Controversial NT politician Bess Price recently questioned why a woman with a white mother and a Wiradjuri father calls herself Aboriginal. Michael Dangalaba writes on always having to justify his Aboriginal background.
Four years ago Rollo Romig converted to Islam. But this was the first year he observed Ramadan, fasting every day from dawn until dusk, until the family would finally feast together.
Is Target creating a generation of young "sl-ts"? Or are children too busy learning how to spell to understand the more complex symbolism of raiment?
A new ranking of the world's universities has led to the usual trumpeting that Australian academia is "world class" -- but this may come as cold comfort to students who feel they are being short-changed.
Cyclists are embracing the use of small personal cameras to capture footage of reckless drivers. But, asks Alan Davies, will this actually improve road safety?
A storm has erupted over a defamatory attack penned by conservative political candidate Bess Price on a respected Aboriginal elder and two Alice Springs Amnesty International activists.
Plato once expressed concern that literacy would weaken memory. What about multitasking on the internet? What affect, asks Neil Levy, does the net have on our brains?
The average home pool in the US holds 76,000 litres -- more water than the average human drinks in a lifetime. Are homes with pools, asks Alan Davies, key drivers of higher energy consumption?
Australia's only Jewish newspaper has been accused of "hate speech" and vilifying Muslims in article calling for Jews to be less compassionate towards asylum seekers who arrive by boat.
Driven creator, towering stylist, often insufferable, it is impossible to imagine either Australia or modern art without Robert Hughes.
