place and that some people require a boost to reach the same level. From a basic understanding of human experience does it not make sense to support Australian First Nations Peoples to close the very gaps that our ancestors created?

The enshrining of a Voice into the Constitution will provide a direct pathway for advice to be supplied to the government on issues and laws that affect the Indigenous population. To establish equity across the Australian population, it’s important to maintain the notion of ‘nothing about us, without us’. When those affected are involved in the conversations, better outcomes are delivered.

Equity trumps equality every time.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Senator for the Northern Territory, has vocally opposed the Voice. She believes that all Australians should be on the same footing - which is absolutely right - but without any changes, Australian Indigenous Peoples are going to remain disproportionately affected. She describes the Voice providing First Nations Peoples with a “legover”, which is far from what it truthfully is: a ‘leg-up’.

A wheelchair for someone with poor mobility isn’t a leg-over, it’s a leg-up. Government housing for families in need isn’t a leg-over, it’s a leg up. Mental health support for veterans isn’t a leg-over, it’s a leg-up.

An advisory board for Australian First Nations to advise on issues and laws that affect them isn’t a leg-over, it’s a leg-up.

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What about division?

Conversations of division are led by the likes of ‘Murdoch media’ and the Liberal Party of Australia.

However, it’s difficult to believe cries of division when we’re already divided by race - from life expectancy divides, incarceration divides, mental health divides, education divides, housing divides, vaccination and healthcare divides.

The history of our country has already divided us.

Peter Dutton and Pauline Hanson cannot argue that a Voice will ‘divide’ when one boycotted Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations, and the other claimed Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians”. If anyone is to cry divisiveness, it should be the Australian Indigenous population if a ‘no’ vote succeeds come the morning of October 15th.

Greg Ugle, from Noongar Country, explains that “in almost 200 years, we still talk about closing the gap, and if we continue the same way, we will be talking about it in another 200 years. The gap will never be closed until an Aboriginal voice joins the conversation”, which is a passage of hope and a desire for unity to finish on.

The beauty of our democracy is that no one can tell you what to vote on October 14th - but I urge you to vote with an open, compassionate heart. History is calling; it’s time for us to answer.

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Is conversation around the Voice causing you distress as a First Nations person? No matter what side you support, we understand that it may be a challenging time for you as campaigns continue all over the country. Know that your local health services are there to support you, as well as the national helpline; 13YARN.

Bonnie & Clyde The sheets were rumpled, but not quite as much as her hair, which was sprawled in lazy waves on the pillow. An enigma, was the only way I could imagine to describe her.

Her instructions for the morning were unequivocal; I was to leave a note with my number and two semi-burnt toasts with black coffee on the coffee table near the veranda. She preferred food to be the last thing she did before she left for the day. The day would go by, changing into the dusk with all its pastel hues, when she’d pick up the phone and call me. The same routine everyday; pretend to be strangers, bask in the thrill of meeting somebody new, have one meaningful conversation and an even better night, go back to being strangers in the morning. She’d been thorough with this modus operandi though- she’d pick names, she’d pick personas, she’d pick the story. When we’d meet at the pub, somebody in her head would yell, ‘action!’ And when we lazed around in bed in the after-glow, somebody would yell, ‘cut!’

It’s been two months since her games began. I don’t know her real name. I don’t know what she does for a living. I’ve never seen her smile, at least not a real one. Those flirtatious ones don’t count. But I do know how she needed to be loved; from afar, like you would an exquisite painting. Hovering around her mysterious aura, never too close to find smithereens of her soul. Our souls were never too loquacious and we never really clicked, but there’s a solace of sorts in living this mystery, uncovering each of her layers.

I shook myself out of the reverie. Leaving the toast and coffee on the table, I tiptoed outside her house. My escape was interrupted as my phone chimed.

‘You’ve passed the test of endurance, Mr Clyde. We’re finally going to be Bonnie and Clyde for real, just how it’s meant to be.

Meet me today at 4pm.’

Devanshi Shah

Picture Source: High Rise Design: Permutations Arch’ Thesis ‘19 50

Put architecture into words.

“Put architecture into words!” - The question posed in a graduate studies application from a foreign university caught my attention. Despite hav� ing almost, a decade of experience learning and practicing architecture, I had never put my thoughts into this, specifically this – communicating architecture verbally. Well, it’s obvious that to effectively communicate thoughts, they must be formulated into words. Thoughts without material� ization are in their incomplete form; They should be materialized in some form for communication. Architecture is one of many mediums to do so; words are another. Putting architecture into words is simply expressing thoughts about one medium (architecture) through another medium (words).

