Caught In The Court: budgets and food
ANUSA’s General Secretary opened the Annual General Meeting via a microphone held not by the oh-so-predictable microphone stand but instead by the steady arm of another member of the executive. Was this a very public attempt at team building? Have microphone stands just become too...
Letter From Planet Earth: Week 2
Dear Gzorgax, I should really write more often. How is your planet going? What’s it like having three suns? Is Gzorgax a common name in Gliese 667 or were you teased growing up? Anyway, as you may know, people are getting pretty steamed up about this whole gay marriage thing...
Barry Drive Podcast 5
This show the reins are handed back to John and with bated breath, he seems to find the correct button and we are off and running.
This morning we have the full complement of presenters. Michael introduces us, Johns hosts, Victor interviews Wyatt Roy, Federal Member for Longman, Amy leads...
Under The Veil: Transexuality In Iran
After Thailand, which country do you think performs the greatest number of gender re-assignment surgeries? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer isn’t the United States, England, or Canada: it’s Iran. The same state which imposes severe criminal penalties for homosexuality...
Is Our Children Learning?
In the words of Epictetus, “Only the educated are free.”
We take it for granted that with education comes choice; that education is a symbol of empowerment and progress. But have you ever tried to imagine how a young person could face education and be met by a void? That they could...
Abortion and the law
In Australia, one in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime. This means that termination facilities are an essential health service that have been, or will be, accessed by a woman you know: a friend, a sister, a girlfriend…you. Yet abortion remains regulated...
Last Dinosaurs: The Interview
Interviewing lead singers of indie rock bands can be fraught with drama and tension but it’s still a surprise when, just a few minutes into talking with Sean Caskey, proceedings come to a sudden halt. A woman’s voice breaks through the telephone speaker. “Sorry, it’s...
You think you’re busy? Meet Gareth Evans.
The Chancellor of the ANU sits down with Fergus Hunter to talk university, work, federal politics and foreign policy.
First class honours law student at Melbourne University, Masters student at Oxford University, 21 years as an MP, Attorney General, Foreign Minister, president of...
The weakest link
On one of the Kings Highway’s sharp, winding bends, you’ll pass a small cave near the top of Clyde Mountain. It’s the now blocked entrance to a tunnel leading into the mountain and under the road. Such was the importance of the road linking Canberra and the coast that...
Gotye, why do I hate you so?
This article was originally going to have some tongue-in-cheek title along the lines of “Gotye has to Gotego”, or “Gotye: Hopefully soon to be someone I used to know”. All I knew was that every time I heard the cheeky introduction of the xylophone in his “...
