A note from the Editor

Kim King, Alumni & Placement Support Officer

As we move into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems 2020 is far from finished with us!

We live now in a time where classes are taught online, we’re all experts in Zoom, and small talk about the weather has been replaced with outbursts about the extensive commute delays due to the closure of the QLD border.

Whilst the media is saturated with messaging about quarrantine, hand-washing, hot-spots, restrictions, social distancing and panic buying (don’t mention the toilet paper!), it is important to remember the grief and loss so many people are still experiencing from the devastating bushfires that ravaged our land last summer, sparked by a prolonged drought.

Despite these ongoing challenges our newsletter is brimming with stories of accomplishment, so much so we now have a fully fledged magazine! This issue is all about people — the human spirit during tough times — in law and practice (cover story pg 6), the plight of the underdog (pg 8), and how we are driven to continue putting our students first (pg 14).

Our ‘new world’ challenges us to continually re-evaluate what truly matters, and that which does not!

And so we keep on, with tenacity, taking it all in our stride — with a smile!

Kim King

BComn (Griffith) Editor and graphic designer, Decanally Yours