ISSUE NINETHE WHITEHOUSE EDITION

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editor’s noteWelcome to Semester 131 (oh my goodness) and to my very last edition of Insight!

Well... where do I begin. My time on the HSA is almost coming to an end (t-1 week) and it’s been such a crazy experience. I’ve learnt a lot - I came into the role not knowing how to use any of the software and not really knowing what I wanted to do with the magazine (see Issue 1 for evidence of that). Fast forward to now, where I approach every issue knowing exactly what I want it to look like and spend a ridiculous amount of time curving the corners on every image and previewing every edition about 17 times before I’m happy with it.

At the end of the day, I’m so proud of everything that this magazine has become and everything it represents - from showcasing the talented work of so many students at Bond, to introducing new segments, to being the identifiable magazine of the HSS faculty (I hope so, anyway).

Above everything, I’m so proud of everything our committee has achieved in our time. Having just survived our last booksale, I can say that we’ve done so much and I’ve genuinely enjoyed my time this past 12 months.

I also want to say a massive good luck to all the candidates running for elections. We’re the first FSA to hold independently run elections. I’ll be the first to admit that I was unsure how it’d pan out, but it’s been incredible seeing how many students have put their hands up for each role - and how much better it is to be able to vote on each students’ credentials and what they can bring to the table, rather than who has the best promotional material.

With that said, I encourage everyone in the HSS to vote - every vote counts, particularly so in independent elections. A special good luck to the three (!) girls going for Publications Director: Jess, Grace and Charlie - i am so excited to see three of you run for the position and can’t wait to see what you do with Insight.

So I’m running out of space and a new column will wreck my layout so I’ll leave it here. Thanks to everyone who read the issue every month - it’s been great. See you at Whitehouse :)

xxxx Kristie

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president’s report FAREWELL FROM THE OUTGOING HSA PRESIDENT, ALAN WHITE

Words | Alan White

Thankfully I don’t write as much as I talk – and will be able to keep this farewell from the 2012 HSA a short one…I hope.

When I reflect on the past 12 months, there are many elements of our work that stand out to me as successes that I, am most especially, our team should be proud of. From Dining with Social Justice, to the complete 180 degree turn around of Whitehouse, from the expansion and evolution of Insight to the introduction of brand new student competitions across all schools of the HSS and the continuation of the great Bond booksale – our team have given student representation one hell of a shake up.

It was always going to be a difficult task – having been handed the association by a terribly competent, committed and fantastic HSA in 2012. But one should never seek to compare a team to ones from previous years, to emulate yes, but to seek to be the same…most certainly not. The 2012 – 2013 HSA have done things their own way, and in reflection – I’m incredibly proud they have done so, with great success seen across all portfolios.

Truth be told – we all had a topsy turvy ride to the finish, but I believe it’s the small challenges we faced throughout the year that allowed us to keep our eyes on the prize, that is, serving the HSS student body. Any team who says their time was perfect and life was rosy are blatantly lying, but it’s those who can mould their imperfections into their strengths that will always see the fruits of their labour and can be proud for reaching the finish.

And labour away they did: Ashleigh Peplow BallAlice RoseTawanda Biti (in absentia)Amy ReidConnor McBainEllen Scobie (in absentia)James PointonKristie MeggPatrick MossIsabella Baldwin

So our time is up – and it’s on to the next Humanities Student Association in less than a week. Having been the President on 2012/13 and a committee member in 2010/11 – I can honestly stay the HSA has again evolved and grown, as it should, year after year, after year.

To those that supported us, thank you.To those that weren’t our biggest fans, thank you even more.

Over and out…for most likely the last time,Alan White

“TO THOSE THAT SUPPORTED US, THANKYOU. TO

THOSE THAT WEREN’T OUR BIGGEST FANS,

THANKYOU EVEN MORE.”

have you joined?

WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A NEW AND THRIVING

CLUB ON CAMPUS:

BOND ATHLETICS AND RUNNING CLUB (BARC).

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Bond Athletics and Running Club (BARC) was awarded club status over the semester break, and was created in order to cater to the increasing number of track and field athletes studying at bond.

BARC is run by a dedicated group of students who are passionate about athletics and running. Together, they have worked tirelessly to provide a new service to the Bond community, which will further enrich student experience.

This semester BARC will hope to purchase male and female competition standard shotputs and discuses, long jump and triple jump mats, measuring tapes, stop watches, a starter’s gun and blocks. As with all new clubs, BARC will rely heavily on sponsorship and fundraising to purchase this equipment. In order to raise funds, BARC will be hoping to hold an event this semester mimicking that of the ‘Colour Run.’ However, all new initiatives take a lot of time and planning to implement.

BARC training days are Sunday (beginning at 5:30pm), Tuesday and Thursday mornings (beginning at 7:00am). Training will commence Tuesday the 22nd of January. On the commencement of each training session BARC members will be divided into squads – track, field, cross-country or fitness – in order to cater to differing needs and abilities of athletes.

barcbond athletics and running clubCREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FOR TRACK ATHLETES AT BOND

“BARC IS RUN BY A DEDICATED GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO

ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT ATHLETICS

AND RUNNING.

meet your candidates

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MEET ALL OF THE

CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE HSA ELECTIONS.

VOTING TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY AND THURS-DAY WEEK 2 UNDER THE

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My name is Rhys Daniel James Larsen.

Like RDJ, like Robert Downey Jr, who is Tony Stark, who is also IRONMAN!I am your candidate for PRESIDENT of the 2013/14 HSA. Born and raised in Mackay, North Queensland, I have been studying LAW/International Relations at Bond since 2010. During my time, I have been involved with several clubs, societies and associations including the Bond University Student Association. Along with my genuine passion for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, this experience and versatility makes me an ideal candidate for Presidency of your HSA. Vote 1: Rhys Larsen, and let’s take the HSA Onwards and Upwards together.

