Imogen Sabey

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced it will discontinue its early entry scheme from 2027 onwards. The changes will affect current Year 12 students and any high school students commencing university studies in 2027 or later. The scheme previously allowed Year 12 students to receive acceptance offers based on test results from Year 11 and earlier rather than their HSC results. This meant students were able to receive a university offer before sitting the HSC.

Content Warning: Discussions of violence and choking. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea played at the Old Fitz Theatre and, conveniently, started off in a bar. A man and a woman were seated at opposite tables across a tiny room. The set was sparse, made up of only two tables and two pints of beer , but the drama of  the two characters — Danny (JK Kazzi) and Roberta (Jacqui Purvis) — was enough to fill the room.

Australians were, on the whole, not deeply preoccupied with the existence of guns in our community. The terrorist attack that took place on 14th December 2025 changed this irrevocably. Guns are now a renewed part of the national debate, and so too are the laws that supposedly control their usage. Our major frame of reference for gun attacks used to be the Port Arthur massacre of 1996. In this tragedy, 35 people were killed and 23 were wounded by a shooter wielding a semi-automatic rifle.