JOY Drive
7
2025
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: The Internet’s Mayor and the Politics of Virality
New York Assembly member Zohran Mamdani has been dubbed “the Internet’s Mayor”. His joyful, viral campaign is turning local politics ...
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18
2025
Phil Brown: Confessions of a Minor Poet
Surfboards, sonnets and newsroom deadlines—Phil Brown’s memoir is a funny, tender look at chasing creativity while surviving the chaos of ...
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12
2025
Dr Ash Russell: Compensation for Tasmania’s Queer Survivors
Tasmania was once the last Australian state to decriminalise homosexuality and now it is the first to offer compensation to ...
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12
2025
Professor Andrea Carson: Facebook, Falsehoods and the Cost of Misinformation
Three million Facebook posts, one clear finding: misinformation is not just online noise. It is shaping how Australians think, vote ...
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4
2025
Caitlin Bunker: Mad Monday, Accountability and AFL Inclusion
A Geelong Cats “Mad Monday” post sparked a backlash and big questions about AFL culture. Pride Cup’s Caitlin Bunker talks ...
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4
2025
Dr Sara Webb: 2025 International Astronautical Congress
Thousands of scientists, astronauts and engineers were in Sydney for the International Astronautical Congress. Dr Sara Webb from Swinburne University ...
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28
2025
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Grindr, Memorials and Internet Irony
At Charlie Kirk’s memorial, tens of thousands gathered, but online, the story took a very different turn, with rumours about ...
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28
2025
Professor Lisa Given: Social Media Ban for Under-16s
From December 2025, social media platforms must take “reasonable steps” to block under-16s from creating or keeping accounts. Professor Lisa ...
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19
2025
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne: Jimmy Kimmel, Free Speech and US Politics
ABC has pulled 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' off the air after his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ...
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19
2025
Dr Julian Koplin: Living Forever — Science, Ethics and the Immortality Question
From Putin’s talk of organ transplants to Silicon Valley billionaires chasing anti-ageing miracles, the quest to live forever is no ...
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