Keywords: Commercialisation
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 19 March 2009
12 Comments
Arguments for preserving Good
Friday are based on respect for
Christians, or the benefits to society of
a day free from work. Neither argument is conclusive. Perhaps it is helpful to ask, why should there be any public holidays at all?
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AUSTRALIA
- Daniel Donahoo and Tania Andrusiak
- 12 September 2008
4 Comments
Our children are not our children. They live in a world saturated in brands, commercialism and all manner of hyped-up toys. So when, over a pre-dawn hot chocolate, our son told us he wanted to buy a Ninja Turtle, we just smiled.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ursula Stephens
- 12 September 2007
1 Comment
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AUSTRALIA
Contemporary cricketers think little of dropping the ball at their feet and setting off for a run. Graeme Wood, a pioneer in this practice, was misunderstood by team mates and a cricket loving nation.
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ENVIRONMENT
In the early 1990s Dr Peter Steinberg, a marine ecologist from the University of New South Wales, discovered a small red seaweed in Botany Bay that keeps its fronds free of bacteria. Archimedes continues the tale.
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ENVIRONMENT
Archimedes has been in Queensland discussing science communication. Can it change society?
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MEDIA
- Alison Aprhys
- 21 April 2006
Alison Aprhys on the role of a free press in a democratic society.
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