Here, the subject is architecture, and the medium of communication is words.

Early writings by Frollo and Hugo connect the history of architecture with the history of writings. Their texts suggest that it was the other way around back in the past. Back then, architecture was the dominant medium. Words were communicated through architecture by superimposing stones upon stones.

Both mediums make sense when considered separately. Both are massive philosophical alps that can be shrunk down into merely simple technical frameworks. Both force themselves to be identified as subjects as well as mediums of communication. However, while words need to be translated into new creative forms to remain in the spotlight, the possibilities of architecture remain endless. The technicality behind the architecture is much more complicated as it has a tactile quality. Like its practical implementation, architectural development can be monotonous. Architecture must be too many steps ahead of the ‘present’ to stay relevant. Due to this specific reason and many others, it’s quite painful to put architecture into words; there aren’t enough sets of words to express such a phenomenon carrying such a heavy conceptual payload.

Well, let’s say architecture is a calling – a calling that human senses can� not avoid hearing; a calling that echoes & lingers within human thoughts even after it’s stopped. Architecture is everywhere. Well, good luck eluding it.

- Shan insta/typewriterboy

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The arguments for a uni merger simply do not stack up Allan Riley To the disappointment of many students, the South Australian government, along with the Councils of both the University of Adelaide and UniSA, have announced their intention to merge to create a “university for the future”.

If legislation is passed by the Upper House, Adelaide University will begin operating in 2026 as the biggest university in the country. The government’s aim is to create a university that is consistently within the top 100 in QS rankings.

However, from every sort of standpoint; be it economic, social, research and development or teaching and learning, the arguments being put forward for a merger aren’t convincing.

While this has been a prevailing opinion among students, it is for reasons just as important as student culture or quality of teaching.

university’s output; the majority of which comes from student learning experiences. In fact, the University of Adelaide has been comfortably inside the QS Top 100 for the last few years; its research output is not a problem. A merger would cause all kinds of chaos just to bump the uni a couple of notches higher on what is essentially a gold star board.

It has been proven across the rest of the Group of 8 that universities with higher research output score really low for student experience.

Conversely, UniSA has less research output than other universities across the country, but scores very well for student experience. This is, as Professor Geoff Hanmer put it in a recent On Dit interview, “because their academics spend less time on research and more time with students”.

This is where the crux of the problem is, though.

If focus deviates learning and teaching experiences will lead to more unqualified graduates.

Unqualified graduates entering the workforce will negatively impact the state and national economy. This goes for every industry-focused degree, from law to medicine to engineering, not just those “useless arts degrees” that the University of Adelaide seem keen to wipe out.

If academics cannot deliver a proper teaching experience because their time is being taken up with research, it is the students who will ultimately suffer.

QS rankings, and other ranking systems, are pretty misleading. These rankings are not based on student experience or quality of learning, but simply based on research output and citations.

Research makes up only a fraction of a

It doesn’t matter that the State government is investing $200 million into new research initiatives and a further $100 million into supporting the enrolments of students from low socio-economic backgrounds. The sheer economic cost of

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare stated that “education is Australia’s biggest export that we don’t dig out of the ground”. While this rhetoric is true in theory (knowledge is power, after all), it makes no sense when applied to the arguments in favour of the merger. The new university is specifically designed to be geared more towards research in order to attain higher rankings.

a merger is far bigger than the forecasted $500 million Adelaide Uni would inject into the economy by 2034.

Jason Clare’s idea of education being one of Australia’s biggest exports will be lost with a merger - in fact, the opposite will happen.

Domestic students (particularly those of low SES backgrounds) will be thrown on the back burner in the name of research, while Adelaide University pursues international students for a quick buck. Make no mistake, a merger will not create a world-class institution, it will cause a brain drain.

Students will go to universities with better learning experiences, and good academics will jump ship interstate to a university that has its house in order, given the lack of available positions in Adelaide following callous cuts and cutbacks.

Instead of investing in better learning outcomes for all students, the University Councils, and the State Government have instead chosen to pursue a meaningless statistic.

