The Australian sporting psyche was established in the 1950’s and 60’s when the country produced an abundance of international sporting heroes. Dominating the pool, tennis courts and cricket fields, we quickly became used to the drug of victory.

The Australian education discourse is a largely urban one. Families in the capital cities have an abundance of schooling options to choose from, with the major consideration being the merits of public vs. private education. The biggest gap in Australia’s education system, where the ‘right to a good education’ is hardest […]

Amy Cox lives in the coastal town of Newcastle, about 2 hours north of Sydney. She witnessed firsthand the steady economic decline of the city. Walking down the central streets of Newcastle, once a bustling commercial and social district, she would feel quite disheartened to see vacant shops, vandalised buildings […]

Good tucker that’s not Macca’s! There’s an old expression, “you are what you eat.” I used to think to myself, “I don’t get it…how could I be a cheeseburger? I certainly don’t feel like a cheeseburger.” The Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare indicates that ‘a higher proportion of Indigenous […]

I’m sitting in a circle of about a dozen people, all eyes on me, and it’s confession time.. I don’t drink, I’m not trying to lose weight, but I am trying to reduce my dependency on the car. Welcome to Sustainable Communities South Australia! Last night I attended my first […]