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Offshore mining: Big business or big risk?
AS an international leader in the natural resources industry, Australian companies have established mining operations across the world. Recent trends toward offshore drilling has led to the Indian...
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Australia a magnet for criminals, drugs and sex says British media
The Daily Mail have put the spotlight on the illicit underbelly of Australian society in an editorial claiming that the nation’s strong economy has resulted in a criminal culture based on drug...
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Debate should focus on work incentives, not welfare increases
DOLE bludgers. A quintessentially Australian term designed as a slur against all of those people living off the teat of government and thereby not subscribing to the national creed of hard work and a...
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Two princesses, one Gold Coast: Mariah Carey and Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips looks on during the Magic Millions barrier draw at Surfers Paradise QUEENSLAND’S Gold Coast has always been the playground of nouveu riche playboys and glamorous woman with...
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Mutterings in the ranks: LNP abandon Newman’s ‘mandate for change’
DISCIPLINE. It is one of the most important qualities in any successful organisation. It is particularly essential that firm discipline is exercised in a military unit as, without strong leadership...
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Nation of stereotypes or country of contradictions: UK look at Australia
MODERN Australia is a complex nation often riddled by staggering contradictions, according to a column published on the BBC News Magazine website earlier today. Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant wrote...
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Stay classless, Australia
SATURDAY was Australia Day. Craving a chicken parma, I even ventured into the Glasgow Walkabout to celebrate. Sadly, the kitchen had just closed. The day before – at the stroke of midnight AEDT, or...
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Misuse of Stilnox: do Aussie swimmers have a case to answer?
THE FIASCO that has engulfed Swimming Australia has sparked a major debate within the Australian public. Many have queried whether the men’s relay team had been seriously inappropriate at the London...
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The NDIS: A diamond in the political dirt
THREE years ago I read an article that resonated with me. Not in the sense I would quote whole paragraphs at unsuspecting bystanders, or go to dinner parties and thump my fist on the table imploring...
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From major to minor: the rise of the new political party
FOR AS long as most people can remember, the Australian political system has been like a particularly awkward blind date. Two people are forced to sit across a table from each other for what seems...
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Let’s just admit it Australia, we’re racist
(AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) WELCOME to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and, playing for a prize of one million dollars, we have Eddie Maguire from Collingwood. Eddie, the question is this: what is the...
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Republic vs Monarchy | How to solve an Australian identity crisis?
Read Monarchy vs Republic | The ‘Australianisation’ of the Crown By Simon Rowell, Marielle Smith and Cal Viney Wearing a fashionable combination of blue singlet, board shorts and crocodile skin boots...
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Monarchy vs Republic | The ‘Australianisation’ of the Crown
Read Republic vs Monarchy | How to solve an Australian identity crisis? By Brant Rippon FOR OVER a century, our Australian Constitution has worked unobtrusively in the background ensuring our young...
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The shades of grey | Gillard and the gender card
FOLLOWING a predictably ridiculous week in politics, yesterday Australia bid farewell to its first ever woman prime minister. Julia Gillard graciously bowed out from running the country to which she...
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Off the Gillard Titanic and into the Rudd lifeboat
THE egg timer has been turned on Australia’s election date, now ticking away like a time bomb, ready to change history in just over 70 days on 14 September. Kevin the Sequel, his aides assure me, is a...
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Kevin Rudd “survived Kokoda”, but can he survive an election?
For people that essentially talk for a living, politicians have a nasty habit of muddling up their words. We shook our heads in dismay when American Vice-President Al Gore claimed to have invented the...
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The wisdom of our future PM? Abbott’s top 5 verbal gaffes
Australian leaders don’t seem to be able to avoid putting their foot in it. Whether it is Kevin Rudd talking about how he “survived Kokoda” or Alexander Downer’s infamous reference to domestic...
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Who are the top Australian politicians on Twitter?
THE WEBSITE Twitplomacy has declared that Australia’s prime minister Kevin Rudd ranks in the top twenty most followed political leaders in the world on Twitter. The research found that the governments...
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How to vote in the Australian federal election from the UK
AUSTRALIAN expatriates living in the UK are encouraged check their electoral enrolment status and to register as overseas voters ahead of this year’s federal election. Kevin Rudd could announce the...
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An open letter to Kevin Rudd on asylum seekers
DEAR Mr Rudd, As the new Prime Minister of Australia and the man leading the Labor Party into the next election, I would like to ask you a question. What do you think we stand for as a nation? What...
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What is the lesson smacking kids really teaches?
CHILD health experts in Australia have recently called for the smacking of kids to be made illegal. The Royal Australasia College of Physicians (RACP) released a statement on Monday saying the use of...
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Get out of the Walkabout and into the voting booth!
ACCORDING to the Australian Electoral Commission only 16.041 of the estimated 300,000 expat Australians living in the UK voted in the 2010 federal election. What is it about living in England that...
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Down the barrel of a gun | Why Christopher Lane’s death matters
CHRISTOPHER LANE had everything going for him. The 22-year-old from north Melbourne was a rising baseball star, selected to play by an American college on scholarship. He had just returned to the...
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ELECTION 13 | Kevin Rudd’s top 5 attempts to be cool
RIGHT back from when he danced with Kerri-Anne Kennerley on morning TV back on the campaign trail in April 2007, resurrected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has never stopped at an attempt to show he’s a...
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Why I asked Boris Johnson to improve Aussie work rights in the UK
IF YOU stand still long enough anywhere in the UK, you are bound to hear an Australian having a visa status discussion. Perhaps you are one of the lucky ones who can apply for an ancestry visa. My...
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World’s largest expat survey underway
CALLING all expatriates of any nationality! Have you moved overseas for a better quality of life for your family, to pursue a career opportunity or simply for a change of scenery to the place you...
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A touchy subject; Scotland’s independence vote
HERE’s the thing, Scotland will have a referendum on 18 September 2014 where they will be asked Should Scotland be an independent country? I was wondering how this could affect the Aussies or Kiwis...
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What do Kate Moss and Tony Abbott have in common?
ICONIC British supermodel Kate Moss, and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott have one thing in common. And I’m not talking about their waifish figures. When it comes to talking to the media, the...
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Tips for Living Abroad For the First Time
MOVING abroad is an adventure that you want to get right in the first go. You have always looked at travelling with a traveler’s eyes, but now your perspective must change so that you can make the best...
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INTERVIEW | John Pilger exposes Australia’s shocking secret in Utopia
AUSTRALIAN journalist and BAFTA-award winning documentary filmmaker John Pilger has a strong investigative record spanning a 40-year career. In his latest film, Utopia, he turns his incisive hand to a...
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