It is even possible for research output to go down in the event of a merger. If quality academics leave, be it to local, interstate or international universities, they will take their research and expertise with them. Furthermore, it will be other universities benefitting, exporting and even profiting from the work of these academics, rather than Adelaide University.

Again, knowledge is power when it comes to today’s economy. Even arts degrees, which, although (wrongly) maligned, teach crucial skills in today’s world like critical thinking and creative problem-solving. These should be given the same attention as most research, as they produce graduates who can fill gaps, create new ideas and solve problems. The same goes for many other industry-focused degrees.

If the government is intent on focusing on research output, there are better ways of going about it than creating ‘Adelaide University’. A merger will only cause a brain drain, produce unqualified graduates, lead to poorer learning outcomes and be detrimental to the economy and to society as a whole.

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The Art of the Possible Team Mercury Green Generations of students, extraordinary events, and phenomenal achievements are memorialized within the University of Adelaide’s historic buildings.

Since 2021, the renowned history of the university has embraced a new chapter: The Art of the Possible Festival. It is a showcase of student works and a celebration of the university’s immense creative talent.

Held from October 23rd- October 26th , the Festival is a four-day event with exhibitions and events happening across the grounds of the North Terrace campus. Previous years have seen the Hub, the Barr Smith Library Reading Room and Elder Hall host displays of photography, creative writing, digital art, music, and more. There have also been presentations from industry experts to support and uplift the students’ work, highlighting their efforts and acknowledging where their talents can take them.

Run by students as an Arts course, the Festival is a fantastic experience for both those presenting their work and those behind the scenes. Nick Butterfield, a founding member of the 2021 Festival, expressed his enthusiasm for the course and the ensuing event, as it “definitely helped [him] prepare for the kinds of challenges” he faces. As a course with “very visible outcomes”, it creates an environment where problem-solving and creativity become crucial. Roxanne Chan, one of last year’s team members, finished the subject feeling that she’d “grown significantly in [her] collaboration and time management skills, and feel[s] more ready to enter the workforce after taking this class.” After a semester of work, Chan noted that “Festival week was very busy for me as the Production Manager, but I was very proud to see the end product that my team had worked extremely hard to achieve.”

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The hard work of the pervious students has built up the Festival to where it is and allowed for the opportunity to expand. In particular, the navigation of COVID led to greater innovation and problem-solving in the development of the Festival. The legacy of combining the digital and physical continues this year with a blend of online and in-person exhibitions and live-streamed and ticketed performances. Butterfield remarked on the experience of debuting the event during COVID. “It was from start to finish a pretty chaotic process that was slowly refined over time until it became a well-oiled machine. Unfortunately, the final product was mostly virtual due to COVID… but still was an interesting foray into the wider world of Art and leveraging Adelaide as the festival state.”

A team of fourteen students, those running the event this year, is working tirelessly to ensure that the Festival is bigger and better than ever. This year’s theme is ‘The Creative Stage’, encouraging students from various faculties to submit their work and see it presented on a public platform.

‘The Creative Stage’ aims to celebrate the creativity and innovation of the students, displaying their talents and providing them an opportunity to professionally present their work to their fellow students, and the wider public.

During Week 12, the Hub, the Barr Smith Library Reading Room and the Barr Smith Lawns will once again be transformed into a stage for the phenomenal art pieces created by the university’s students, and all will be free to wander around and marvel at their hard work.

If you are interested in submitting your work for this year’s Festival, submit your work to aotpsubmissions2023@gmail.com or fill out the form on the website, https://www.artofthepossible.com.au/ We hope to see you in week 12!

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Ways AI may automate and enhance our workforce

Hugh Signoriello Artificial Intelligence can be used to create new art pieces by training on previous artistic works.

It’s possible to generate realistic paintings, sketches, cartoons and other forms of art stretching the limits of human imagination. Tools like DallE and mid-journey are capable of imitating the art styles of famous artists like Picasso and Van Gogh and can come up with original and photo-realistic pieces based on descriptive prompts. In the industry, AI is already being used in graphic design and concept sketches. The technology is so developed that AI has even won art competitions against humans.

Automation through AI isn’t just a narrative of robots snatching jobs; it’s a thrilling saga focused on the enhancement and evolution of human roles as it allows us to achieve exponential productivity, leading to more innovations and efficiency which several years ago would have been considered unimaginable.

Inevitably AI will cause a mass restructure of the workforce with many unskilled and easily automatable jobs existing today will become obsolete.