EMILY MCGREGOR

Hello! My name is Emily McGregor & I’m in my 6th semester of B Arts/B Laws at Bond. I hail from Sydney, and currently live in Nobby’s Beach. In addition to this, I am currently the President of the Bond Animal Welfare League (BAWL), which won ‘Best Cultural Club Event’, with the BDU, for the Great Animal Welfare Debate in semester 123.

In addition to this, BAWL was nominated for ‘Best Cultural Club’ & become affiliated with the RSPCA, Voiceless, BLEATS, Sea Shepherds, Animal Welfare League of Queensland, Cooper-Geysen Firm, Andrew Bartlett (Ex-Senator of the Diplomats), Michael Byrne Q.C., and most re-cently the Hon Michael Kirby. Additionally, I was the Editor of the Music Arts and Reviews Section of Scope Magazine for a year and I was the Councilor of the Bond University Progressive and Leftist Society. Finally, I was the Head Girl of Tara Anglican School for Girls 2010. Clearly, I have relevant experience for the position of President of the HSA. If Emily McGregor says it, you know it’s true.

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Hey! My name is Jack Blackburn, and I am your candidate for Vice-President for the HSA. Finish-ing high-school in 2011, I made the move up to the Gold Coast starting Laws/International Rela-tions in 121. With the combination of Ron Weasley’s genetics, jokes as funny as Christian Bale in the Dark Knight, and ideas as extensive as Brian Fantana’s cologne collection, I am confident I will push the HSA to bigger and better things in 2013.

The role of Vice-President is broad and all encompassing, having to adapt to different situations and assist across all portfolios within the HSA.

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EOIN COFFEY

Hi everyone, my name is Eoin (Owen/the Irish guy) Coffey and I’m running for Treasurer of your next HSA. After moving to Australia from Ireland, I came to Bond in 2011 and am currently study-ing Law/International Relations.

Since commencing at Bond I’ve been involved in many extra curricular activities, including being a representative member of the Bond Delegation to the Asia Pacific Model United Nations Confer-ence, playing Rugby 7’s at the Australian University Games, and most recently, I acted as a carer for a disabled child on the Bond Children’s Holiday Camp. Prior to continuing my studies at Bond I was the Queensland State Manager of a national distribution company.

The skill set and experience I acquired in this position, coupled with my involvement around campus, makes me an ideal candidate to undertake the portfolio of Treasurer on your next HSA.

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KIRAN MARFATIA

My name is Kiran Marfatia, and I am currently in my third semester of my Law/International Rela-tions degree.

I strongly believe that what you put in, is equally what you get out, which always leads me to throw myself into everything whole-heartedly, be it my degree, the numerous social activities or the extra curricular activities. If elected, I promise that the HSS will get the most from their HAS.

Vote Swedish House Marfatia for your HSA Treasurer, I may not be able to save the world, but I surely can save your HSA! I want to increase relations between departments of the HSS, provide a more efficient HSA booksale and provide transparency in regards to spending and budget allocation.

KEITH SYPOTT

Hi everyone, my name’s Keith Sypott and I am a candidate for the position of 2013/2014 HSA treasurer. I am a 4th semester IR/LLB student, having started in Sem 121. My on campus interests include the Bond University Young Liberal National Party, Bond Tennis, Bond Politik and mooting.

I have always had a strong interest in the financial and mathematical side of things and, as such, running for the position of treasurer was a natural choice for me.

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PARIS FAINT

I’m running for the position of secretary in this year’s HSA elections because I strongly believe that my skill set will be a valuable addition to the team. I wish to uphold the HSA’s reputation, to keep all events – lasting and new – running smoothly, and to reinvent the way students are able to connect with the association (through websites, minutes and general communication).

During my time at Bond University I have held three secretary positions and one liaison position, two off which have been professional off campus jobs. I’ve been secretary for the Bond Univer-sity Progressive and Leftist society, and am currently the secretary for the Bond Animal Welfare League (a club which in the time that I have been a part of the executive team has been nominat-ed for best cultural club on campus, and has won the award for best cultural event.) Likewise I am both secretary and liaison talent scout for Bignote Productions, Queensland’s premier recording studio.

If elected I have no doubt that I will both be able to work efficiently and creatively within a team of like-minded peers, and will also be able to take a strong lead whenever the situation calls for it.

JONATHAN PARRY

For your Humanities Student Association, I believe there needs to be an increase and enhance-ment of the group’s organization, efficiency and it’s communication. I’ve been part of Bond Uni-versity since 2010 studying Law and Arts and I have seen where our committees have succeeded and where there has been room for improvement. To make this 2013 committee one that leaves others behind I have narrowed down three key areas to bring to the forefront of my campaign, organization, efficiency and communication.

Organization - TAs your secretary I will ensure that all members of your HSA are up to date with their roles and responsibilities. Efficiency - by highlighting efficiency as one of my policies, I am promising that your 2013 HSA will not waste time in doing what it has to and that it will not suc-cumb to stolidity and complacency. Communication - Organization and efficiency cannot exist without communication - communication between the HSA and students and within itself.

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I have spent the last 13 years of my life living on the Gold Coast, which has allowed me to be at the centre of a rapidly developing CBD. I have had the opportunity to take part in student ambas-sador roles through my secondary school – Marymount College – at the annual Careers Expo, which involved the organisation and management of a large group of universities and both large and small businesses throughout the duration of this event.

