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- Vote 1 bus 'bludger'
'This election', says Tony Abbott, 'is about you.' Recently, passengers on a Perth bus found themselves involved in an impromptu social experiment. 'This guy has no money and tried to give me a ticket that's two days old,' the bus driver said, 'What do you reckon? Should I let him on?'
Issue 15 : Published 09-Aug-2010
- Why harassment claimant wants to rock DJs
Kristy Fraser-Kirk has flabbergasted David Jones with her pursuit of $37 million in punitive damages after allegations of sexual harassment against the company's former CEO. The retail giant says it is still interested in settlement. She doesn't want to settle, mate. She wants to make a point.
Issue 15 : Published 06-Aug-2010
- CEOs in sleeping bags
Last week CEOs across Australia 'slept out' to raise awareness and funds for homelessness. The kindness expressed through such charity makes us a richer nation. But charity is no substitute for the justice needed to prevent homelessness.
Issue 12 : Published 23-Jun-2010
- What women don't want
David Jones acted promptly upon complaints of sexual harassment against its CEO Mark McInnes. But most
women pay in blood for making sexual harassment complaints against
powerful men in high places.
Issue 12 : Published 22-Jun-2010
- Making poverty personal
Last week the world was shocked by CCTV footage of people walking past a
homeless man as he died of stab wounds on a New York pavement. People on the streets know violence, but cold indifference hurts more than targeted physical
attack.
Issue 8 : Published 05-May-2010
- Light pollution with a slight chance of stars
According to the International Astronomical Union, nearly 30 per cent of the world's population cannot see the Milky Way. Vincent Van Gogh said 'the sight of the stars make me dream'. When we over-light our cities, it's not just sleep we're losing, it's the chance to dream.
Issue 5 : Published 26-Mar-2010
- 'Bumbars' evict homeless from shared spaces
The construction of space reveals society's attitudes to
different groups of people. A Brisbane council's plan to replace conventional bus shelter seating with horizontal 'bumbars' sends a distinct message of exclusion to the homeless people who sleep there.
Issue 5 : Published 25-Mar-2010
- To catch a bully
The growing awareness and legislation around bullying has had an
unintended consequence: many workplace bullies have simply become
sneaky. As the debate about this issue starts to swing, perhaps it's time bullies started to lie awake and worry.
Issue 4 : Published 08-Mar-2010
- Boys with knives
Adolescence is a time of violent, primitive emotions, of play-acting and the most intensely lived reality.
Boys' passionate assertion of relative worth is
developmentally necessary. That child's place in the society of his
peers is, for that moment, a matter of life and death.
Issue 3 : Published 23-Feb-2010
- Real stories betray Abbott's homelessness untruth
Everyone has a story, and they don't happen in limbo. Tony Abbott's comments about homelessness mimic the paternalistic attitude pushed by Margaret Thatcher, where the focus is on supposed individual deficits rather than structural deficits.
Issue 3 : Published 18-Feb-2010
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