Category: OPINION
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Opinion: The Olympics that shouldn’t have happened.
Issues loomed over the Olympics earlier this year, upsetting the international sporting event. Weeks prior to the games, Olympic officials announced spectators would not be allowed to watch in-person to stem the spread of COVD-19 in Tokyo. The decision came after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the capital would enter its fourth state of…
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Opinion: It’s our fault they are in Parliament.
Photo: Kylie De Guia/ Unsplash In the 1980s, Australia was introduced to political polling. It is through the polls which focus groups have tested for the public’s views and ideas. However, the use of polls wasn’t as prevalent as they have become in contemporary politics, which meant that leaders and politicians were more focused on…
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The billionaire space race cult and why it doesn’t benefit humanity.
Tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have attracted convoys of devout followers, some bordering on the fanatical. But like with many cults of personality, you only need to scratch beneath the surface to realise that their promises won’t be able to save humanity.
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Editorial: where the heck has the Tert been?
Good question. As the Tertangala’s new chief editor, I’d like to unpack what’s happened. A rough time for student life it has indeed been and the Tertangala hasn’t escaped unscathed. If you’ve tried to click onto past articles you would have come up against a void of internet. There’s no easy way to say it,…