However, AI lays the groundwork for jobs we haven’t yet imagined —think not just of data analysts but of ‘AI Ethicists’ and ‘Prompt Engineers’, and ‘AI Auditors’.

Art

AI out-painting extension of the Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the pearl earring’ by DallE

Video Editing and Special Effects

AI-powered algorithms can analyse video content and automate the editing process. This includes cutting, merging, adding effects, and even generating content such as animations or 3D models.

Tools like Adobe’s Sensei are already implementing such features. This could potentially replace manual video editing tasks to a large extent and enhance the entertainment industry. Hollywood-quality animations and special effects, which once would have taken teams months and cost millions to make, are slowly becoming available to anyone. AI voices are now becoming increasingly sophisticated and no longer sound robotic like they once did.

One of my favourite tech YouTubers Fireship. io used AI to write a script, narrate and edit a YouTube video of decent production quality. AI and deepfakes can also de-age and imitate other people in videos which you have probably seen in some recent movies.

Software Engineering

AI in software engineering can automate code writing, bug fixing, and other development processes using tools like Copilot by GitHub. It likely won’t replace software engineers completely as there is so much demand for reliable software but will act as a powerful assistant, enhancing productivity and enabling engineers to focus on more complex tasks. At the last company I was interning at, AI tools such as chatGPT and codepilotX were encouraged and used proactively, resulting in a team of 2 or 3 developers accomplishing a similar output of a traditional team of 10. Companies like Google are already using AI in internal tooling and trained on their codebase to help autocomplete code.

Translators

AI language models can adapt to contextual subtleties and slang, offering capabilities that could replace traditional human translators in various contexts. With real-time translation abilities and the capacity to comprehend a wide range of accents, these AI-driven models present a robust solution for instantaneous and versatile linguistic translation. Google’s PaLM is capable of understanding sarcasm, jokes and other abstract paradigms such as riddles.

Music

AI has the potential to revolutionise the music industry by remixing tracks, generating vocals, and even composing lyrics across a myriad of styles. With such capabilities, we could soon reach a point where distinguishing between a human singer and an AI-generated voice becomes virtually impossible. Take, for instance, an AI-rendered version of the song “Somebody That I Used to Know,” made to sound as if the Beatles themselves are performing it. This uncanny example showcases just how transformative AI could be in reshaping our musical landscape.

Teaching and Tuition

AI-powered educational platforms can tailor learning experiences to individual students’ needs. While AI is unlikely to completely replace human teachers, it can act as a personal tutor, providing additional support and personalised

lessons, seeing that it is far more knowledgeable than even the best of humans. Thanks to AI’s ability to provide accurate and real-time feedback, ask stimulating questions and understand gaps in your knowledge, it is becoming an effective learning tool. For my past few uni exams, I have had excellent results using Quizlet AI to ask me questions and test gaps in my knowledge based on a preset curriculum I created with cue cards.

Law

AI holds transformative potential for the legal profession, streamlining a range of tasks without raising ethical concerns. For instance, AI can expedite the process of legal research by swiftly identifying relevant documents and precedents, saving lawyers valuable time. It can also analyse trends in case law, equipping lawyers with insights to fortify their strategies.

Moreover, AI tools can generate essential legal documents such as contracts and briefs, allowing lawyers to focus on the nuanced aspects of their cases. For example, AI-driven research platforms can efficiently find up-to-date legal information, while document-generating tools can assist with bulk case work.

It’s crucial to note that AI is not a replacement for human legal expertise. While it can automate mundane tasks and even help mitigate human bias, final judgement still lies with trained legal professionals. As long as AI tools are used responsibly, understanding their limitations, they offer a pathway to a more efficient and equitable legal system

Journalism

AI is revolutionising the field of journalism by automating content creation, enabling the generation of articles for data-driven topics like financial reports or sports scores. This automation frees human journalists to pursue more complex and investigative pieces. Simultaneously, AI algorithms are personalising content across platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok, adapting to individual interests and underscoring the significance of data in the 21st century. Tools for fake news detection, though still evolving,

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are emerging alongside capabilities for real-time reporting, offering immediate information to readers.

AI and automation such as web scraping aid investigative journalism by sifting through vast amounts of news, uncovering patterns and insights that assist human journalists in their efforts.

