Bees in decline: National Pollinators Week
Tina Wu We may not think much about them, but pollinators such as bees and butterflies are vital drivers of the environment’s biodiversity and the country’s agricultural sector, with 75 per cent of flowering plants relying on pollinators to reproduce and 90 per cent...
NRL Blues score two wins in one week
Hanna Moore Members of the female NSW Blues team have recently scored stunning victory at the Women’s Interstate Challenge with a 22-6 win against the Queensland team at WIN Stadium last week. This wasn’t their only win last week however, with the NSW team learning...
KU-RING-GAI HORNSBY MERGER NO LONGER
It's official. The greatly disputed Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby Council merger is no longer going ahead. Yesterday, Premier Gladys Berjiklian made the announcement that all proposed council merges have been taken off the table by the NSW Government. The decision ends what...
G20 Summit – Protests in Hamburg
G20 Summit – Protests in Hamburg Hanna Moore The streets of Hamburg erupted with protests in response to the G20 Summit held during the week in which 20 world leaders faced-off on current issues facing world policy. The annual summit, which consists of a series of...
CRYPTIC CURRENCY NOT SO CRYPTIC
CRYPTIC CURRENCY NOT SO CRYPTIC Luka Osborne You might have heard of Bitcoin, the Internet based currency making recent waves, however there are numerous types of cryptocurrencies that as a whole have recently gained huge amounts of recent popularity. Cryptocurrencies...
Sydney’s Lockout Laws: Where Are We Now?
Sydney’s Lockout Laws: Where Are We Now? Tina Wu With Sunday night’s segment of 60 Minutes discussing the death of the Kelly brothers, focus has been placed on the overall effect of Sydney’s lockout laws. It was revealed that the Kelly’s youngest son, Stuart, had...
Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July Tina Wu Australian households use around 100kg plastic packaging per year. Scientists predict that by 2050, the amount of plastic waste in tonnes found in our oceans will surpass that of fish. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is facing pressure from the...
Merger Battle: Ku-ring-gai Council wins court appeal
Rosie Gresham On Monday March 27, the NSW Court of Appeal held in favour of Ku-ring-gai council regarding the proposed merger with Hornsby Shire. The verdict, reached by a panel of three judges, will prevent the merger from going ahead in its current form. Justices...
Wasteful Fast Fashion
Erin Christie Years of impulse shopping and changing trends can make for wardrobes filled with unused fashion. A study recently released by Australian label David Lawrence shows that there is a total of 52 million unworn items among the wardrobes of the nation. The...
Old Shark, New Tricks
Luka Osborne Sharks attacks seem to be always in the minds of swimmers, surfers and beachgoers, with no one quite agreeing on an apt long-term answer. Just days ago renowned surfer Kelly Slater called for ‘serious’ cull like that of Western Australia’s solution....
Schools Clean Up Day: Giving a small helping hand
Aidan Wondracz Students from Glebe Youth Services and Ultimo Public School have joined rank with OceanWatch Australia and Sydney Fish Market to clean up Kissing Point Park in Putney as part of this year’s Schools Clean Up Day initiative. The event kicked into swing at...
Premier Announces Sydney Mergers to Go Ahead
Rose Gresham New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, along with Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Minister for Local Government Gabrielle Upton, announced today that NSW mergers will go ahead. The only exception, according to Berejiklian, are councils in regional...
