It’s generally accepted that if you’re a genuine refugee (not part of the Indonesian 5 star people smuggling racket), that wherever your fleeing from must be pretty horrendous. Whether it’s due to religious or personal persecution, war, famine, social unrest – whatever. There’s a desperation in fleeing your home country and it isn’t to be [...]

April 2011 was rather the tumultuous affair for boat people who are currently held in detention centres around Australia. The big even of course was the fire at the Villawood detention centre in Sydney where around 100 detainees rioted, torched nine buildings causing millions of dollars in damage and threw ‘roof tiles at firefighters‘ as [...]

Australia doesn’t have a detailed history of traitors. We’ve participated in both world wars and have had a foothold in nearly every global and major regional Asia-Pacific conflict since. All this despite a population that is dwarfed by most other countries entering these conflicts. Because of a lack of traitors in our wartime history, it’s [...]

I’ve watched more than enough of my share of late night and daytime television over the years to last me a lifetime. Needless to say, I’ve also inadvertently suffered through a lifetime of infomercials. Thankfully though I’ve never really succumbed to any of them – no matter what they promise, the gimmicks they come with [...]

When I hear the term ‘homegrown terror threat’ thrown around, automatically I think we’re talking about the US. Not that I hold a candle to claims about muslim babies or any other such nonsense, but it is feasible that somewhere in the US locals are plotting against the state. Whether it’s got anything to do [...]

Since 2004, crime rates in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory have exploded. Robbery is up 450%, sexual assault is up 97% and commercial break-ins are up 185%. In response to these statistics, the activist group ‘Action for Alice’ self funded a television commercial targeted at the Northern Territory government that aired on Aboriginal TV [...]

Regardless of your gender, I’ve always been of the opinion that if you’re the right person for the job – then you’re probably going to get it. Sure, things like who you know and the recruiter’s own personal bias and prejudices might come into play, but for the most part in the business world it [...]

Jade Lotus Tantra massage is a three step massage course designed to ‘tap into each person’s sensuality, and help them discover parts of themselves that they didn’t know existed or had long forgotten about‘. Sound vague? You betcha, but here’s a bit more of a detailed explanation into the three steps of the Jade Lotus [...]

Back in my university days, I remember one particular week I had bills to pay and not enough money in my account. I wasn’t completely bankrupt, but I do remember knowing I’d be cutting it close if I tried to pay everything off at once. Still, when you have bills to pay you have bills [...]

The term ‘Stolen Generation‘ refers to the period roughly between 1869 to sometime in the 1970′s where Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government. There didn’t need to be any reason for doing so and the government was under no obligation to establish a case that the removed children were [...]