AI is not only adept at proofreading but also at writing articles, and it’s even used in tools like Grammarly. Now what if I told you that this snippet about journalism was written by AI? Just kidding! Or am I?

Closing remarks

Technological advancements in AI are unlocking new avenues for productivity and meaningful human engagement. While these innovations require rigorous testing for safety and performance, their gradual adoption over the next decade will make them more accessible and affordable. As for workplace management, AI can automate tasks like tracking employee productivity, although ethical concerns around privacy persist. Overall, the measured pace of AI integration provides us time to adapt, both in general society and in specific roles like management, balancing efficiency gains with ethical considerations.

Hospitality and Retail

AI and robotics are already making waves in both retail and the hospitality industry. In retail settings like Amazon Go stores, robots manage stock, take inventory, and enable cashier-less checkouts. The result? A seamless shopping experience. Similarly, the hospitality sector is beginning to feel the AI impact. Overworked staff can take a breather as robot waiters—like the one I encountered during a dinner in Melbourne—deliver food efficiently and with less room for error. In food preparation, automation is also on the rise. For example, during my early university days as a barista, our cafe employed a robot named Wally to steam milk. The result was flawless, style-specific steamed milk that doubled our productivity. While efficiency gains are clear, the question remains: Can AI ever truly replace the human element?

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The Akhapost Conspiracy

Chapter 6

Eyes to Meet You Missed the previous chapters? Pick up a copy of the previous mags or find it online @ onditmagazine.com.au T & Emily Miller (editor) In silent pursuit, Barry trailed the sacrificial party until they reached the shadowed surface of the mountain face. The closer they came to the end of the path, the more the mountain face seemed to haze, and eventually, the image of the mountain face dissolved, replaced by the torchlight that revealed the cruel edges of what appeared to be a rocky maw - an entrance.

A hidden cave, giving off spooky evil vibes? Guess that checks out. He thought.

Barry paused at the entrance, torn between wanting to stay outside where it surely was safer especially with the monster that was Akhapost somewhere inside - or getting the answers he so desperately needed. After a moment’s hesitation, he did what he knew to be the right thing and continued after the party. It was dark, and all he had to guide him were the lights of the torches that were his guide, faint as they were.

Deeper they went, or at least it seemed to be deeper - it was getting hard to tell where they were going. Eventually, the progression came to a halt. For a brief few moments there was nothing but silence. It was as if Barry and the others were suspended in nothingness.

From the lofty cavern ceiling or, perhaps, the spaces in between, countless eyes blinked open.

Varying in size but sharing an eerie luminescence, they formed a web of vision. Barry, however, suspected there were fewer eyes than appeared: counting them made him light-headed and left a nagging sense of deja vu.

As the eyes blinked down at the procession, a humming chorus arose, characterising perfectly the feelings that arose in Barry as he witnessed the stellar dance of the eyes. It wasn’t overtly menacing, but sent shivers down his spine.

Seeing this as their cue to leave, the guards turned on their heels. Echoes of conversation filtered down to Barry; it appeared the prospect of unsightly monsters and sacrificing children encouraged conversations on dinner. The sacrificial child looked around furtively, and in that instant took to their usual form - that of Random.

“Open up the gates; the coast is clear,” whispered Random, the echoes bouncing off the walls and into Barry’s ears.

The gates obliged, washing the room in a kaleidoscope of colours.

“Oh, and Barry, do get out from there and come with me.”

Barry stumbled out from his hiding place, tripping on a rock and falling over. Random watched him with a wry smile and waited for Barry to pick himself up before walking through the gate.

Their surroundings shifted abruptly. Clusters of blue iridescence extended like pillars in a chaotic yet coordinated crystalline network; a forest of shifting light. It gave the impression of a colossal wave frozen mid-crash.

Yet, amidst this apparent stillness, the network pulsed with life - the movements of the crystals were accompanied by the gentle tinkling of chimes. It was an alien realm within Akhane, exuding an eerie tranquility foreign to the outside world.

Calmness, almost tangible, wound its way across his body. Barry brushed it off and averted his attention from the scenery because he had questions that Random had answers for!

“Random, what was with the disguise? Why’d you offer yourself for the sacrifice? He demanded.

Random gave a cocky grin. “Well it all started when my mum met my dad. It was a lovely spring day-” Barry shot him his most unimpressed look. Random sighed.

