Women and men must challenge the marketing monopoly over our visual landscapes.
Sexploitation and the 'modern' world
By Garima Verma
We are quick to criticise Bill Henson and 13-year-olds in Australian Fashion Week, yet those same children a few years older later are "barely legal" and it's somehow okay to objectify them. Post a comment. More
Food for taxis
While income management has meant more money spent on food for kids, it is also shaming those kids and their families.
Eating kangaroo
Replacing cattle and sheep with kangaroos could cut Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental bailout
Climate change and resource depletion could be far worse than a financial meltdown.
Abortion laws
The state should protect the rights of doctors not to participate in killing against their will.
Credit crunch
The Government's move to buy mortgage-backed securities is a shot in the arm for lenders.
You said it
By forcing a doctor to refer to another doctor whom he or she knows is pro-abortion, the new abortion bill is removing women's rights to full advice. - Mark Safe - Glen Iris, Vic
Peter Garrett's solar technology centre is a nice step toward real solutions, but with only a $3 million investment he is a couple of zeros short. - Bradley Smith - Greenslopes, QLD
They said it
"It is perhaps time now to admit that we did not learn the full lessons of the greed-is-good ideology. And today we are still cleaning up the mess of the 21st century children of Gordon Gekko."
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd blames the global financial crisis on the mentality of greed that was celebrated by fictional stockbroker Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street.
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