I filmed a music video at my ex-situationship's music video themed birthday party (a manifesto)

There is a time in every woman’s life where she must confront her sexualisation with ironic detachment. Where the condition of sitting on the line between being desired and being disgusting forms, there is the potential for public spectacle. The process of idealisation can be the basis for the

"The cliches are unfortunately true": Karin McCracken on Heartbreak Hotel

Fresh from RISING Festival Melbourne, the Edinburgh Fringe, and Soho Theatre London, Heartbreak Hotel is a synth-studded dissection of a serious breakup. It combines storytelling with science and a soundtrack of your favourite classic breakup songs to explore what heartbreak does to our bodies, and hopes to leave us

Project Q Fashion Show, a moment that changed the Illawarra arts scene forever

On the last night of July, a line of divas formed outside of Van Q on the corner of Crown and Keira. This show was a culmination of the Illawarra’s finest and most creative minds put into Action. Organised by James Windle, Monty Colwill, Felix Wylla, Quirine Van Nispen,

The Gala Week 3, Spring 2026

Project Q Fashion Show review, Warilla ends 708-day Group 7 first grade drought, and more

“A really silly amount of fun”: Yve Blake talks new play Mackenzie

"Watching what our director Virginia has been cooking up, I’m severely gagged. So I can’t wait for our audiences to be gagged by it as well."

The Gala Week 12, Autumn 2026

Ethan Floyd fresh off the Global Sumud Flotilla, Come on Aussie: an interview with Playlunch, and more

Six straight: second half surge powers Albion Park to victory over Gerringong in top of the table clash

The Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles are the only remaining unbeaten side in Group 7 after a dominant second half secured the side a 22-14 win over the Gerringong Lions at Michael Cronin Oval on Saturday. The Eagles overturned a narrow halftime deficit with three tries in 18 minutes

Come on Aussie: an interview with Playlunch

Australia is home to some of the greatest things on earth. From the longest continuous culture to the boomerang and Woomera, all the way along to the Hills Hoist, Holden, Victa, and the Wi-Fi all around us. Yep, Australia is certainly home to some great things, and we’re

On being ‘emotionally avoidant and evil’, ‘insecure and taking it to HR’: your week 12 dating advice

Painfully one-sided situationship trade got you down? Friends tired of you talking about the same chop hoe non-stop? Want advice about dating from someone who has made notoriously bad romantic choices? The Gala is here to help! We are starting a dating and situationships advice column. Submit your

Campaigners for a secure NDIS unsuccessful as government continues bulldozing

Days out from Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget announcement, large crowds gathered in Wollongong and Sydney to demand a stoppage to proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As confirmed last Tuesday, the Labor government aims to remove 160,000 participants from the scheme, to save an estimated $35

Ethan Floyd fresh off the Global Sumud Flotilla

I had a chance to speak to Ethan Floyd, a 22 year old Indigenous student from the University of Sydney (USyd) and a member of Students for Palestine, who recently arrived home on the 4th of May after joining the Global Sumud Flotilla’s most recent effort to break the

'Today we say free Palestine': on the Wollongong Nakba Day rally

May 15th 2026 marked the 78th anniversary of Al Nakba, meaning ‘the catastrophe’ in Arabic. In 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes in a violent dispossession of land. Al Nakba is not an isolated historical event, rather the origin of Israel’s ongoing settler colonial violence