“Alright, fine. I was one of the children the government had selected as a sacrifice. After I arrived here, however, I was instead given a new life where, because of the change of environment, I realised I had an incredibly rare gift - I could morph, change my appearance at will.”

“Morph? That’s incredible!”

Random continued, “Akhapost realised that my gift could be used for several benefits, but mostly that I could assume a new identity for each month’s sacrifice. We could make it so no actual children would be cast out.”

“I thought Akhapost ate the children, why would they want to save them? Where are they then?”

A burst of laughter and the sound of children running filled the subterranean wilderness. Barry couldn’t fathom it. The sacrifices - the children - here they were, all this time.

“What? I don’t understand, why are the children not…”

“Dead?” Random finished his sentence. “Well Barry, maybe because we have an iota’s iota of humanity to us. Don’t you?”

“Then what of the monster, Akhapost?” asked Barry, in a shivering voice.

“Akhapost inspires a lot of feelings - fear and an urge to pick one’s nose among them - but labelling it a ‘monster’ would simply be incorrect. Akhapost transcends these simple and common characteristics, you’ll see this for yourself very soon. Come on, they have requested an audience with you, now.”

Following Random, Barry noticed a familiar pattern of synchronised hummings. His eyes darted to the roof of the cavern, meeting the dizzying stares he had experienced earlier. A string of sounds entered Barry’s mind, wholly unrecognisable, and yet he understood the meaning intuitively.

“Greetings Barry, the mortal who has most recently stumbled into the region of Ahkane.” spoke the Voice.

“Stumble is an understatement,” Barry muttered, unimpressed.

Undeterred, the Voice continued, “I shall answer your questions thus. The first: what I am. Magic saturates this realm, a potent tool heavily relied upon. I am its source, the keeper of magic. I monitor its flow and ensure its balance. This realm is named for my being.”

“The folks at the Agency regard you differently, to put it lightly. Why?” Barry asked nervously, feeling he was on the very confusing cusp of understanding.

“The ones who brought you here conceal their intentions. They seek to seize my power, aiming to rule Akhane indefinitely. Yet, they fail to understand that even with my power, they would upset the balance, leading to Akhane’s destruction.”

“And why are the sacrifices still alive?”

“Despite the magical capabilities of the Agency, they are still as superstitious as they were epochs ago. Traditions, misunderstandings, and artefacts from an Akhane long gone, persist with great strength. It was them who decided sacrifices were the answer. I have chosen to shelter these rejected children, forming a community as the ages pass.”

“Then it’s true. I have been lied to.” Barry’s stomach lurched in anticipation of further revelations.

Not quite recovered from his shock, he said, “They have tasked me with utilising science to create a weapon, one that will rid them of you, perpetually.”

“Then we must defeat them first.” responded Random, as he re-entered the conversation with daring passion. “The Agency is powerless without your science. We need to ensure more people like you aren’t visiting us anytime soon.”

After being rejected and banished from the outside world, Akhapost had been content to let the people live on in their delusions. Akhapost didn’t need prayers of thanks to continue their job of providing magic to the world.

Alas, being content would no longer be sufficient. The Agency was going too far now, and had made themselves a serious threat both to Akhapost and their whole realm.

The blinding lights of the cavern, accompanied by the echoes of laughter, stopped Barry from finding any extended moment of peace. This was what he should’ve been fighting for.

It was time to make things right.

Sen’s Big 1. What is the most common cause of vertigo?

2. What colour is buttercup of the powerpuff girls?

3. What font is the set default on microsoft word?

4. true or false: the recommended retail pricee of a frank green 1l waterbottle is $49.95.

5. Scott morrison’s autobiography is scheduled to be released in 2024. what is its [whack] title?

6. What is scooby doo character velma’s last name?

7. in what us state was the coca-cola company founded?

8. Do worms give birth or lay eggs?

9. ASL is the acronym for american sign language. What is australian sign language known as?

Quiz 10. Which labor senator is the current leader of the government in the senate?

11. What is the third book in rick riordan’s percy jackson and the heroes of olympus series?

12. New zealand has had how many female prime ministers?

13. Which character does rachel mcadams play in mean girls?

14. who is the wife of hades?

15. What colour is cerulean?

16. What is the formula for calculating density?

17. The grand canyon is in which american state?

18. What year did jenna marbles quit youtube?

19. Where is a eulogy usually spoken?

20. Smash or pass: ur mum.

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