Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Last week we journalists could do nothing but hang our heads in shame. The coverage of March in March was abysmal by the mainstream media (MSM). When I heard that March in March Gold Coast was set for Saturday 22, I hoped to read about it the same day it was happening. I guess such Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. I am a closet hoarder. I have too much stuff. I think most of us do. I have not escaped my poor student/artist mindset. I have always had the habit of saving and storing things that might be useful later, might come in handy, that seem like they are Continue Reading →
The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs recently returned from Christmas Island as part of her National Inquiry into the impact of immigration detention on children. Of the 315 children in detention on the island at the time of her visit, most had been there for six to eight months. The Continue Reading →
Urban Voices, a celebration of poetry organised by Westender’s Kerrod Trott was held at the Boundary Hotel last Friday and was a resounding success. A dozen poets entertained, challenged and moved about thirty Westenders in the upstairs front room at the Hotel. The hotel, along with other Westend businesses provided $50 gift vouchers to the Continue Reading →
BUILDING UNITS IN FLOOD-PRONE LAND BRINGS FORWARD UNCOMMON PROBLEMS The floods of 2011 were a natural disaster that affected many residents, businesses and the broader community. That natural flood event would influence the ambitions of Brisbane’s WECA and the people of Brisbane never thought it would ever head in this direction though. “City Council has not ruled Continue Reading →
The Stella Prize is pleased to announce the second-ever Stella Prize shortlist. The Stella Prize is a $50,000 cash prize that celebrates Australian women’s contribution to literature. Additionally, and excitingly, for the first time the other five shortlisted authors will also receive prize money of $2000, courtesy of the Nelson Meers Foundation. This carries forward the extraordinary gesture Continue Reading →