It is National Recycling Week, so what’s clogging our streets? Cigarette butts have been the leading form of litter on Australian streets for the past 15 years. City of Sydney council cleaners pick up 15,000 butts every day – just a fraction of the estimated 7 billion Australians throw away each year. According to Clean Up Australia, butts are often…
DetailsTracey Spicer is not the only female journalist to be harassed in the media workplace. A new survey has revealed that sexual harassment is all too common in Australian workplaces. The report, Working without fear: Results of the sexual harassment national telephone survey 2012, released by the Australian Human Rights Commission, says that one in…
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Around 25,000 Australian families are registered as homeless with the Salvation Army. We see them in parks, doorways and subways. Australia’s less fortunate are sometimes seen, but seldom heard. Commuters, tourists, school children and city dwellers, we all walk past the societal flotsam each day. Few of us look, perhaps for fear of what we might see.…
DetailsPhoto by Mitch Duncan When another one bites the dust, how do you overcome post-breakup craziness? Kira Austin* is beautiful, smart and most of the time, level-headed. Armed with a copy of her ex-boyfriend’s house key, she sneaks like a ninja into his house. While he is at football training, she searches for evidence of…
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Mobile food trucks roam the city streets in America and Europe providing meals to hungry punters at all hours. It was only a matter of time before Australia put its fingers into the proverbial mobile pie. Thirty two applicants auditioned earlier this year for one of 10 permits issued by the City of Sydney council.…
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Tim Charody’s job has taken him around the world – from Japan to Mexico, India to Nepal, Ethiopia and Peru. The 28 year old studied journalism at Charles Sturt University before landing a job on a travel series for the ABC. He now hops from one exotic destination to another, filming episodes for the Foxtel’s National…
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Sydney’s Hyde Park was awash with fake blood and torn plastic flesh as 1500 zombies invaded Elizabeth Street to raise money for the Brain Foundation. Event coordinator and zombie leader Michael Berman has been running the Sydney Zombie walk for the past five years. “The Brain Foundation is a wonderful, but often overlooked charity. I…
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This week marks 17 years since the death of Anna Wood. The Sydney schoolgirl died from water intoxication after taking ecstasy at a nightclub. She was just 15. Ecstasy is now easier to get and has increased in purity, according to the National Drugs and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC). People nominating ecstasy as their drug of…
DetailsPhoto by Mitch Duncan. “Sam The Bird” has sold over 1000 albums from busking for just four months in the Devonshire Tunnel at Central Station. The last ten live-performance gigs he has been hired to do are a direct result from busking too. “It’s a good way to get your music out there,” said Sam The Bird.…
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