Police need the power to shoot
September 16, 2011
The London riots have sparked debate about whether police should carry guns. Bethany England reports.
With crime rates in Australia on the decline since 1980, is there a need for our police to carry guns? [Read more]
Death of print media, but not of the word
September 16, 2011
By Claire Siracusa
Online is everywhere. Digital is the future. Touch screens abound and Google is now a verb. [Read more]
There’s a fine line between savvy twit and political twat
September 16, 2011
By Emma Buckley Lennox
Social networking sites have been a fickle friend of the modern Australian politician.
If you look up your local MP, it’s more than likely they’ll have a Facebook page for you to ‘like’, accompanied by a long list of posts with links to press releases, pictures with visiting dignitaries and members of their electorate. [Read more]
Online courses signal the end of the traditional universities
September 16, 2011
By Josh Fagan
Have a quick glance around your university campus and take a few snapshots for your memory bank. Before our eyes, technology is changing the way we study and with it, the idea of traditional sandstone campuses. [Read more]
Mind your manners
September 13, 2011
By Bethany England
It has come to my attention that, as the quality of Melbourne’s transport system has deteriorated, so too have the manners of its commuters. [Read more]
Beauty pageants expose ugly truths
September 16, 2011
By Kristina Ioannou
When a young girl dresses provocatively and imitates the look of a grown woman to a crowd, there is something terribly wrong.
Team this with a competitive mother eagerly encouraging the girl to strut about winking at judges and blowing kisses and you have yourself what has recently become a red hot issue in Australia – the child beauty pageant epidemic. [Read more]
Carbon: The political football
August 11, 2011
By Sergio Macklin
Winston Churchill once said a lie can get half way around the world before the truth can get its boots on. [Read more]
Sluts again? Boy oh boy…
August 11, 2011
By Emily Baker
Between European legislation on Muslim women’s right to wear the burqa in public, and criminal prosecution in a recent Canadian sexual assault case hinging on the nature of the victim’s attire, women’s clothing once again seems to be attracting the wrong kind of attention. [Read more]
Bloody Dog. And no one cares.
August 11, 2011
By Jane Ryan
I have a proposal for you. And I’ll come to it in a minute.
My dog hurt himself on the weekend. He was unlucky enough to get his paw caught in some nasty crevice or other and pulled it out with such violence he ripped half his foot off.
Pretty gross. [Read more]
Helmet laws are bad for our health
October 14, 2010
By Emma Younger
Hordes of cyclists braved the cold and wet on October 13 to participate in Ride to Work Day.
But if it was not for the unfashionable hardhat everyday could be Ride to Work Day for many more Australians.
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