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Show your support for Closing The Gap

Wan Kerr /10 March, 2014

You’re invited to join local community organisation Micah Projects in celebrating Close The Gap Day in Boundary Street, West End, on Thursday 20th March, 2014 between 11 am and 2 pm. There will be a range of informative and educational material highlighting the gap in life expectancy – and other benchmarks – between Indigenous people Continue Reading →

Does Australia care about women’s rights?

DokterW /10 March, 2014

You only need to watch a few TV ads to understand that Australia is somewhat segregated when it comes to gender — or so it seems. As many advertisers have seemingly made up their minds that the product they are spruiking will only attract a specific gender. Some ads take it a step further. One Continue Reading →

Next phase for Spiral Hub

Geoff Ebbs /6 March, 2014

With a SOLD sign on the Spiral Hub’s old premises in Boundary St, it’s time for Westender to catch up with co-founder Amelia Salmon and review the state of play. After all, the site has been home to Spiral Hub since 2000. Amelia said that the move is in response to ongoing changes what social Continue Reading →

Stunning view from the Mountaintop

Geoff Ebbs /6 March, 2014

The immediacy of theatre gives it the capacity to draw you into the personal space of a good actor, and the great actors make that space unbelievably rich, complex and large. Two actors in the single act Mountain Top take us on three separate journeys with an elegant simplicity that allows the audience to laugh, Continue Reading →

Briz in a tizz over G20

media /5 March, 2014

Amid a spate of press releases today – all announcing the manifold benefits of having millions of dollars dropped on us by world leaders attending the G20 Summit in November, Brisbane Marketing included an update on the new hotel rooms being created in River City. The press release carefully avoids pointing out that the headline Continue Reading →