Stories by media students @ Ultimo TAFE
By Athena Mylonas The Commission of Audit’s recommendations could save the budget tens of billions of dollars a year and achieve a surplus of 1 per cent by 2023, according to the Abbott government. Everyone stands to be affected, with either higher taxes or reduced services. The treasurer, Joe Hockey, says the report proves the […]
Photo courtesy of Martha Silver Breninger BY SHAYNE HUNTER On the 25th of April, ANZAC Day, Aboriginal activists led a procession in Canberra to acknowledge those who died in the Frontier Wars, and joined up with the official Anzac day parade. The procession joined at the far end of the official parade and started marching […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JASMINE VASARHELYI The roaring of motorcycle engines floods the streets of Phnom Penh. Cheap market stalls, some afloat, some grounded, more or less diverge from water to land. The intoxicating scent of freshly made steamed noodles collides with harmonizing aroma of coconut-milk-base with a hint of chilli, nourishing your senses. Street […]
by Dios Lacap Reporting in for ‘Student Apps of the Week’ volume 1! It’s the beginning of a new week and everyone’s ready for the week ahead of them. For those that are unaware, Student Apps of the Week is a list of current applications for both iOS/Android that range from fun to useful. This […]
By Santana Haluska Bookstores are in trouble. The publishing industry is in the throes of some pretty major changes, with the full effects to take years to play out. Publishers are downsizing, booksellers aren’t thriving like once before, even distributors are feeling the pressure. The Internet has revolutionised every industry it has come into contact […]
By Keyhan Farahmand Ali* is a man living in limbo. There is nowhere, he can call home, and he is living in Millburn on a bridging visa, with an unknown future. He is a Hazara asylum seeker, originally from Afghanistan, but he was living in Pakistan, before he came to Australia. Since 2009 Hazara people […]
Story and illustration by Hugh Widjaya @hughwidjaya What makes Dirk Nowitzki the greatest shooter and one of the most inspiring players ever? At seven feet tall Dirk Werner Nowitzki should not have such a stunning array of shooting moves. Sure he might look awkward when the ball leaves his fingers and his feet the ground […]
BY RIPSIME OVSEPYAN Ukraine’s government has reacted to aggressive Russian movements in Crimea, with the country’s acting president Oleksandr Turchinov declaring that Ukrainian soldiers have prepared an army to defend the eastern regions of the country. This has led to an agglomeration of soldiers and military equipment on the country’s border with Russia, despite the […]
BY MATTHEW WATTS Nobody wants to see asylum seekers drowning at sea, that’s a given, but that isn’t the whole issue by a long shot. There is a lot of debate around asylum seeker policy in Australia, in particular the ‘turn back the boats’ policy and offshore processing both inspire heated argument from both sides […]
Mexico City: vibrant and fascinating. STORY AND PHOTOS BY ALANA ELLIS Mexico City (Distrito Federal or el D.F. to the locals) is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world and the third largest city by urban agglomeration. It’s a vibrant and fascinating city to visit. And yes, it’s huge, so the thought of finding […]