Stories by media students @ Ultimo TAFE
By Alexandra Talifero ‘The Composer is Dead’ is a fabulous murder-mystery story, written and composed as an orchestral presentation by Lemony Snicket and Nathaniel Stookey in 2006. It was principally designed as an entertaining, educational piece for children to learn about the world of traditional concert orchestras.
BY EDOARDO MESITI The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards, Australia’s live entertainment industry’s night of nights, is upon us once again. This year’s nominations were announced simultaneously across six major Australian cities, and Opera Australia’s The King and I and The Melbourne Ring Cycle have topped the nominations list with ten nods each. The cream of […]
Plastics and pollutants make up the Great Pacific Gyre. Photo: Cesar Harada/flickr BY ED BROWN The third rock from the sun, a floating emerald and azure orb floating in orbit around a blazing star. Here is a place we call home and we have named it Earth. It is a wonderful place, bustling with […]
Turtle swimming in waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Sam Harris/flickr BY CHARLOTTE MUTORO The coal terminal at Abbot Point is one of five ports along the Queensland coast to be given the go ahead for expansion. Abbot Point, which is close to the Great Barrier Reef has been designated a port development […]
Presenter: Yvette Jurd; Producer: Mert Blakanli Featured image: Protesters at Sydney’s March in May. Photo: Jerry Dohnal/CC/flickr
‘We live in a country that can afford to take care of everyone.’ Protesters at March in May. STORY AND PHOTOS BY KIAN HALL The rumbling hum of protest fills the air as people gather in Belmore Park, Sydney CBD, for the March in May. People, young and old gather to show their anger, […]
Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Photo: DIBP Images/Flickr By Charlotte Mutoro Asylum seekers from Manus Island who are not granted a refugee visa to stay at the equivalent of a ‘three star hotel facility’ on Nauru may now end up in Cambodia. Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison met Cambodia’s Interior Minister Sar Kheng on […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JAMES SHERIDAN ‘Graffiti’ refers to the obtrusive art that is not confined to a canvas, but instead makes its abode on urban landscapes. Sydney’s city habitat is no exception to this, however not all the city inhabitants welcome this species of art. The graffiti scene causes conflict between councils and communities […]
By Leon Elia In a remote Papua New Guinea village, Elizabeth, a 38 year old woman and her husband Isa were expecting their fifth child. Elizabeth’s labour began at 5:00 pm Wednesday, with the nearest health centre two days sailing time away. Two untrained village midwives, Jemma and Josephine, were in attendance. After a 12 […]
BY OLIVIA CVETANOVSKI 25-year-old weightlifter, Malek Chamoun from Summer Hill is the first ever legally blind athlete to qualify for the Australian Commonwealth Games Team. The teams have not yet been confirmed and will be revealed by June, but the Australian Weightlifting Federation says there is no doubt he will make it.