Censorship has no place in our English curriculum
Politicians really have no place in the classroom. Reading news that Education Minister James Merlino had ordered the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA) to [...]
Just a thought…
SafeSchools – a teacher’s view on why it is needed
It was my second year teaching. A year 9 English classroom, and the class was viewing the film Billy Elliot. Towards the end of the film, there’s a scene when [...]
Finding the truth behind Anzac Day
I’ll be marching on Anzac Day. Proudly. I’ll be marching next to my grandfather, a Korean War veteran who fought bravely in the Battle of Kapyong. It is a humbling [...]
Metadata: the truth is, we like being watched
We like being watched. We don’t know it, but we do. In principle we scoff at the idea that Big Brother, government, is keeping its eyes on us, but deep down we long [...]
TPG purchases iiNet: Why it’s bad for online Australia
Over the past few years, ISP options have been flowering all around Australia. A once Telstra dominated nation is now open to other Internet providers large and small, and [...]
Why Australia’s war on piracy is failing
For years now, online piracy of media has gone largely untouched by governments in Australia. It’s been a very no harm, no foul part of our online world due to our [...]
Seriously, give Tony a break.
In a Liberal Democracy, the freedom to criticise the country’s leader is our right, yet the blind hatred reserved for our current Prime Minister by some sectors of the [...]
We complain, but our generation has never been better off.
We complain. It’s what we do. Prices keep going up; life just keeps getting harder; the bills keep coming in; the cost of living is on the rise; house prices are [...]
The Economics of Outrage
It was 1981 and Labour MP George Foulkes had just tabled a members’ bill to present to the UK Parliament. The Bill was in response to an insidious new pastime that [...]
20 living people who prove that baldness is not a bad thing
Sadly, for many men during their mid to late twenties, or even earlier, what was once a strong, thick head of hair has descended into a tuft, with the scalp fast becoming a [...]
