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1. Recycled rhetoric
(Weekly Email)
There’s nothing new under the sun. Particularly in politics. Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott might remain sceptical of climate change, but at least he recycles. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement ...
Created on 19 June 2013
2. A new model for political journalism
(Weekly Email)
The development of the NDIS, its purpose, functions, operations and funding, were reported in the mainstream media by political journalists. How did this affect the way most Australian understand it? The ...
Created on 29 May 2013
3. Sex workers: facts and myths
(Weekly Email)
The stereotype of sex workers, that they are all drug addicted, abused, powerless women, pimped out by dangerous men to clients (probably married men) who want weird and kinky sex, is, as most stereotypes ...
Created on 22 April 2013
4. The Carbon Millstone
(Weekly Email)
If you believe the polls, Tony Abbott will be Prime Minister in less than six months. Should he fulfil his “pledge in blood” to repeal the Carbon Price legislation, he will discover the unpopular truth: ...
Created on 02 April 2013
5. Taking a leaf out of history
(Weekly Email)
The standard tip usually given to anyone unwittingly caught up in the news was to simply let the story blow over. But with news stories remaining online it’s now almost impossible for them to get on with ...
Created on 10 February 2013
6. Catastrophe science
(January 2013)
The Tribune’s audience has always liked getting their science nerd on. This article, by the delightful David Mallard, garnered a huge response when it was first published in February, 2011. We’ve seen ...
Created on 21 January 2013
7. Katherine Hates Pants
(January 2013)
This was first published in May 2009. It is, sadly, a true story, told pretty much verbatim. Katherine, by the way, still works with these two and only occasionally has to resort to violence.  Pretty ...
Created on 21 January 2013
8. The Blokeyness Index: blokes win the gender war in Australia’s 4th Estate
(December 2012)
You might think that, certain politicians and radio “personalities” aside, women’s fight for equality has pretty much achieved its aim. Think again. Chrys Stevenson has trawled front pages and crunched ...
Created on 06 December 2012
9. I got it wrong
(The Shout)
This article from our November issue contained a sentence that was deliberately vile and offensive. The decision to publish it was based on my understanding that the sentence was deeply wrong, but that ...
Created on 14 November 2012
10. Paralympics
(October 2012)
By Moira Burn For over one hundred years, the Olympic movement has celebrated athletes who strive to be Faster, Higher, Stronger, in line with the movement’s motto. It’s well known that both Government ...
Created on 10 October 2012
11. OMG!!! Teen Sexting!!!
(August 2012)
I got my first mobile phone in 2000, the same year I finished high school. It was right around the time it was becoming common for school students to have mobiles. Of course, the phones in those days didn’t ...
Created on 02 August 2012
12. Journalism Is Not Dead
(July 2012)
These are interesting times in media (insert your own Fairfax joke here). The Tribune spoke to a couple of Old Media practitioners who have taken to the New like particularly streamlined ducks to water. ...
Created on 09 July 2012
13. Lara Bingle...
(July 2012)
... and the Female Celebrity Redemption Game Lara Bingle is pretty. And pretty pointless. Should we care about how she’s treated by the media (and us)? Well, yes. Because she’s a human fucking being. ...
Created on 04 July 2012
14. Beam Me Up Slotty
(June 2012)
You’ve seen the movie, you’ve got the T-shirt, now what... Yet another charming innovation in slot machines is on its way. Poker machines. There’s no tackier way to while away the hours than plugging ...
Created on 02 June 2012
15. Why The Liberal Right Should Embrace A ‘Culture Of Liberty’
(April 2012)
“Isms, in my opinion, are not good” - Ferris Bueller, 1986 Trisha Jha begs to differ and introduces us to several more. Last December I attended a conference hosted by The Centre for Independent studies, ...
Created on 02 April 2012
16. The Big Picture
(April 2012)
I’m fat. Actually, if you want to go by the World Health Organisation’s Body Mass Index (and I suggest you don’t), I’m “obese class II”. And I’ve been fat since I was eight years old. How Did I Get Here? ...
Created on 02 April 2012
17. Feminism & Religion: Oil & Water?
(April 2012)
Women have been fighting for basic human rights for generations now. In all the opposition they face, there has been one constant: Religion. Germaine Greer said recently that if you call yourself a feminist, ...
Created on 02 April 2012
18. Views of Life-Death - Part One
(March 2012)
“You’re driving down a road in the desert, and the engine suddenly stops... no Pep Boys, no Auto Club to help. Whether the road continues is of no consequence. It has ended for you.” — Edwin Schniedman, ...
Created on 03 March 2012
19. I Think We Should Keep Absolutely Everything
(March 2012)
What will archaeologists think of our culture when all that’s left of it is dead iPhones? It is saidi that future archaeologists will assume that the early twenty-first century was a terrible dark age, ...
Created on 03 March 2012
20. Editorial - Feb 2012
(February 2012)
If you’re a Tribune fan (and we guess you must be since you’re reading this and if you’re not reading this then we suggest you go out and grab a copy now), there’s a good chance you’re on Twitter. You ...
Created on 02 February 2012

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