No. 9, Vol. 58 (2012)

Australia’s international student peak body, the Council of International Students Australia (CISA) had its second annual National Conference in Brisbane earlier this month, meeting to discuss the difficulties facing international students, chiefly ensuring safety and security. CISA was established in 2010 to give a unified voice to the undergraduate international …

Whilst Australia has historically been slow to take up carpooling, the concept appears to be re-entering the green debate, possibly in light of rising petrol prices, traffic congestion, and the obvious environmental and health effects due to carbon emissions and degradation of air quality. “People are starting to face up …

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Leigh Rigozzi

Tucked away in the back streets of Surry Hills is a studio where one of Australia’s most iconic artists, Brett Whiteley, used to live and create in. Post-divorce and in the throes of heroin and alcohol addiction, it was a space Whiteley retreated to four years before his fatal overdose …

Being Old It is not easy reaching your declining years. Personally, I have been elderly since I reached high-school age, both in my knees and in spirit. I have felt a great affinity with old people since then, understanding their concerns and their aches and sometimes even their rambling stories. …