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NEWSFLASH: Kakadu National Park Returns to First Nations Traditional Owners
OLIVIA CHAN | NEWS On 24 March 2022, half of the Word Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory was returned to its...
Sep 4, 2022


Macquarie University Provides Inadequate Support as Students Return to Face-to-Face Group Learning
DONYA AMADI|FEATURES A Note from the Producer: This story is important to me because it protects the public interest by advancing a story...
Aug 20, 2022


The Act of (Re)Creation
WILLIAM LAWRENCE | CREATIVES Francis sat in the waiting room, leg bouncing anxiously as he chewed on the sleeve of his oversized jumper....
Aug 18, 2022


I Am Becoming What I Want To Be
GYPSY BRYANT | CREATIVES By the very fact of being in your early twenties, living is naturally inseparable from the unimpeded forces of...
Aug 18, 2022


Finally Being a Schoolgirl
TAHLIA WHITE|CREATIVES I have already done a bachelor’s degree but with career change ideas I am back, doing a different bachelor's...
Aug 18, 2022


Green Seems Suss
Sustainability – what is it, why we should do it and how to get started. An introduction by the Macquarie University Sustainability Society
Aug 18, 2022


THE TAKEOVER: How Art is Inviting Us to Wall Street
BRUNA GOMES | FEATURES “The economy” is a mechanism that eludes me. Stocks? Investments? I’ve always been comfortable with feeling...
Aug 18, 2022


Your Personal Guide to Macquarie’s Student Societies
Macquarie University Sustainability Society (MUSS) Hello! We’re a small student group called MUSS (Macquarie University Sustainability...
Aug 18, 2022


Grapey Book Club: Aja Barber’s Consumed (2021)
NIKITA BYRNES | REPEAT OFFENDERS The main thing I want you to take away from this is the following: you need to read this book. Even if...
Aug 18, 2022


‘Don’t Look Up’ and Its Flawed Importance
NICHOLAS CHANG | REPEAT OFFENDERS “We really did have everything, didn’t we?” This is one of the last lines of dialogue spoken in Adam...
Aug 18, 2022


A Conversation with Macquarie Alumna Aylish Dowsett: Mythrill and Life as a Writer
ANTHEA WILSON | FEATURES My last semester of University is finally here and I am beyond nervous about starting my career. As a creative...
Aug 17, 2022






Pop Culture Rewind: Keeping up with the Kardashians
The Kardashians are a true force to be reckoned with. They’re one of the most famous families in the world, the original material girls.
Aug 15, 2022


You are Here: Pymble
ISABELLA TROPE | REGULARS In 1823, a colonial settler named Robert Pymble was granted land on Sydney’s leafy North Shore. He used this...
Aug 15, 2022


I Don't Get It: Crypto and NFTS
Rayna Bland explains the recent hype around digital currency and the social climate which has led to its boom in popularity recently.
Aug 15, 2022


Illustrated: Five Types of People You’ll See in the First Week of Uni
Lauren Knezevic takes you through the five types of people you’ll see in the first week of uni.
Aug 14, 2022


Challenge: Cutting Down Screen Time
Grapeshot's resident health guru, Eleanor Taylor, battles her social media addiction by cutting down her screen time.
Aug 14, 2022


Russian Skater On Thin Ice After Testing Positive For Banned Drug
JAIME HENDRIE | NEWS During the middle of the already controversial 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, it was revealed that Russian...
Aug 14, 2022


Is There Hope For Reconciliation With China?
OLIVIA CHAN | NEWS Amongst the heat of the Ukraine invasion, Scott Morrison has denounced China’s approval of Russian wheat imports as...
Aug 14, 2022


The House Always Wins
A look into the obsession and addiction of gambling in Australia.
Aug 14, 2022


The Changing Reality of Mental Health
Jackson Robb discusses the impacts of lockdown and the pandemic on mental health, and how we can move forward and adjust to the new normal.
Aug 14, 2022
Grapeshot acknowledges the Wallumattagal clan, of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and meet. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed, and would like to pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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