By Kim on September 2, 2010
I won’t bother to link to the media denunciations of the ALP-Greens agreement – suffice it to say that Paul Kelly thinks the Labor ‘brand’ is in danger (oh no!), someone or other is probably red baiting, and there are [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Media, Politics | Tagged Adam Bandt, agreement, alliance, ALP, Batman, Bob Brown, Coalition, Federal Election 2010, Grayndler, hung parliament, Julia Gillard, Labor, Media, Melbourne, Paul Kelly, Queensland, swings, The Greens, Tony Abbott |
By Guest Poster on January 14, 2010
My mate Tim Watts, who’s been doing some great work online on violent racist incidents in Melbourne, has provided this guest post. Previous discussion of the spate of attacks on Indian students at LP can be found here. -MB “I’m [...]
Posted in Activism, Australiana, Crime, Culture, Education, Ethics, Immigration, International, Media, Melbourne, Politics, Race, Sociology, The Web | Tagged assaults, attacks, Australia, Australia India Business council, causation, complacency, correlation, Crime, criminology, Culture, denial, disavowal, facebook, google maps, hate crime, Indian students, mapping, Melbourne, Neville Broad, Peter Varghese, police, policing, Politics, racism, simon overland, Sociology, statistics, tim watts, Victoria police, violent incidents, web |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 6, 2010
The tragic murder of Nitin Garg has revived debate about violence against Indian students in Australia, spilling over into a range of statements at Ministerial level in both countries. I think there is no doubt that hate crimes occur in [...]
Posted in Crime, International, Melbourne, Politics | Tagged bilateral relationship, criminology, Education, Foreign policy, hate crimes, Indian students, international students, Melbourne, Nitin Garg, racism, universities, violence |
By Guest Poster on February 2, 2009
Cross-posted from Marcus’ blog. From my small air conditioned bubble in a sweltering Melbourne the abstract economic gloom of stock shocks and far away corporate collapses is getting less and less abstract with each passing day. Anecdotal reports of jobs [...]
Posted in Culture, Economics, Melbourne, Sociology | Tagged arts, Australian culture, creative industries, creativity, cultural policy, cultural sociology, cultural studies, Culture, DIY, economic cycle, innovation, laneways, Marcus Westbury, Melbourne, Newcastle, recession, unemployment |
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