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Satara Uthayakumaran

Canberra Times

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I watch students sleep in the ANU library while executives count their $100m reputational losses

I watch students sleep in the ANU library while executives count their $100m reputational losses

Recently, I was sitting in the 24/7 library at ANU, watching a viral Senate estimates clip on my small laptop screen. In this clip, our interim...

20.06.2026 20

Canberra Times

Satara Uthayakumaran

These NDIS cuts will hurt Australian families like mine

We cannot accept a society that readily funds the machinery of war and protects the profits of gas giants, while telling Australians with a disability...

23.04.2026 30

WA Today

Satara Uthayakumaran

These NDIS cuts will hurt Australian families like mine

We cannot accept a society that readily funds the machinery of war and protects the profits of gas giants, while telling Australians with a disability...

23.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Satara Uthayakumaran

These NDIS cuts will hurt Australian families like mine

We cannot accept a society that readily funds the machinery of war and protects the profits of gas giants, while telling Australians with a disability...

23.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Satara Uthayakumaran

These NDIS cuts will hurt Australian families like mine

We cannot accept a society that readily funds the machinery of war and protects the profits of gas giants, while telling Australians with a disability...

23.04.2026 30

The Age

Satara Uthayakumaran

To me, an Australian person of colour, Mamdani’s New York victory is a game-changer

If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. Right, Australia?

06.11.2025 10

WA Today

Satara Uthayakumaran

To me, an Australian person of colour, Mamdani’s New York victory is a game-changer

If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. Right, Australia?

06.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Satara Uthayakumaran

To me, an Australian person of colour, Mamdani’s New York victory is a game-changer

If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. Right, Australia?

06.11.2025 10

The Age

Satara Uthayakumaran

To me, an Australian person of colour, Mamdani’s New York victory is a game-changer

If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. Right, Australia?

06.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Satara Uthayakumaran

Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power — and its distance from the people it was built to serve

10.10.2025 20

The Guardian

Satara Uthayakumaran

My job is to tell the UN about young lives in Australia. I wish the story was a better one

As Australia’s Youth Representative to the UN, I’ve spoken with thousands of young people across the country. I wanted to find hope, I found too...

31.05.2025 20

WA Today

Satara Uthayakumaran

My job is to tell the UN about young lives in Australia. I wish the story was a better one

As Australia’s Youth Representative to the UN, I’ve spoken with thousands of young people across the country. I wanted to find hope, I found too...

31.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Satara Uthayakumaran

My job is to tell the UN about young lives in Australia. I wish the story was a better one

As Australia’s Youth Representative to the UN, I’ve spoken with thousands of young people across the country. I wanted to find hope, I found too...

31.05.2025 30

The Age

Satara Uthayakumaran

My job is to tell the UN about young lives in Australia. I wish the story was a better one

As Australia’s Youth Representative to the UN, I’ve spoken with thousands of young people across the country. I wanted to find hope, I found too...

31.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Satara Uthayakumaran