On the subject of abortion

If you dare to question abortion rights be prepared to be denied the support of mainstream feminism.

Book Review

 Fish-Hair Woman

  by Merlinda Bobis

In Fish–Hair Woman, Philippine Australian writer, Merlinda Bobis weaves a passionate story of love and loss, heroism and   suffering and the atrocities of war.

Australia’s mining boom – a dirty business

The true story of Australia’s mining boom is not pretty. While miners claim they’ve saved the country from financial crisis, the social and environmental costs are considerable.

Pornography as popular culture

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Who will care?

 

‘I wonder what you think about the government’s plan to keep older people at home and not in care, Helen,’ asks Joyce, a resident of a retirement village where I occasionally work as a community nurse.

Fair Cop – Christine Nixon spits the dummy

In July 2010, Christine Nixon resigned as chair of Victoria’s Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority, effectively retiring from public life. But this week the former Victorian chief police commissioner is well and truly back in the media spotlight.

Coal seam gas mining is a social and environmental nightmare

While scientists and environmentalists blame cattle for the rising levels of methane, there’s another culprit and that’s coal seam gas mining.

Is it the end of shopping?

Audio

As the Federal Government prepares to announce the details of the long – deliberated carbon tax, the Climate Change Minister Greg Combet  remains addicted to strong economic growth.

But is business as usual really possible in our post-carbon world?

Unspinning our convict beginnings

It would appear that even the Prime Minister of Britain William Pitt (1759-1806) knew a thing or two about spin. I have always thought that the reason the British government settled Botany Bay was because it needed somewhere to dump its criminals. So I was intrigued to hear an interview on Late Night Live where author Alan Frost told broadcaster Phillip Adams that the official line ‘is a bit of spin.’

The Carnivore’s Dilemma

 

My daughter’s been a vegetarian since her early teens. Her reasons are ethical, based on her love of animals. So I was rather surprised that she could watch A Bloody Business, which exposes the brutal killing of cattle in Indonesian abattoirs.