Empire Times


Empire Times is the student newspaper of Flinders University, in Adelaide, South Australia. It ceased publication in 2006 as a result of voluntary student unionism, but resumed in 2013 with the reintroduction of SSAF. It is published by the Flinders University Student Association.

History

Empire Times was founded as the student newspaper of Flinders University in 1969 by Martin Fabinyi and continued in publication until 2006, published by the Flinders University Student Association. It ceased publication in 2006 as a result of voluntary student unionism.
In 2004, edition 36 special woman's edition, called "Fempire Times", was accidentally printed as edition 37. This resulted in the 2005 edition being listed as 38.
Between 2007 and 2012, a student publication called The Libertine filled the void left from ceased production of Empire Times.
Publication of Empire Times resumed in 2013 with the reintroduction of SSAF.

Today

Empire Times, also abbreviated to ET, is published by FUSA and distributed free of charge at locations around campus. It also published online via Issuu.

Editors

Editorial staff

In a typical year there are two to four paid editors, who manage the paper; editors are elected during FUSA student elections or appointed by student council. The term of office for an editor begins after 1 November until 30 November the following year, so there are two teams of editors during November.
As of 2023, the salary of the editing team is $30,000p.a. in total, which is usually divided equally between the team.

Editors (2013-Present)

In the 2023 FUSA student elections, the 2024 Empire Times editorial team ran with the FIRE-UP ticket. As well, in the 2024 FUSA student elections, the 2025 Empire Times editorial team ran with the FIRE-UP ticket.
EditorsYear
Simon Collinson2013
Sarah Gates2013
Dunja Nedic2013
Jess Nicole2014
Flik Schemmer2014
Jade Kelly2014
Bethany Lawrence2014
Jess Nicole2015
Jenn Matters2015
Laura Telford2015
Simon Corletto2015
Eleanor Danenberg2016
Liam McNally2016
Lauren Reid2016
Simon Corletto2016
Eleanor Danenberg2017
Liam McNally2017
Lisandra Linde2017
Ainsley Ewart2018
Oli Glenie2018
Cameron Lowe2018
Alicia Wood2019
James Watson2019
Kienan McKay2019
Amy Bennett2020
Bec Manser2020
Carmen Giffen2020
Nathan Cheetham2021
Brie Dark2021
Artemis Perry2021
Courtney Lawrence2021
Zofia Kolodziei2021
Jessica Rowe2022
Tahlia Dilberovic2022
Claire Gibbins2022
Katia Rawlings2023
Rachelle Summers2023
Katie Stedman2023
Georgia Nolan2023
Miriam van der Heiden2024
Lachlan White2024
Noah Montgomery2024
Angel Parker
Evangelia Karageorgos
Nadia Metzger
Sage Haba		2025

Prominent past editors and contributors

Notable former editors and contributors included Martin Armiger, Greig Pickhaver, Steph Key and Kate Ellis.

Format

Prior to Voluntary Student Unionism, the paper was printed in a tabloid format on standard newsprint.
Most issues of Empire Times conform to a certain theme, reflected in the graphical style, and usually in the content itself. There are special theme issues such as Corona Times, focusing on COVID-19, or Fempire Times, which is written primarily or exclusively by women.

Collaborations

Empire Times has done collaborative issues with other student newspapers.
In 1973, Dit ego times was a joint publication between University of Adelaide's student newspaper On Dit, South Australian Institute of Technology’s student newspaper Egois, and Empire Times.
In 2022, On Dit collaborated with Empire Times to produce OnDit x Empire Times, both producing issues to circle around their content censorship for each other's restrictions respectively.