Leaving an IMPRINT on Melbourne
STARTLING figures released by Victoria Police earlier in September revealed that Victoria’s crime rate for the past year had risen for the first time in over a decade. The 2011-12 rate increased by 6.8 per cent overall to 7020 per 100,000 population, prompting questions over the efficacy of Baillieu’s hard-line stance on crime fighting. Crime...
London 2012. Seriously?
About a week ago, London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was in a buoyant mood. Together with fellow Londoners, he celebrated the one-year countdown to the Olympic Games. Unfortunately, Mayor Johnson was forced into damage control mode this week as London comes to grips with its worst bout of riots in recent years. Looking back, it’s hard to comprehend what a difference a week has made. With images...
Would you like violence with that?
Today I got the notice I already have $6000 dollars worth of HELP debt. At the tender age of 19 my hours have been cut at work, and in the same week I was fined for not having my concession card and warned that my casual ‘f-bomb’ reaction would get me another fine. And if...
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