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  Editor's note

  Published on 01/04/2016

  » Change is an ever-present fact of life, and recently I put the wheels in motion for a big one. In a few weeks I'll be leaving Student Weekly, leaving my shoebox-sized apartment and leaving Thailand. I'll be moving to Melbourne, a city I've never lived in before (having come from Sydney), to start a new phase of life and a new bunch of adventures. I don't have much of a plan in place, but I'm excited by the prospect of doing something different.

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  Dangerous waters

  Published on 11/04/2016

  » Sydney — A surfer is recovering after reportedly having most of his thigh bitten off by a shark in Australia, with the quick actions of beachgoers helping to save his life, officials said on March 31. Brett Connellan, 22, was in the water at Bombo Beach, south of Sydney, on the evening of March 30 when the shark attacked.

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  Teen terrorist

  Published on 09/05/2016

  » Sydney — A teenager pleaded not guilty on April 26 to plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran’s Day ceremony. The 16-year-old’s lawyer, Zemarai Khatiz, entered the plea on his client’s behalf.

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  Prince George visits the zoo

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/04/2014

  » Yesterday, eight-month-old Prince George visited the Sydney's Taronga Zoo – with his parents of course. He had a very good time. (Includes video)

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  Dog days on a Greyhound

  Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/06/2010

  » I am not a bus person. I do trains, planes, and people movers with ease and enthusiasm, but buses arouse the dark silhouette of despair that sleeps fitfully in my stomach, waking to attention the moment my backside hits the bus seat. I don't go around advertising this fact; the last time I casually mentioned it was in Sydney trying to find a way to get from Bondi to the casino.

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  A gem of a story: Part II

  Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/04/2010

  » This is part two of an exciting story which started last week on this very page. Normally I have no time for readers who miss a week of this column, but if for some unfathomable reason you did, here is a brief synopsis:

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  The University of New South Wales (UNSW)

  Published on 10/03/2010

  » The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is Australia’s first international university attracting outstanding scholars and students from around the world. UNSW was established in 1949 and has been receiving international students since 1951. Currently, of the 52,000 students studying at UNSW, more than 14,000 are international students from 130 countries.

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  Plain bloody minded

  Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/03/2010

  » Last Tuesday we witnessed the spectacle of a couple of thousand largely under-educated, but probably very nice, country folk spatter their blood at the gates to Parliament House. A Brahmin priest dressed in unflattering white danced and chanted and painted evil curses in blood on the four corners of the House. As the sun went down the red shirts went back to their camping ground at the Royal Plaza, and I went home wondering if they were remaking Monty Python here in Thailand.

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  A Gem of a story

  Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/04/2010

  » The recent decision to close down Sanam Luang for renovations has sent me on a trip down memory lane, reminding me of a day when I went there deliberately to get ripped off. Sanam Luang is the last remaining large tract of land in central Bangkok that hasn't been cemented over to make way for shophouses selling car parts or cheap cloth which, upon coming into contact with an errant cigarette, quickly introduces you to the perils of self-immolation.

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  Australia boosts Thai scholars

  Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 09/02/2010

  » Once again, the Australian government, through its education arm AEI (Australian Education International), has awarded Thai academics and professionals with multiple scholarships, valued at about 60 million baht, under its Endeavour Awards programme. The 19 recipients were honoured on Jan 21 at a reception presided over by the Australian ambassador to Thailand, Paul Grigson.

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