Australian football (soccer) has kicked many goals in a season disrupted by relentless media attention on crowd behaviour. Buoyed by the success of expansion club Western Sydney Wanderers, along with marquee players Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and Shinji Ono, the A-league has enjoyed improved playing standards and record crowd and TV figures. Despite [...]
In the midst of the AFL finals season Jason Akermanis has come under fire for offending gay people yet again, in what will hopefully be the last instance of the media, or anyone, paying attention to what he has to say. The fallen superstar tweeted ‘who cares?’ in response to a campaign by a gay [...]
The recent wave of protests throughout the Muslim community stemming from an extremely low budget production raises some serious questions about credibility in the world of filmmaking. The release on YouTube of Innocence of Muslims has created a furor worldwide, but one wonders whether those who responded with such anger have even seen the video? [...]
Many people expect higher levels of education are associated with higher earnings. But, in a reality a lot of graduates end up working in a bar or cafe and some still have no job six months after graduation. According to the Graduate Winners report issued by the Grattan Institute, the Government should reduce higher education funding even [...]
In the same week Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced plans for a bold – but not, like, ‘Whitlam’ bold – ‘Education Crusade’ for Australian education, I got an interesting email. Dear student A reminder that the student services and amenities fee (SSAF) is being introduced at RMIT this month, following changes to [...]
