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What with the Ashes being a let down, the One Day Internationals more interminable than ever and Federer just too bloody good, serious students of TV sport might instead turn their attention to the National Scrabble Masters Tournament.
As a child in Afghanistan, Hussain Sadiqi idolised martial arts icon Bruce Lee. Today, with two shaolin kung fu Afghani national championship wins under his belt, the 27-year-old's achievements in the ring are nothing compared with the fight he’s faced away from it.
Most analysts agree that fighting terrorism is not just a matter of using military force. Pakistan has to combine military, political and socio-economic development, to counter terrorism in the long-run. But this is easier said then done.
Communications Minister Helen Coonan's latest plan is to give every family in the country a free Internet filter program for their computer. The government is also putting more money into its NetAlert advisory service for parents and will roll out a community education program - all at a cost of $117 million.
Are we writing too many of them? Is there a crisis of relevance in Austlit? No, argues Delia Falconer.
I’m fine now, really. The nightmares are receding, the rash is responding to aromatherapy and I’ve cut back the shrink to once a day.
Youth of the future
Michele Gierck meets Ulli and Georgina Beier.
The population is ageing. In 40 years, seven million Australians—a quarter of the population—will be aged 65 or older. So what’s the answer to this as a public policy dilemma?
In a life liberally studded with trips in cabs, I have found cabbies to be in general an amiable lot.
Sleazily located above an adult supermarket in St Kilda, Icon Tours was uncorrupted by its neighbour and fully bore out its claim to provide something unique among day tours.
The politics of crisis is undermining the rights of indigenous Australians
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