To celebrate Australia Day, the Southern Cross Veterinary clinic supports a beach day for the hounds of the Eastern Suburbs. Here’s how you and your best buddy can get involved!
Youth movement: Should we lower the voting age?
In this country, voter education often comes too late. But what if we were to lower the voting age, the youth of today would be better educated for the challenges of tomorrow.
Jobactive: A program providing perpetual unemployment and ill health
A new report has illuminated the failure of the jobactive service, with the vast majority of both users and providers castigating the program. With it under review, I hope real change is on the way.
Why does no one care that an Australian mine could be poisoning the water supply of an entire community?
After one community received notice from the government that their water supply was undrinkable, many locals blame the nearby mine. However, the fact that it passed without greater discussion is also the issue.
Murrie’s vision: The indigenous community of tomorrow that honours yesterday
Murrie Kemp is a man from a small community with a towering vision. One that will re-write what an indigenous community can be, both in the eyes of who live there and those who write the policy in Canberra.
Utopia now: The Dutch push to bring community back to what it was
Over in Holland, the idea of what a community can be is beyond the stage of debate. Thanks to a pioneering few, an alternate future is clear to see.
Mildura: The town using food to bridge the gap between old and new Australians
Opportunities for old and new Australians to mesh are not as common as they should be. We should look no further than Mildura for an example of how things can be.
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Hanif Abdurraqib’s on point social commentary of a fractured, hopeful America
America is a country fast reaching divisive apathy, however, Hanif Abdurraqib points to another way to heal, as they have before, through the power of music.
“War in my Neighbourhood” project connecting the next generation with the mistakes of the past
The wounds of previous war and conflict may never disappear, but due to one pioneering European project, they may eventually heal.
The three decade war over Dungeons and Dragons: How does it sustain itself?
On the back of the news that one man has kept the same Dungeons and Dragons game alive for 35 years, I donned my chainmail and marched through that societal underworld.
It’s a small galaxy after all: Is Disney ruining Star Wars?
Might seem an obvious point to make, but I believe Disney taking over the Star Wars universe has doomed it.
A love letter to the gay community: We are still family
After my marriage fell apart, I fell into the company of those on Oxford Street. In no small way, that community saved me. I was no longer weird, I was somebody.
Fistful of souvenirs: European ideas that could work here
After following my own feet around Europe for a six weeks, I’ve cobbled together some ideas that we might be able to make good use of.
Safeguarding our communities against extremist division
The many different faces that make up the communities we call home should always remain protected from hate and extremist division.
Cunding Futs: Are funding cuts the best thing to happen to the arts?
Now that the government has made further cuts to the arts, is it time for the arts to stand on their own two feet and govern themselves?
Tender Funerals: a NFP exhuming the cost of last goodbyes
Ingeborg van Teeseling spoke to Tender Funerals, a local NFP who allows people to choose their own farewell, within their own means.
Cuba – Paradise Lost?
With Cubano-American relationships finally starting to warm after the Cold War, Persephone Fraser fears the loss of Cuba’s unique personality.
Community, Lottery and the Aussie Spirit
A social media post, no matter how well-meaning does not translate into valuable currency for a cause or a community, which is why we love to see the impact of initiatives like the Community Lottery
Film Review: Vacation
TBS film-scribe Glen Falkenstein heads out on Vacation with the Griswolds and finds the trip nostalgic, but entirely different.
Anthony Albanese on our cities: Income by postcode, the notion of equality and the real threat to our identity
Shadow Minister for Cities, Anthony Albanese, can imagine a nightmare scenario of an Australia where someone’s income is immediately recognisable by their postcode, but Australia does not need to go down this path…here’s how.
Long Reads: IRA, John Pilger, ISIS and the Bajan Caribbean Domino League
The Troubles and the IRA, John Pilger, a different view on ISIS and dominoes, care of the Bajan Caribbean Domino League – some juicy Long Reads, care of Rich Jackson (and PB).
Better trains a key to better lives
Stuck in a carriage deep below the city, RW Chinnery muses on trains and their relation to the social fabric, mental health and more broadly with our lives.