QLD Uni’s Student Newspaper Stands By Article Showing Struggling Students How To Safely Shoplift

The University of Queensland’s student magazine has defended an article that teaches students who are struggling with exorbitant living costs how to safely shoplift. Semper Floreat published the hypothetical guide in a recent print addition, as well as online

Semper FloreatWilliam Kugelman responseThe Courier-Mail The Courier-Mail Semper FloreatJonathan Sriranganathan 

“There’s a lot of stigma around stealing, because it’s seen as a moral failing of the individual. Even in progressive circles, many of us shy away from talking about it because we don’t want to reinforce the harmful, damaging and inaccurate stereotypes that people on low incomes are dishonest or unethical. “But I think we need to challenge that head on and say that if people are stealing, it’s not because they’re ‘bad people’ – it’s because our current economic system is fundamentally broken, and allows the rich to get richer while the poor sleep on the street.”

He also said it was “100 per cent ethically justifiable for people on low incomes to steal food from major supermarkets like Woolworths and Coles,” while it was “somewhat less defensible” to steal from small and independent businesses.

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