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It’s official, Griffith’s student magazine Griffitti will be back in 2026! The Griffith University Student Representative Council (SRC) has approved funding for four editions of Griffitti to be published in 2026. The first edition is planned to be published in time for O Week Trimester one and the theme is ‘Welcome to Griffith’, a celebration
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On October 25, women from all walks of life gathered at Brisbane’s Queens Gardens for the Inaugural One Spirit, One Heart. One Spirit, One Heart, coordinated by the RED HEART Campaign and Yhurwun Bullan invited women, girls, and gender diverse people to share their experiences of sexual and domestic violence. Participants encouraged each other to
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On the 23rd of October, Lush stores around Australia have closed in solidarity with Gaza. Lush has also shut down their website and halted manufacturing at their Sydney based factory.
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By Riley O’Leary for the Griffith Journal 27 September 2025 A strong, 16-man squad has been selected for the Griffith University Rugby League 9’s team, who are set to participate in the UniSport Nationals tournament at the start of October. The 2025 edition, being hosted at the Gold Coast, will be the first time that
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On 21 September, the Australian government formally recognised the State of Palestine. But for the tens of thousands who marched through Brisbane last month, that move was only a first step – not the finish line. Brisbane’s Largest Palestine Protest Yet On 24th August, Brisbane’s CBD was taken over by chants of “End the siege”
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Recent developments and a campus review have led Mt Gravatt-based students and staff to transition to Nathan Campus. The closure of the campus will enhance the learning environment by consolidating resources at Nathan Campus. I thought now would be a great opportunity to explore a short history of the campus! Brisbane College of Advanced Education:
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GRIFFITH University students have protested the funding cuts to courses and staff. Before Trimester 1, 2025, the university restructured the Bachelor of Arts, increasing core courses from 2 to 10 and removing all minors, citing budget constraints. Griffith University’s 2024 annual report recorded a $21.8 million budget surplus. An online petition by the Student Representative
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THE Labor Party has won the 2025 Australian Federal Election in a landslide. As of now, Labor has won 93 seats in the House of Representatives, the Liberal-National Coalition has won 40 seats, 12 seats have gone to minor parties and independents, while 5 remain in doubt. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first
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By Riley O’Leary for The Griffith Journal May 10 2025 The Griffith Dragons have lost 16 points to 10 against the UQ Hounds in a tightly fought contest on Wednesday night. In front of an energetic crowd at the Nathan Fields, a gritty defensive effort wasn’t quite enough for the Dragons to take home the
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Do we actually choose anything freely—or are we just watching decisions bubble up from our brains and pretending we’re in charge? The question of free will isn’t just philosophical fluff. It underpins everything from our criminal justice system to religion, morality, and personal responsibility. Yet science has increasingly thrown doubt on the idea that we
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By Riley O’Leary for the Griffith Journal 26 April 2025 The Griffith Dragons have gone down to the QUT Trouts 40 points to 26 in a tightly contested affair, during the opening round of the Universities Rugby League Queensland Competition. A big crowd was there to see the Dragons play as part of an ANZAC
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Four years after his death, composer Alvin Lucier is producing new music. Inside a gallery in Perth, Western Australia, a clump of Lucier’s brain cells—grown in a lab and suspended on a 64-electrode mesh—fires bursts of electrical activity. Those signals trigger mechanical mallets, which strike brass plates and other resonant surfaces, filling the room with
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By Riley O’Leary for the Griffith Journal 26 April 2025 The 2025 Federal Election is set to be one of the closest in a long while, taking place on May 3, 2025. This election will all 150 seats in the House of Representatives (down from 151)contested, as well as 40 of the 76 seats for
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There has been a belief for a while now—that AI isn’t actually real AI. ChatGPT and similar tools are basically just fancy search engines. They analyze vast amounts of data, interpret patterns, and generate responses. They can mimic intelligence, yes, but they don’t have consciousness. And honestly, that fact was strangely comforting, even if it made
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