The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

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The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Horror of Heatwaves

The Horror of Heatwaves

Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor March 15, 2023

Heatwaves been Freaking me out!!    Summer has come early. Except it hasn’t, it just finished. So why is it so stinking hot? Well, we were only a few days into autumn when the hottest day in two...

World War III? The Russia-Ukraine War has gone Nuclear

World War III? The Russia-Ukraine War has gone Nuclear

Ananya V (Year 12), Chief Contributor March 8, 2023

The Russia-Ukraine War. It’s been a primary news topic since just over a year ago and for people in Australia, it’s been a distant example of what could potentially happen in the coming years.   We’ve...

Photo from Flickr, Edited by Alexandra S (Yr12)

Social Media Detectives: The role of TikTok in the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Shikha S (Year 9) March 8, 2023

A 21-year-old by the name of Julia Faustyna has claimed to be Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old girl who went missing from a family holiday in Portugal in 2007. Fifteen years on from her disappearance,...

Macadamia Mania

Macadamia Mania

Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor March 8, 2023

Macadamia Nuts. What a weird topic to read about in the news. Among all the natural disasters happening in the world, how does a nut make it onto the feed? Well, Australia’s prominent macadamia nut industry...

A Doctor under the Microscope

A Doctor under the Microscope

Shikka S (Year 9), Chief Contributor March 1, 2023

Charlie Teo, a once highly profiled neurosurgeon, now an alleged fraudster has been accused of being “too radical” with two operations leaving two brain surgery patients in a vegetative state in 2018-2019....

Cyclone Gabriel

Cyclone Gabriel

Elaine L (Year 9), Chief Contributor March 1, 2023

The world had hardly recovered from the first Turkey and Syria Earthquake when, yet another, disaster struck on the other side of the world. New Zealand was hit with Cyclone Gabrielle – the worst natural...

Chinese Spy Balloons

Chinese Spy Balloons

Elaine L (Year 9) February 22, 2023

We’ve heard it all: spies, top secret hacking jobs, FBI agents. But a flying balloon collecting data on all the people below? This may be where we draw the line. When a Chinese Spy Balloon floated across...

The Deadliest Earthquake of the Decade

The Deadliest Earthquake of the Decade

Shikha S (Year 9) February 15, 2023

“I can’t describe how long it lasted because of the pain, fear, anger that I felt. I saw my entire life flash in front of me and I was frozen with fear. I looked at my wife and children while the building...

Taken from Sky News Australia

The Voice Referendum: Truly Australia’s Voice?

Ananya V (Year 12) February 15, 2023

For the first time since 1999, Australia is having a referendum to change our Constitution. Even if most of us are not old enough to vote yet, the upcoming referendum is something we should all keep an...

What to Expect in 2023

What to Expect in 2023

Shikha S (Year 9) February 8, 2023

2022 was a chaotic year: the world faced the aftermath of covid, a new Prime Minister and of course the Russia and Ukraine war. It is safe to say that this new year is a relief for many hoping for a fresh...

Aarya K (Year 12)

Your News in 2022

Ananya V (Year 12) February 1, 2023

TIMELINE   January   Flooding   Australian Open    Novak Djokovic’s visa and COVID Vaccination – 16th   His visa is canceled.   January 15 – Hunga Tonga-Hunga...

Timothy S (Year 11)

“Mayday! Mayday! We have another Qantas Issue!”

Elaine L (Year 9) February 1, 2023

What is happening in the sky?  Only just regaining Safest Airline in the World, Qantas has turned five flights around mid-air in the past two weeks.    On Wednesday 18th, shortly into a flight...

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