Being of a highly organised nature has proved to be a great attribute for myself in my endeavours towards whatever I apply myself to. Whether that be securing and maintaining working positions in largely successful business or small team situation. Upon being elected as Secretary on the 2013/2014 committee I will endeavour to improve the transparency of the HSA, develop a more interactive communication network as well as unify the currently independent HSA student body.

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CANDACE PRINCE

My name is Candace Prince and I am running for Promotions Director for 2013. After completing high school at Xavier Catholic College in Lennox Head, I came to Bond University to study Law and Psychology. Like many others, I come from Sydney, New South Wales.

Essentially my aim within the role of Promotions Director is to revitalise and strengthen the con-nection between the Humanities student association and my peers, creating a greater means of communication through various social media. As such, this will enhance student involvement within the Humanities and Social Sciences faculty.

HARRISON CARR

Born and bred on the NSW Central Coast, Harrison Carr developed a passion for promotions from an early age.

Many could recall his interests in Art, Digital Media and Film, as he developed abilites and inter-ests that would serve him well in later life. So when he decided to pack up his things, and move from a sleepy beachside town to the Big Smoke in 2012 to study Film and Television, it seemed only natural that he should set his sights on the role of the HSA’s Promotions Director. So if you are undecided about who to vote for, know that I possess a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a perfect choice for people like you. If you decide to vote for me, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will convince you.

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MICHELLE PHAM

Born and raised in Brisbane, I graduated from high school in 2010 and embarked on a journey to Europe, where I spent three months as a Swiss boarding school staff assistant, three months as an au pair in France and three months backpacking through Western Europe. I started a Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Laws at Bond in 121 but eventually decided to follow my heart and switch to a Bachelor of Arts/Laws majoring in French language and International relations.

During high school I gained experience in liaising with academic staff in my numerous leadership roles, and in my final year, I specifically developed skills in advocating and representing students’ needs in my capacity as Head Girl. At Bond I have thrown myself into the student experience, becoming involved in campus life, social netball, exchange club, Bond Children’s Holiday Camp and the Student Ambassador program.

As Academic Affairs Director, I will endeavor to build on the educational initiatives offered by the HSA, strengthen the relationship between the students and the faculty staff, and cement the implementation of the Student Representative program within the HSS. Ultimately, I am aiming to enhance the academic experience for the students that make up the largest faculty at Bond.

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After growing up in inner Melbourne and spending the past 1 and half years of my life on the Gold Coast, I am ready to take on the role of HSA Social Director. I plan on delivering a better, fun and more open experience to the HSA, the Bond Community and its social events. From nightclub and party promoting to charity and fundraising events, my experience of event organisation is vast. As part of my schooling at Carey Grammar, I have taken part in event organisation such as The 40 hour famine and local community service. As well as this I have undertaken nightclub and party promotion at Seven Nightclub in Melbourne which has brought over 500 people weekly.

I have also served on the board of the Bond University Football Club. Throughout my term, the club has grown from being a mere social kick-around group to a large competitive Football Club which has made 2 consecutive grand finals. Experience like this has led me to firmly believe that I can create rewarding, breathtaking and most of all fun events for the Bond Community. Upon being elected as Social Director I aim to make HSA events the premier occasions on the Bond calendar through innovation and creativity.

The Right Nixon For The Job.

LUCY HARKIN

After growing up in country Victoria, and being shipped off to boarding school in year 9, I first became involved in event organisation when I was selected to be part of the schools main fund-raising initiative, Lorne 160. This involved a term of intense fundraising, planning of events and coming up with new and inventive ways of getting the majority involved in our chosen charity, and finally cumulating in a 160km relay run between the team. Upon coming to Bond and undertaking a Bachelor of Arts/Laws, I have become a member of both the Rowing and Netball executives. More specifically, as Vice-President of the Rowing executive, I have been highly involved in the creating and planning of new events.

Each of these experiences has given me a passion for event planning, with the aim to create fis-cally responsible, awe-inspiring events to cater for the masses of the Bondy Community. Upon being elected as Social Director, I look to collaborating the ideas of a diverse group of people to further develop and innovate the HSA events.

CHARLIE JOHNSTON

Hi, my name is Charlotte Johnston. I am originally from Sydney NSW and attended Pymble La-dies College. Throughout high school, I was an active member within my school and local community hosting both charity and corporate events. I feel that I would be your best choice for the Corporate Relations position as I have a strong background in gaining funding through my past work in this field, matched with a keen interest in the Bond community.

I have a passion for the Bond community and trying to bring to my peers the best opportunity and Bond experience. Through my work with other on campus student bodies such as the Student Philanthropy Council I have further consolidated my skills in organisation and my understanding of what Bond students want and are passionate about.

COURTNEY MACDADE

After growing up in country New South Wales and attending Woodlawn, a private college near Lismore, I made the move to the Gold Coast to attend Bond in May last year to undertake a Law/ International Relations degree.

I was first introduced to sponsorship and corporate relations after spending two years as the vice president of the St Vincent De Paul Society of my region before I came to Bond. I gained a strong passion and much experience with building strong relationships with businesses and firms, as I was responsible for seeking support from them for many of our events. I was also heavily involved with duties as an external contact to my college in my role as prefect at high school.

I have strong aspirations in regards to my career and know that most of Bond’s students are alike in this, and for this reason I will work hard to build professional relations with external contacts to build a greater network of businesses and firms that are available to give students career oppor-tunities. If elected as Corporate Relations/ Sponsorship Director, I am eager to represent the HSS faculty respectably and work with the HSA team to give Bond students new and exciting events and competitions and career opportunities.

