No. 9, Vol. 57 (2011)

Daniel Gartrell is the famous yet tortured Australian poet who lives in the suburbs, never leaves his home and whose only contact with the outside world comes via his daughter, Sarah. Gartrell’s most famous poem is Mt. Ragged, so named for the place where he grew up and where it …

In August, The Australian newspaper reported the National Tertiary Education Union’s unsuccessful appeal to Fair Work Australia against an enterprise agreement reached at the end of last year. The NTEU, the article read, was in part unhappy with the University’s unlimited fixed-term contract conditions for general staff, and felt that …

Life in a Day is a new and kind-of original film, brought to us by A-list producers Ridley and Tony Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald (best known for ‘The last King of Scotland.’) It was also created in partnership with YouTube. If like me, you use Youtube for the …

In the United States alone there are 75,440 km of highways, which distance is almost twice the circumference of the globe. At the crossroads of the highways to Middle and Eastern, between Knoxville and Nashville, is the fittingly named Crossville, Tennessee. Crossville’s population are some 8,981 persons, of whom 97.03% …

Life without credit might sound good to comparatively affluent individuals who have maxed out their cards, but it’s highly impractical in the twenty-first century. However, that’s the reality for about one in seven Australian adults who are unable to tap into a line of credit. Locked out from affording insurance …

The UNSW Anti-Racism Club welcomes the High Court’s decision to overturn the government’s racist Malaysian deal at the end of August. The 330 refugees awaiting deportation on Christmas Island had a brief moment of relief when the High Court passed down its decision. This decision is a tribute to the …