Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Koreanisation of Australia’s sex industry

By Caroline Norma | Published: 28/09/2011
This year is the official Korea-Australia Year of Friendship. But the two nations’ vastly different approaches to prostitution – a factor in the growth of sex trafficking to Australia – threatens real friction to the relationship. Korea is currently Australia’s fourth largest export market and negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries [...]
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The ownership of narrative: Who is closest to the flame?

By Neil Grant | Published: 27/09/2011
Black Saturday: in the media spotlight by Denis Muller and Michael Gawenda has just been released by Melbourne University Press. Its aim, according to the website, is to contribute to the discussion “about disaster reporting and its impact on victims and survivors.” Although its focus is the examination of media ethics and its implications, the [...]
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Are energy drinks good for you?

By Josh Whittaker | Published: 23/09/2011
In recent times society has seen an increase in popularity and consumption of energy drinks such as V, Redbull and Mother. This is not surprising with alluring commercials and companies boasting increases in energy and performance due to their “energy enhancing ingredients”. A fact not well publicised is that these drinks have also been linked [...]
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.xxx domain – a new way to look at pornography

By John Lenarcic | Published: 19/09/2011
This month’s launch of the .xxx internet domain, a new section of the internet dedicated to pornography and erotica, is getting people hot and bothered. The global body coordinating internet addresses is the US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the justification for the creation of a .xxx domain name is that [...]
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Paying the price for liveability

By Jonathan Boymal and Ashton de Silva | Published: 16/09/2011
Melbourne has overtaken Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey. One feature shared by most liveable cities is the size of the city and its density. The report states that “(t)hose that score best tend to be mid-sized cities in wealthier [...]
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Lingering wisps of a global anniversary

By Evelyn Tsitas | Published: 14/09/2011
This year, the 10th anniversary of September 11 fell on a Sunday in Australia, allowing media the opportunity to make the coverage all the more reflective as weekend reading and analysis. We might be on the other side of the world, but the reach of that day casts a long shadow. From those who were [...]
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Why we bother – long live the story

By Evelyn Tsitas | Published: 09/09/2011
Damn. I was a tardy soul and neglected to log into the Melbourne Writers Festival site the second it opened for bookings, and so missed out hearing Jonathan Franzen give his opening keynote address. Sulking, I went to the RMIT library and borrowed his collection of essays How To be Alone, which includes “Why Bother?”, [...]
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Are you on the right side of the newest digital divide

By Inger Mewburn | Published: 07/09/2011
I graduated from architecture school in 1996 when I was 25. I was poor from six years of university and architectural practice did not help fill my coffers. Architecture was not as fun as I imagined it would be. I slaved away in offices for around $4 an hour – and there were many, many [...]
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Exhibitions…fashion’s emerging voice?

By Robyn Healy | Published: 05/09/2011
When most people think fashion, they perhaps conjure up images of glamorous models strutting down a runway. But the rise of the fashion exhibition has opened new avenues for designers looking to push beyond fashion conventions. The expansion of design practices over the past 10 years has witnessed the increasing use of the exhibition as [...]
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