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CHARLIE GRIBBLE

Hi I’m Charlie Gribble,

I believe I would make a great Publications Director. I am a creative, passionate and organised person who has a lot of great ideas for Insight. I am currently in my fourth semester of Journal-ism and Law. My Journalistic achievements so far include being published in Bond Briefs, Varsity Lakes Online and I have completed work experience at Channel 7.

I love writing, designing and editing. I studied graphic design in high school and since commencing at Bond I have completed a photography course. These courses strongly inspired my creative side.

GRACE CALLAN

Hi all! My name is Grace and I’m running for Publications Director in the 2013 HSA Election. I’m 18, a Queenslander and am currently in my fourth semester of a communications degree. I enjoy long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners and writing in the rain - wait, wrong profile... Jks. But seriously guys I’ve always loved writing and especially the editing side (I know that sounds nerdy but hey). I’ve been involved as a journalist, sub-editor, editor and/or co-editor from grades five through to 12 through various school publications. I’ve also been published in my town’s local “rag”, Bond Briefs and Varsity Online. I’m super organised, creative and want to produce my very best work for the HSA.

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JESS DRUMMER

Hey everyone! I’m Jess, a fourth semester Law and Communications student. In 2011 I graduated as School Captain from Pymble Ladies’ College in Sydney. Since arriving at Bond in 121 I have loved every minute, immersing myself in the unique student culture and campus life. Throughout 2012 I was fortunate to have been appointed Sub- editor of Bond Yearbook, a Journalist for Bond Briefs and Varsity Lakes Online and Scope Magazine Sub-editor of Features and Sub-editor of Sport. I have completed work experience with Channel 7, Channel 9 and the North Shore Times in Sydney.

In 2012 I represented Bond at the Northern University Games for Women’s Netball Team 1 and competed in social and external netball competitions. I have been involved in the Student Am-bassador Program, a 2012 Bondstock Volunteer Coordinator, SPC Volunteer and competed in Res Wars. Recently, I have been fortunate to be Vice- President of Bond University Athletics and Running Club.

These experiences together with my creative, approachable and friendly personality make me an ideal candidate to assist you as your Publications Director.

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MAGGIE MUNN

Growing up in southwest Queensland, with two very open-minded parents, in an incredibly liberal family - a mantra of sorts was always thrown about our dinner table “progress without change is impossible, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.” It was Ingrained in my siblings and I, this belief that everyone is equal no matter what; and wherever we were we were expected to fight injustice, and be a voice for those who could not speak for themselves.

From a young age, I have fostered a strong sense of social justice within myself, and everything I do. Spending my high school years in Toowoomba at an all-girls’ private college has afforded me some pretty amazing opportunities. During my days in the old school yard I participated in many a social justice initiative, from packing boxes at Operation Christmas Child, to travelling to India to work in an orphanage over Christmas. I feel that given my nature, my strong sense of social justice, combined with my school leadership positions and my participation here at Bond in the United Nations Student Association, and Amnesty International I would make an excellent Exter-nal Interests Director. I am honest, hardworking, committed and passionate, all qualities I believe people should look for when considering who to vote for!

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ALICE MCDONALD

My name is Alice McDonald and I am currently in my fourth semester of my Law/International Relations degree and running for HSA Competitions Director.

I am a Melbourne girl and have made the move up to Bond after spending my Gap Year working in a boarding school in England and backpacking around Europe!

Refreshed, and with new life experiences and perspectives, I have thrown myself into life at Bond. An enthusiastic participant at res and and university events, and a keen learner have meant I have taken every opportunity to get involved in Campus life – from res wars, to Model United Na-tions to the endless parties! I firmly believe it’s all about getting involved and giving it a go!

I am currently on the Bond United Nations Students Association (BUUNSA) Executive, as Secre-tary, where I have been learning lots about running a cultural club. This has continued to fuel my passion for all things humanities! I am absolutely thrilled to have the chance to represent you on the HSA as Competitions Director!

CAITLIN LIDDELOW

I grew up in Fremantle, WA, before making the big decision to move to the Gold Coast and attend Bond in semester 121 completing a Bachelor of Law/Arts majoring in Psychology and Criminol-ogy. My first year at Bond has been legendary, winning a silver medal as part of the Mixed 1 Netball team at NUG 2012 in Lismore, and being awarded Best Female Player for Res Wars 122 semester. I have been Treasurer of the largest sporting club on campus, Netball, for over two semesters and have gained substantial experience in the running of the weekly social competi-tion that caters for 200 avid members, whilst refining my organisational skills. These skills, com-plimented by my experience as Deputy Head Girl, will ensure that I am the right candidate for the role as Competitions Director.

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My vision is to provide competitions available to all Bondies across the campus regardless of what faculty they are in. This includes getting BUELI and Bond College students engaged. You should vote for me as Competitions Director because as an avid golfer since the age of 4 and en-tering golf tournaments worldwide since the age of 6, I understand the of importance that competi-tion brings to people and to campus life. I also hope to get more Bondies involved by introducing different competitions that will appeal to all faculties within the HSS.

I will use my leadership experience as a College Prefect and Sports Vice Captain in 2011 and will be able to organize and promote the HSA to Bondies with the assistance of my fellow committee members.

‘One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team’ – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

looking beyond bond

ELLEN SCOBIE LOOKS AT THE REFUGEE AND

IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICE AND IMPARTS

SOME FINAL WORDS OF WISDOM THAT HAVE INSPIRED HER IN HER

JOURNEY AS EXTERNAL INTERESTS DIRECTOR AND

IN HER WRITINGS FOR INSIGHT.

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REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICE

Interview with Robert Lachowicz, education coordinator, solicitor and migration agent for the Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS).

