Hub Recommendations
Hub Goes to: AVCon
Where? Adelaide Showground
When? June 28th-30th 2024
Rating: 4 Stars.
‘AVCon is an annual Anime and Video Games Festival held in Adelaide, It celebrates the world of anime, gaming, cosplay, pop culture, art, and more in one big community-based event for all ages.’
Hub Goes to: Universal Kingdom Prehistoric Nights at Illuminate Adelaide
‘Step back in time and into the Mesozoic Era to a land where puppets, lights and dinosaurs collide.’
Where? Adelaide Zoo
When? Select Nights from the 4th till the 21st of July 2024
Rating: 4 Stars
Hub Goes to: Fire Gardens at Illuminate Adelaide
‘Journey through a wonderland of captivating flaming sculpture as Adelaide Botanic Garden Takes on New Surprises when Painted with the Pallette of Fire’
When: 12 Nights between the 4th and 21st of July 2024
Where: Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Rating: 5 Stars.
How a school should look: How to improve the education of secondary students
While the Australian curriculum is constantly being updated, it still seems miss the key updates that it requires to truly cater for the modern-day Australian student. Below are some concepts that have the potential to allow the high school curriculum to become an educational powerhouse.
Port Destroy North as Wooden Spooners Shock Roosters
Port downed North Adelaide at Prospect as the Past Players Day didn’t go to plan in Prospect.
Picture: Brandon Hancock
The challenge is going to get bigger - Nicks on Brisbane
Adelaide Clash with Brisbane on Sunday at the Gabba.
Picture: AFL Photos
SA is banning political donations. Will it work?
The current draft legislation aims to safeguard democracy against third party interests. However, it is unclear whether it will strengthen our democracy, or just empower third party interests further.
Opinion Piece: The Proposed Social Media Ban
In May 2024, the South Australian government announced their intention to potentially prevent children under the age of 14 from accessing social media, and requiring parental consent for 14 and 15 year olds to use social media platforms.
The ban comes as reports of increased mental health concerns stemming from social media use have peppered mainstream media outlets for the first half of the year. There have been vocal advocates for an against the ban, and the Hub Interns have some thoughts.
2024 SA SRC Mid-Year Update
The 2024 South Australian Student Representative Council (SA SRC) has had an exciting start to the year. Since the SA SRC Summit in March, attended by 105 students from 80 schools and 44 South Australian electorates, the students have continued progressing the existing Fitness for Free and Free Fares for Our Future campaigns, as well as launching three new campaigns: Our Future Our Vote, Greening Our Canteens, and Seeing Ourselves.
I Like the Olympics But Don’t Write About Sports Too Much…Let’s Rate Some Olympic Outfits
The Olympics’ opening ceremonies are known for many fashion hits and misses, Team Australia even more so. As the Opening Ceremony for Paris is one month away, let's take a blast from the past and get a rating.
From the Stands: Shelby Smith
Shelby Smith talked to ‘From the Stands’ after her retirement on Monday night. The outgoing Bulldog skipper mentioned the reasons behind hanging up the boots, and the 2023 SANFLW Grand Final.
From the Stands: Kate Harris
Retiring Sturt Captain, Kate Harris, had a talk to ‘From the Stands’ on the SANFLW Best and Fairest Red Carpet.