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Income management, a feminist issue

Interview by Julie Cooper, Story by Amanda Parkinson Megan Clement-Couzner is a doctoral student at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney. She is a commentator on gender, and social and economic change. She is a lifelong feminist and a member of F, the Sydney feminist collective. (Bio from The Punch.) […]

Man vs Jaws: Surfers call for shark cull

BY BRIANNA BRIGGS The debate about culling sharks to help prevent attacks has arisen again after a six-metre tiger shark was killed by fishermen off the coast of Seven Mile Beach.

The Cult of the Vertical Pronoun

Media have always had a fascination with celebrities and controversy … Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson. Photo: Daniel Gorecki/flickr BY JIMMY RAYNE From the relatively demure days of Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando to the more recent ‘shock jock’ era of Jeremy Clarkson and Kyle Sandilands, media have always had a fascination with celebrities and controversy. […]