In a small, understated office in Brisbane’s West End, I met with Robert Lachowicz who generously offered insight in to the Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS). It soon became clear that the modest headquarters of RAILS do not do justice to this impressive not-for-profit organisation.

In Robert’s words, RAILS is about ‘helping people with major disadvantages, helping them get a better opportu-nity in life basically for free’. For 30 years RAILS has been involved in policy reform, provided legal advice, advocacy and education to refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and community groups. It is the only legal centre of its kind in Queensland.

Robert identified the most challenging aspect of his work as ‘trust building’. He stated that you need to ‘be clear on who you are and what you are doing’ when dealing with refugees and asylum seekers, because ‘trauma, fleeing their country and detention will affect how they view authority’.

The moments that resonate most are ‘when people find out that they can finally make a life for themselves without a fear of persecution. Though there is still extreme sorrow with separation from their family.’

When asked how Australia’s treatment towards refugees compares to other countries, Robert acknowledged that ‘the resettlement program in Australia is one of the best in the world’ with its ‘housing, trauma and other support ser-vices’. However, ‘detention of asylum seekers for a short while for health and security checks was necessary, but longer term and indefinite detention was cruel and unjustified.’

IN THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE LEARNT THAT WORKING FOR SOCIAL

JUSTICE IS ABOUT HARNESSING YOUR SKILLS AND DIRECTING THEM

TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER OTHERS. IT IS ABOUT WEAVING

CONCERN AND CONSIDERING INTO MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE.

IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SEE SUCH A STRONG SOCIALLY AWARE

AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY WITHIN BOND. MAY IT CONTINUE TO

PROSPER!

“TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF

TENSION: IT IS THE PRESENCE OF

JUSTICE” - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

“NOW THAT I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF

WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT I DO WITH IT,

DEFINES ME.”- BONNIE WHITEHEAD

He commended the move to process asylum seekers in the community rather than in detention. Robert stated that ‘offshore processing was costly and of uncertain effective-ness in stopping people taking dangerous boat journeys.’

‘It’s a very complex regional and global problem’ Robert maintained as we discussed the climate of debate surrounding asylum seekers in Australia. However, his experience has shown that ‘the more you talk to people, eventually they understand more about the issues and complexity of the situation, they realise why we should be more humane to others’.

In the 21st Century, Robert suggests that a ‘real spotlight is being placed on the world’s issues …. us in the so-called ‘first’ world compared to the ‘third’ world…. How we deal with it will be a real measure of our humanity’.

HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVEDRAILS has a large volunteer base and law students are encouraged to apply. Learn more about how you can vol-unteer as a researcher or assistant to a caseworker at http://www.rails.org.au/volunteer/.

UPCOMING EVENTSRACQ Insurance International Women’s Day Fun Run

- Sunday 10th March - Proceeds go to towards ‘Mater chicks in Pink’ supporting women with breast cancer. - For more information- http://www.womensdayfunrun.com.au/

Oxfam Trailwalker Challenge

- Teams of 4, 100 km, 48 hours, $1000. - Proceeds support Oxfam projects around the world. - For more info - http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/brisbane/

“IF THE WORST HAPPENS, IF YOU LOSE AND FAIL,

BUT YOU STILL CELEBRATE COMING SECOND BECAUSE YOU’VE GIVEN IT A RED HOT GO. THERE IS NO NEED TO

FEAR FAILURE”- ANH DOH

“THE ONLY INTERNA-TIONAL LANGUAGE IN

THE WORLD IS A CHILD’S CRY.”

- EGLANTYNE JEBB, FOUNDER OF SAVE THE

CHILDREN

the invisible community

Words | Natalie Lane

The woman appeared to be in her mid forties. Her real name cannot be disclosed, but we will call her Emma. With her were five children, one in a wheel chair, they carried their clothes and other belongings in green shopping bags to sleep wherever they could do so without being disturbed: on the beach, in parks, in bus shelters.

However, Emma is not a fictional character. In fact, she is a real person, one of the estimated 100,000 homeless people in Australia; people living on the streets and beaches of our local communities; people encountered every day, here and now, in 2008, by community organizations, such as Rosies, St Vincent De Paul and the Salvation Army.

Australia is often perceived as a “prosperous nation for all” with its increasing economic growth, opportunities and re-laxed lifestyle. But often we forget about the ‘invisible’ com-munity that hides behind the cheerful façade of our soci-ety. We are proud of this prosperous image that we have created but we fail to acknowledge that beneath this image there is the disturbing reality of the growing number of less fortunate people that lack love, acceptance, belonging and resources which are essential to basic survival. We don’t need to travel 1000s of kilometres beyond our shores to Africa or Asia to come face to face with pover-ty; because it sits at our doorstep with its calls waiting to be heard. Here in Queensland alone there is an estimated 25,000 homeless people. As the American journalist Carl T. Rowan has said, “It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimi-nation half a block from home”.

Homelessness is a disease of the emotions that will eat away at a person’s joy, hope and happiness. When people enter the vicious cycle of being homeless, it is incredibly dif-ficult to get out of it. Generally, they become marginalized from the rest of society and are stereotyped as dirty crea-tures that eat out of rubbish bins. But this is not the case. They are real people, families, youth and individuals who have the same needs as anyone else. But they don’t even have a safe place to sleep, a place to call home.

Nationally, the crisis is increasing, and there is no simple solution, but there are measures that can be taken that rely on increased community awareness of the issue and a more positive attitude towards it.

There is a Chinese proverb that says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. As a society, we need to invest in building centres and homes to provide safe accommodation and fixed addresses for the homeless so that they can integrate back into society.

