The rain drizzled around me like shards of disillusionment as I turned the last page of A Secret Australia: Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposes, edited by Felicity Ruby and Peter Cronau. The collection of essays by barristers, journalists, researchers, and public servants provided hard evidence for what I had long known but not always been able to articulate: that the Australian Government favours their US alliance over our lives, economy, and well-being.

By Ashton Darracott

I feel like I have reached the point in my journey as a law student when it is time to give a shout out to all the Jim Halperts and Leslie Knopes of the workforce and university life. Because while the characters from the TV shows The Office and Parks & Recreation are fictional, it always amazes me that there are always real-life people among us that act like those characters. They make the real world that I live in a real world that I want to live in.

By Gideon Caturla

The Truth Hurts by Andrew Boe is 'an unflinching exploration of the fault lines in our justice system by an outsider who found his way in.' Written by a Burmese refugee to Australia in the seventies to a celebrated/hated career in criminal law, the book explores some of the cases that have haunted Boe.

By Ashton Darracott

An afternoon of hair and makeup work is running down my body. I feel a fire in my veins and brimstone in the air and I could go all night. I’ve been in this club for probably an hour now, my first time here. I followed Ada. Her muscles flex, her skin shines under the lights, eyes looking at things I cannot see. Venom fills me. I want her to look at me, see how much work I've done to keep up with her. I sway my hips and legs like I’ve seen from the videos, gyrating as I practised before my mirror. My limbs are loose, free. I feel so free, more than I ever have before. I feel hotter than I did in front of the mirror. So hot. So hot. Why isn’t Ada looking at me?

By Amanda Hubert

We still all lived together, after it happened. We learnt to creep through the house at different times: my mother favoured the morning, my father the afternoon. I ventured out of my bedroom only in the deep of the night. When the house was like that – still and cold – it was like nothing had ever changed.

By Ciaran Greig

The joke falls flat.

The air leaves the room.

I try and save the moment,

but my tongue has weaved

into a constrictors knot.

By Jakeb Smith

someone in my assignment group turns to me and asks

what would you change?

about the world? i wonder

about myself?

By Jackson Machado

It’s Monday so legally you can’t sleep in

you grab your toothbrush with the bristles layed like a crop circle and your

empty tube of toothpaste that’s merely a prop to prompt the rhythm and it’s

12pm and it’s

4pm and it’s

ok time to fucking function now and it’s *jump cuts*

By Jackson Machado

It all changes when those goggles are worn, and that red suit is placed upon us. When the title of 'impostor' is donned, is it something that is forced upon us or is it something that we choose to crown ourselves with? As humans, we often inadvertently place ourselves in positions that force our hand, whether the outcome is something we crave or dread. Our behaviour in these scenarios can only be described as a component in the machine that is the human condition. However, in these components, we can see clear parallels from the most recent pop-culture video game, 'Among Us'.

By Shaiming Lee

Last November, amidst the usual panic of end-of-semester exams, one particular overseas event gripped the attention of not only many QUT law students but also of people all around the world: the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The election inspired widespread hope that the Biden administration would usher in a new era of diplomacy, compassion and civility in global politics. However, it has also left many people puzzled by the United States’ unusual method of electing its head of state and government.

By Morgan Lynch

Football and competition law are not usually two phrases one might hear in the same sentence. However, that changed recently when news broke of a new ‘rebel’ competition in Europe. On the 18th of April 2021, twelve association football clubs from England, Spain and Italy in a blatant grab for money announced they were forming their own competition named the European Super League (‘ESL’). The competition was decried by fans, pundits, and politicians alike because of the exclusivity that the ESL structure would usher into European football. Regardless, the announcement was not surprising, with the move being emblematic of the fact that these clubs are now global brands with passionless international fans, imported millionaire players and foreign billionaire owners.

By Matthew Adams

Cherbourg is a town in the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg in Queensland. It is located in Wakka Wakka tribal boundaries, near the border of Gubbi Gubbi territory, and about three hours’ drive north west of Brisbane. As part of an elective subject, I collaborated with a community organisation in Cherbourg in Semester 1, 2021. All I knew about the town when I applied for the elective was that Cherbourg had the unenviable title as the most disadvantaged local government area in Australia. In fact, what I saw when I visited was a town that is resilient, vibrant, and fighting for self-determination.

By Catherine Bugler

When you think about it, the popular new game ‘Among Us’ and law school are troublingly similar. A crew of assorted individuals are thrown together and asked to complete assignment after assignment, while a random selection, unbeknownst to most, are identified as imposters, with the sole task of pretending to fit in with their peers, while covertly working to undermine and deceive teammates.

By Bella Busby

Life, for each one of us, has its own meanings and expectations. Forging through life day after day and trying to make these dreams and expectations we hold for ourselves a reality is a task which most are often too afraid or unable to do. Among us are dreamers who were forced to relinquish their aspirations simply because it was too far from their reality.

By Anielle Rosemond

Throughout her career, Taylor Swift has been characterised by many stereotypes. America’s sweetheart. A ‘snake’. And, like many other Americans before her, ‘extremely litigious’. To fully understand the role of Taylor Swift as both a modern poet and a magnet of legal disputes a brief overview of these disputes is necessary:

By Alexandra Feeney