Film Review: Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time

Over a period of four months in 2017, Boochani recorded footage covertly on a mobile phone from within Manus Island. The result is an uncensored glimpse into life in detention.

Article Submission Rates to The Jugular Mysteriously Plummet a Week Before Exams

In news of yet another industry that millennials may be killing, student-run media sites find themselves scraping the bottom of the ideas bowl a week out from uni exams.

MedSoc Bookshop to Include RM William’s Signature Craftsmen Boots in “Phase 1 Essentials Package”

Whispers of including a Grey’s Anatomy boxset have been a source of added excitement amongst certain circles.

Measuring Childhood Obesity: Our Uncomfortable Relationship with Weight

With an estimated 27% of children and 63% of adults in Australia classified as being overweight or obese this is an issue that needs to be taken seriously.

Surgery By The Numbers

What does it take to be selected for surgical training, who makes it, when do they make it, is it worth it?

The Weekly Petri: Never Let Me Go

A contemplative reflection about how we as a society view what makes up a human life, and a confronting, unsettling interrogation about the lengths to which medicine is willing to go.

Local Med Student Buys RM Williams To Support Farmers During Drought

When asked if she also has plans to buy an Akubra hat she appeared visibly disgusted.

Motherhood in Medicine

A quote that has resonated with me: ‘you can have it all, but not all necessary at the same time’ and that’s something I’m content with.

The Weekly Petri: Anatomy With Da Vinci

While sadly the fruits of da Vinci’s labour, lost to time, were unable to contribute largely to medical innovation, our knowledge in the present allows us insight into the mind of a brilliant scientist.

MedSoc Elections Suspected of Russian Interference

Late last Tuesday, candidate Ronald Tram posted on Instagram: “I’ve got some big friends from my elective in Russia. Tremendous at computers! They’ll expose phoney Hayley for what she is: A TEACHER’S PET!”