We can also help positively by volunteering to work on the streets and provide active support for community organisations such as Rosies whose stated aim is: to the lonely, offer friendship; to the isolated, offer inclusion; and to the rejected, offer acceptance.

We must take action as a community and as a nation to combat the increasing negative issue of homelessness all over Australia. It begins with an outstretching hand of help, and then maybe we can improve the lives of people belonging to our invisible community; people like Emma and her five children.

satisfy your cravings

Words | Natalie LanePictures | Natalie Lane

Tucked within a side street of Palm Beach is a treas-ure trove of the latest trends. Ten months on, Crave Yard has become the go-to place for your Saturday night outfit that will make you stand out in the crowd.

As soon as you enter the store, the industrial and underground layout creates a vibe unparallel to any other Gold Coast store. Across the guys and girls racks, you can find labels such as Insight, Design Against Culture, Less Is More, Evil Twin, Fairground and Paper Hearts.

Store owner, Hollie Bundred, combines the big la-bels with local stock to give her customers more options. “It’s always good to have the loved labels, but I stock a lot more underground and local labels, something different that customers can’t get from other stores, while giving local designers exposure.”

Despite its current success, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Crave Yard, and it’s taken much personal hardwork for Hollie.

“Over long dinner chats (with the previous owners) and endless sleepless nights over whether I was making the right decision, I decided to bite the bullet and just do it. I have worked my butt off to give the store a new identity, putting my own personal style and touch into the store, and it’s really paid off.”

Komune Resort at Coolangatta ran a Fashion Fri-days event, featuring local brands like Crave Yard. With drinks, a DJ and the models walking up and down the pool runway, customers enjoyed the one-off chance to see Crave Yard’s stock of the season.

“I was honestly so surprised with the turn out, it was one of the biggest they’d had so far.”

But it’s not the diversity of stock, the handy loca-tion or the affordable prices that have kept Crave Yarder’s coming back, but the relationships Hollie has created with her customers.

“Being such a small and intimate store, the customer service is really hands on – goes much further than just selling clothes. Customers know they can come into the store, feel comfortable and even just hang out.”

So get off the computer, leave the online shopping behind, and visit Crave Yard to find your perfect out-fit for your next night out.

Words | Jonathan Holtby Pictures | Jonathan Holtby

WASHINGTON, TORONTO, & LONDON:

JONATHAN HOLTBY SHARES HIS TRAVELS

AND EXPERIENCES AS A BOND COMMUNICATIONS

GRADUATE

living in colour, or color

At the moment there is a leadership race going on at both in the Province, and then also across the country. While I am running Ontario for my choice’s National Campaign, the man enjoying his latte in front of me was invested in his candidates’ in just the Province.

Later, I would set up the office upon arrival, and even with a morning’s primer over coffee I am Martha Hall Findlay’s inaugural daily ‘employee’. She is a genuine, competitive candidate, and is often on morning interviews, while her Na-tional Campaign Director is another ten-till-gone-midnight sort of boss. I brew a pot when I saunter in at 9:45, and prepare a morning briefing for the province. Because, here, we all function at the pleasure of a schedule that will see this woman we idolize in power by the end of April, we are dedicated and flexible to a man. When she does swirl into the office at 9:40 in the morning we have a brief chat about whether today is the day she gets to come out in favour of legalizing Marijuana.

Passive-aggressive commentary stings like citrus from her mouth, and taxi drivers don’t long answer back to her sweet-as-poison routing suggestions. We’re at New York Avenue and K Street in about 72 seconds, staring at the glass mon-olith that houses our client - and we don’t stare long. We are whisked across the street to a restaurant that will be our venue for this 2013 policy sit-down. This is much to the re-lief of both my hangover, as well as to my sense of general angst about presenting outreach strategies to a PhD graduate in Organizational Psychology on three hours sleep.

The firm I’m interning at is a strategic Government and Pub-lic Affairs office, at the moment garnering its fees and repu-tation from success carved out of bringing clients well-executed minority community outreach. In Washington, especially in Government Affairs and Lobbying, your wealth is your network. For every player who is capable, anyone in Washington is reachable, but there remains a big difference between having your phone call returned (the quintessential decorum question in DC is who calls whom), and getting legitimate answers from Finance Committee Chairs or Reverend Al Sharpton.

sporting hundred-year-old blinds, one that I was happy, for a quick second, to be shot of.

The shirt that I had been wearing the night prior was not dirty, per se, but it was too dirty to go to work in. While six thirty am is early normally, it’s very early when it’s partnered with the revelry that leads to waking up in strangers’ hotel rooms. An hour later I was in a cab, departing the shining lobby of the DC Hilton.

The Washington Office I holed up in most days of my intern-ship was a second-story affair accessed through the lobby of the lavish hotel the hosted the 1861 Peace Congress as it attempted to avert the American Civil War. Daily, passing through the marble lobby and glass doors, I would catch up with my morning emails and data entry before my supervi-sors rolled in at 10:30am. Washington hours are often 11 to midnight, and my boss’ were always especially frenetic once she arrived.

This particular morning, following as it did my own harried entrance from the arms of a hangover and a stranger, meant more panicked preparation as I summoned briefing notes and prepared client meeting files for a few too-short hours. At 11 we were to New York Avenue, a quick six blocks away, to meet our client.

On January 9th, in Toronto, at a dark 7:30am, it was a blustery -8 degrees: not a temperature to be inspire distress perhaps - I quite like the cold - but not one to neglect either. In this city, my 7:30 mornings tended to go one of two ways: Either as quick jaunts through Toronto’s battered but populous transit system to the Path (a byzantine honey-comb of tunnels underpinning the financial district) that fed me into the Campaign Offices of the aspiring leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, or they were breakfast meetings. Attempts to reinsert myself into a political system that I had left to carve out my fortune at Bond.

