Adele Luamanuvae
Junior Writer & Producer
adele.luamanuvae@pedestriangroup.com.auAdele Luamanuvae is the Junior Writer & Producer for VICE Australia. Her work predominantly covers music, culture and news. She has written for Acclaim Magazine and Junkee, and reports weekly on Western Sydney's evolving music and arts scene on FBi Radio.
Sex
The VICE Guide to the Worst ‘Sex’ Songs Ever Made
Not every ‘sex’ song serves its purpose. Many actually do the opposite.
Adele Luamanuvae
5.3.24
Anzac Day
Boys, Beers & Betting: Two-Up Is Australia’s Age-Old ANZAC Day Tradition
Every April 25th, crowds of hundreds storm to their nearest pub to pay respects to the fallen ANZACs and indulge in a game of Two-Up.
Adele Luamanuvae
4.26.24
school
We Asked Catholic School Kids About the Most Backwards Shit They Witnessed
"Now I realise that it was just really horrible bigotry and mental abuse in the classroom."
Adele Luamanuvae
4.17.24
Culture
Western Sydney Is Treating Acai Like It’s Premium Cocaine
Coined as “Greenacre’s national dish” online, the acai hype has hit The Area several years after it took over the beaches.
Adele Luamanuvae
4.11.24
Australia Today
Coles and Woolies Could Face $10 Million Fines Under New Code of Conduct
An interim review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct suggests supermarkets face hefty fines if non-compliant with new policy.
Adele Luamanuvae
4.8.24
Culture
In My Pacific Islander Household, I Was the Breadwinner at 14
“I felt like I was not looked at as their equal but treated as a daughter with a wallet.”
Adele Luamanuvae
4.5.24
Australia Today
There's a New Drug Growing in Popularity in Australia
Queensland's first pill testing service at Rabbits Eat Lettuce Festival on the Easter weekend has found a new drug dubbed 'Canberra ketamine' but sold as MDMA.
Adele Luamanuvae
4.4.24
VICE spotlight
Contemporary R&B Is Safe in the Hands of SON RAY
If you find yourself screaming the chorus of ‘Love’ by Keyshia Cole far too often, you’ll enjoy this.
Adele Luamanuvae
3.22.24
Australia Today
Review Finds Deaths of Two First Nations Boys ‘Preventable’ After More Than 100 Days in Isolation
The Child Death Review Board’s annual report for 2022-23 discovered that the boys spent more than 2000 hours in solitary confinement.
Adele Luamanuvae
3.18.24
VICE spotlight
‘Stretched Between Heaven & Hell’: Marcus Whale’s Journey of Holy Eroticism
Like Arca? Or Yves Tumor? Like music that pulsates throughout your body? Listen to this.
Adele Luamanuvae
3.13.24
Australia Today
A 23-Year-Old Man Has Died After a Chaotic Weekend of Cancelled Festivals and Extreme Heat
Temperatures reaching 41C, total fire bans, and the death of a festival reveller brought Victoria's long-weekend festivities to an early and somber end.
Adele Luamanuvae
3.11.24
Australia Today
Uniformed Police and Protester Arrests Overshadow Mardi Gras Celebrations
Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras pride march was surrounded by controversy this year over whether police should attend.
Adele Luamanuvae
3.4.24
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