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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
Vape Seller Has ‘No Intention of Stopping’ Shipments To Australia, Despite Ban
The New Zealand-based seller issued a notice to its Australian customers that shipments will continue regardless of the government's vape reform.
Brisbane's Growing Music Scene Has Never Been More Obvious Than King Ivy
Like Choker, Dijon or Q? Like music that could soundtrack a coming-of-age movie? Listen to this.
Indigenous Australians Made Up 61% of Unsentenced Prison Numbers in 2023
"There will always be a bed for you in prison".
In Its Most Extreme Forms, “Stanning” Doesn’t Stray Far From Something More Sinister
If you're spending hours on end feeding your brain with toxic social media nonsense and doxxing people who disagree with your opinion, whose to say the malice stops there?
Sydney Woman’s ‘Leg Trailing Behind Her’ After Bull Shark Attack
“The whole thing was totally surreal and I still haven’t processed it all, to be honest.”
VICE Spotlight: DOSS & Nino Pa ‘Piu
Perth rap duo DOSS & Nino Pa ‘Piu are walking the same path that Mobb Deep and Outkast once trailed.
Lonely and Touch-Starved? serpentwithfeet Has The Cure
serpentwithfeet’s music casts an amorous auditory shadow on the world that lovers and yearners rejoice in.
VICE Spotlight: Brazen Barbie
Brazen Barbie is Boorloo’s baddest. And she’s here to let you all know.