This morning was the latter, and the Ontario Minister for Health’s Policy Advisor dutifully walked me through the two weeks of chaos ensuing in Provincial Parliament.

A morning alarm probably went off, but it’s hard to say. And generally speaking it’s also not a good sign that I was still wearing my pants in bed. Come to think of it, this wasn’t my bed – my room is normally a two-single-bed, bland and whitewashed experience, shared with an eccentric Queens resident and

I have decided that even without a hangover, navigating downtown Washington is a frustrating experi-ence, and unfortunately it is one my boss there decided she had no inter-est in simply putting up with. She’s a Southern Dame - one of the most intimidating sort.

“THE SHIRT THAT I HAD BEEN WEARING

THE NIGHT PRIOR WAS NOT DIRTY,

PER SE, BUT IT WAS TOO DIRTY TO GO TO

WORK IN.”

These two have nothing in common, of course. But they are the stock and trade of my firms’ value, and the technology executive enjoying a glass of wine and a steak salad across from me at the moment is very interested in the Reverend. When, earlier in the year, we pitched the Senate on SOPA and PIPA for them, the Reverend wouldn’t have been much help. Because we know both, we get to enjoy red wine on New York Avenue this afternoon.

It’s Friday morning, and it’s going to snow. I know this not because, as a native Canadian, I have a sixth sense about such things, but because I am in London, England, now, and here they forecast snow as if it’s the second coming. Apparently it is to be a storm, one for which I braced the only way I know how: I opened my window in Balham (south of the river, halfway to Wimbledon), saw that there were no flakes falling and that it was still above -5, and jogged the five miles into work. There I sat and enjoyed a gentle snowfall through the Wandsworth window overlooking the Thames that I’ve been calling work.

The office then arrived (or didn’t, depending on temerity) as I was setting up my Friday workday at Just::Health PR. This is a small public relations and corporate communica-tions firm that carves its niche from the interactions that drug, healthcare, and consumer advocacy groups need to have with the British National Health Service. I’ve not been in London long, six days, but I’m experiencing what I would term “real PR” here. This is a firm with an open-concept office, a pod-based work system integrating marketing, cor-porate, and new media communications into every project, and as a newcomer it has entirely possible that I’m sitting next to the owner of the firm and have absolutely no idea. I’m here for just another eight days, basking in a micro-in-ternship that will indoctrinating me to London office life - and could lead to full-time employment.

As our staff rolled in Friday morning I started about the office tasks designated my introduction to Just - Ingratiating my-self with Members of Parliament by requesting RSVPs, con-ducting research on health care blogs. With major clients in HIV care, general practitioner treatment of the infected, and personalized Cancer medicines, obtaining a solid grasp of the more than 250 healthcare-relevant writing sources available to the UK consumer was a tactic deemed valu-able, and so by the end of my snowy Friday in London I was much better attuned to the wide world of health blogging.

While I have never campaigned for anything myself, I did canvas during the 2011 Canadian Federal Election, helping my party of choice to get absolutely flattened. I then similarly contributed to the most recent US Presidential Elections, where my record was vindicated slightly by help-ing now-newly-inaugurated President Obama and Senator Tim Kaine win re-election in the incredibly hard-fought Vir-ginia. Almost overnight from that, it seems, I’m running my own show in Ontario for Martha.

I had the space of about four days, days mildly exacerbated by the two-week micro-internship through London that ne-cessitated an accelerated pickup of my responsibilities, and our campaign office needed to be staffed, technically coor-dinated, and then set on its why. When I found myself of-fering to do just that, I was cognizant enough of the eternal campaign truth that, almost invariably, if you’re able to do something, you’re going to have to.

a standard campaign workday. Then you remember why you were volunteering for a political candidate in the first place – and a sense of despair start to slowly puncture, icy-gripped, your rooted seat. If you don’t succeed here, you don’t fail a boss, a colleague, or a friend. You let down the person you believe best qualified to lead your entire country. Your own idols.

That feeling latches hold of my exhausted, mildly panicked psyche at about 10:30pm on Saturday evening, as I tap out the final instructions to my new deputy, enticed over a har-ried beer at the Elephant and Castle just 24 hours prior. I have been staring out of my office window at the now-halogen-lit city sprawled alongside our downtown second floor, nursing an only slightly warm can of Alexander Keiths Cider (a gift of the campaign’s). I brace myself for starting the whole manic race again on another continent the next morning - my flight to London leaves in less than twelve hours, and I will not from this moment be able to shake the feeling that in less than the time it takes for me to get back this whole electoral race might be won and lost.

When I have been wrapping up an evening in Washington, DC, it also tends to go at least one of two ways. Almost eve-ry single night I have been in this office we have ended up dizzy with Stoli at the Hamilton – a watering hole conveni-ently 17 meters directly below the office I write to the Rev-erend from. Then, the other way they go is with a frenetic sort of whimper. A scrambled hiatus for food at 10, before returning to work to a catatonic metro ride across state lines to one’s bed past midnight.

I was offered this province because the people here who had been doing it stopped being able to. There is a feeling that one can-do-no-wrong that comes from being placed in that sort of a position, after all, it’s not like there’s another offer waiting to take your place. That lasts about twelve hours,

But tonight is a Friday night – my last in the United States. There is a costume party till the wee hours, and I’ve another drink and a former Congressman’s card newly littering the lining of my exhausted suit, so I have been out to Happy Hour. Still, I’m sitting in my office hammering out the details of my departure, so that staff here have an inkling of where we’re at on our projects. A follow up to the potable that got me my business card is in my left, sourced unscrupulously from the illicit container I made a point from the beginning to keep in the locked cabinet beneath my office computer. Since my undergrad, I’ve imagined working long hours – but never without a company solace in amber overproof.

