Suicide attacks and car bombings across Iraq this week have killed at least 43 people and left 255 wounded.
We are sadly now very familiar with the phenomenon of the suicide bomber, but the particular…
Many groups have called for sharia, or Islamic law in Australia, but is it workable?
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A major Australian Islamic group recently argued for a formal recognition of sharia or Muslim law in the Australian legal system.
According to the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Australia…
A toilet wall has more than meets the eye.
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La Trobe University’s Dr Jan Schapper recently completed a study into signage and writing on women’s toilets in Australia. The research, just published in the international journal, “Gender, Place and…
Celebrities Jay-Z and Beyonce called their newborn child Blue Ivy. But can the rest of us get away with less orthodox names?
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American rock band Modest Mouse’s song Black Cadillacs (2004) has a particularly wonderful opening:
And it’s true we named our children /
After towns that we’ve never been to
Inside a song filled with…
Australians willingly helped their neighbours when it was needed during the Queensland floods of 2011.
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Neighbours are a source of growing aggravation in Australia and we are lodging more official complaints about each other than ever before. Excessive noise or odour, inadequate levels of property maintenance…
The upcoming SBS documentary Scarlet Road follows sex worker Rachel Wotton and her relationships with her disabled clients.
Health care, fair trials and education are things we readily accept as human rights.
Unlike fresh air and food, we can actually live without school or a due process trial for a whole lot longer than without…
As the streets of England have calmed, the political debate over what to do with the rioters has been brought to a boil. A steady stream of individuals continues to flow into the court system, some being…
