Successful societies ‘inherently conservative’: Abbott
Tony Abbott has spelt out some of his views about China and the US, and the upcoming federal election in an American journal interview.
Tony Abbott has spelt out some of his views about China and the US, and the upcoming federal election in an American journal interview.
REVIEW | Happy New at Trafalgar Studios, by Australian playwright Brendan Cowell, is full of raw emotion and an undertone of restless aggression. It is a brutal exploration of how humans operate in modern Australian society, that sucks in the audience by virtue of proximity and off the back of ...
English comedian and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart regular, John Oliver, has described Australia as one of the most “comfortably racist” countries he had ever visited, claiming that prejudice against Lebanese-Australians was proof that racism in Australia was “undeniably specific”.
Another incident of racism on Australian public transport has occurred, with mobile phone footage showing a man racially abusing a middle-aged couple of Asian appearance on a Sydney bus.
ABC News presenter Jeremy Fernandez says he has “copped racism before” but is disgusted he was verbally attacked on a bus in front of his toddler.
It is hard for an Aussie to live in the UK and not notice the pervasive influence of class, woven into the cultural fabric of English society. Whilst the idea of an Australian classless society may be an 'egalitarian myth' , it is, as CATHERINE BURRELL argues, an important part ...
As 2012 comes to a close, we look at the top stories dominating headlines back home in Australia, and what caught your interest here on AustralianTimes.co.uk.
With almost 17 million hits on YouTube, Melbourne Metro would be pleased with the success of their new transport safety message: colourful dancing cartoons singing about “dumb ways to die”.
Footage of a racist verbal attack on a French woman in Australia told to “speak English or die” has emerged on YouTube.
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