This particular evening, bags lined neatly by my office door, emails finally closed and computer profiles deleted, I can stare, as I would again in just a few months from a down-town Toronto campaign, out the window of a DC office at the crowd still reeling from the Hamilton’s lucrative punch.

I find it easy to put on my Venetian mask, don my top hat, and head out into the cold December evening to the cos-tume party that would be the last spectacle I participate in stateside in 2012, ready to see if I can have as much fun getting people elected as I did interacting with them in Washington once they were.

It seems months later that I scrambled from my last London Friday evening at the office. It had just set into the heavy blackness that has always accompanied England after sun-down. This city isn’t actually any colder or darker than To-ronto or DC, but unlike those recent havens, the people here contribute to a communal feeling that there is something to be gained from mutually holding the line against the night. I am invigorated, out of the office, and clamber to a pub in city center. We do not socialize aimlessly this evening, there is a goal. Friends in teaching, marketing, accounting, and law have gathered to revel – only very briefly – in downtown London because tonight in Hammersmith there are Scots.

A Ceilidh (kay-lee) is – to even one attuned and delightful of the absurd – a manic festival of the first order. We arrived at ours that evening in a cold that even I found notable, and hastened to our Haggis and Gin. Over the evening at a Cai-lidh you’ll need both. One “reels” there, and reeling requires stamina, and a slight under-abundance of sense. Reeling is Scottish dancing, and there is no point doing it halfway. The gin help with the sense, the haggis the stamina. As we are called out directions by our be-kilted lead, we hasten to fol-low them at a gallop. By the end one glows and sweats and is more than a little sick of twirling.

In the end London has not, this time, been the trajectory that I had aimed for, which is a good thing, given my imminent return to a waiting campaign office in Toronto.

I have found that the degree I completed in Communica-tions did not function for me as a road map, but a ticket. And had I felt greater freedom and confidence before my post-graduate, perhaps I should not have even needed it for that, I suppose. The access that I have wanted recently – to offices in a variety of places, in fields of my choosing, and of work that I am proud – may have always been available, and Bond may not have unlocked it at all. But discovering it now, as a result of my degree, is a nice benefit to hav-ing studied in another world some thousands of miles from home.

That night we poured out of the Ceilidh steaming and drenched, drunk on having run around like madmen for hours at the behest of a demonic Scotsman. I would have been flabbergasted to learn that anyone’s BAC surpassed cold sober, gin notwithstanding, but our sweat would have floored a Russian. One last day in London, spent in revelry, was a quick and sufficient capstone to a sequence of travels that would only temporarily feel like it was coming to a close. In reality, I would be back in Toronto in just 14 hours, tack-ling new challenges to our attempts to elect a political leader in the dark Toronto offices I had left so recently.

In February I’ll be back in Washington again for a weekend, celebrating the work I poured long hours into in the Fall, and reconnecting with a network there that I will now have for life. I will visit New York and Chicago then, and return to England in the summer. I do not know where I will be perma-nently – perhaps I just won’t – but staring out at the evening in London, hours from boarding my next flight, I don’t know if it matters. Are they so different, the windows I leave behind, and the ones I arrive at next?

“I HAVE FOUND THAT THE DEGREE I

COMPLETED IN COMMUNICATIONS DID NOT FUNCTION FOR ME AS A ROAD MAP, BUT A

TICKET.”

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A HUGE THANKYOU GOES OUT TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED

ISSUE IN, ISSUE OUT - YOU MADE EDITING AND DESIGNING INSIGHT SO MUCH BETTER. IT WAS A PLEASURE READING

AND PUBLISHING YOUR WORK. THANKYOU.

JONATHAN HOLTBY

1. Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada2. Degree: Master of Communication3. Dream job: Vice President Communications, the European Commission4. Fun fact: I have a degree in Opera - I’m a Baritone

ROB MILLARD

1. Hometown: Sydney.2. Degree: Bachelor of Journalism/Laws3. Dream job: Television travel journalist4. Fun fact: I’m an amateur photographer.

ALAN WHITE

1. Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria. 2. Degree: Undergraduate Degree was Bachelor of Communications, Postgrad is a Masters of International Relations (Business).3. Dream job: To work for ONE.org4. Fun fact: When I started at Bond in 2009, I was adamant that I would get out as quickly as I could. I had no interest in charitable involvement, fundraising for good causes and de-tested even talking about third world issues. It’s funny how Bond changes you without you even realising it.

NATALIE LANE1. Hometown: Burleigh, Gold Coast2. Degree: Bachelor of Journalism3. Dream job: Editor of a magazine4. Fun fact: I collect Topshop socks and wear them everyday, even in summer.

ELLEN SCOBIE

1. Hometown: Kempsey, NSW2. Degree: Bachelor of Arts/Laws3. Dream job: A job that helps young people overcome disad-vantage and empowers them to realise their potential. 4. Fun fact: I love wearing yellow gumboots

JOSEPHINE COLAHAN

1. Hometown: Do I have one? I feel at home at any of the places to which I travel.2. Degree: Bachelor of Interna-tional Relations3. Dream job: Currently I’m too busy to dream about a job4. Fun fact: When I was three years old I said I would do it on my own. I’m still doing it on my own – hundreds of people have been assisting me!

CONNOR MCBAIN1. Hometown: Edinburgh2. Degree: Law/International Relations3. Dream job: Any job in 10 Downing Street4. Fun fact: I prefer theatre to movies.