Commentary
There are several downsides to being a politics major. One, nobody else cares about politics except you. People think about politics, but they don't think about politics. A second downside is that you're often approached with vague political enquiries and asked to explain them in basic terms. Like 'why are politicians so frightfully ugly?' and 'I keep voting Greens, how come they're not getting into power?' It is this second question I will approach today.
As the federal election campaign begins, and with pollsters on both sides of politics predicting a too-close-to-call race and result, we have seen a relatively new phenomenon – senior Ministers from both sides overtly courting the youth vote.
A record number of unregistered young voters around the country are being viewed as an untapped resource. One that in a close election campaign could be the difference between forming Government and the purgatory of Opposition.
I was first made aware of the news in 140 characters or less - but it wasn’t the little birdie that told me.
It was a text from a Deveny-despising friend.
With yet another set of Olympics having wound down recently, it seems like as good of a time as any to evaluate this international event, what it represents to the global community and its impacts on society. When researching the games it is not hard to come across reams of testimonials hailing this sporting event as a beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak world; many claim that it not only has the ability to break down barriers between nation-states, thereby fostering cooperation and friendship, but that it also presents numerous economic opportunities which can greatly benefi
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Duration: 105 minutes
Rating: M (violence and sexual references)
I typed Lara Bingle’s name into Google and it returned 686,000 hits. For a woman who is predominantly recognised for uttering a profanity in a tourism commercial, this is pretty impressive. How on earth did a woman who is as well-known for a string of relationships with high-profile sportsmen as she is for her career become this interesting?
The public interest in Lara Bingle has grown tenfold this week after it was revealed that a nude photograph of her has been making the rounds in cricket and AFL circles and now within the general public.
By: Marla Pascual
American jurist Judge Learned Hand: “This much I think I do know – that a society so riven that a spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where that spirit flourishes no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.”
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull: scared of the possibility of a new Sodom, or just scared by the prospect of two dudes crossing swords?
The crowd goes wild. I blast out some killer riffs, nail the bridge and shred though a fierce solo. I close my eyes and bask in the glory of my rock’n’roll victory.
My instrument may only have five coloured buttons but in the world of Guitar Hero, I am a rock legend.
Twitter, by convention, is a platform which allows absolute freedom to say what’s on one’s mind without having to twink (think) twice. As seen from recent historical events, there have been plenty of examples where the supposedly useless pastime of 44.5 million people worldwide has actually come to some use.
