Politics, Community & Society
News and personal accounts help give us insight into the direction and movements this world decides to take. The Politics, Community and Society section is here to cover news from the mainstream, to the local issues and to present the personal accounts of those affect by the society we live in.
Latest Related Blog Posts
Rants and ravings from bad drivers to corporate dominance
REBECCA MARSHALL
Blame Charles Darwin for all our bad drivers. And blame the board game Monopoly for Woolworths' move to take over the world.
A Long Walk to the Short Bus
KYRA FREEBURG
A short piece on exploring San Diego by bus the first and last time.
Using kids as conduits
REBECCA MARSHALL
Ahhh kids. They have so many uses...cleaners, cups of tea-makers and mediators in family disputes.
Latest Articles
Queensland Apology to Children in Mental Hospitals
BARBARA LANE
The Queensland Government has given an Apology to state wards who were placed in adult mental institutions last century..
Forgotten Australians are Now Remembered Australians
BARBARA LANE
In the Northern Rivers, some who were previously called Forgotten Australians are Now-Remembered Australians!
Qld to Apologise to State Wards in Adult Mental Health
BARBARA LANE
Children under state care orders who were inappropriately placed in adult mental health facilities in Queensland during the last century will finally receive the apology they have lobbied for.
An Apology for the Forgotten Australians
BARBARA LANE
Australia is ready to apologise to up to 500,000 "Forgotten Australians", those who spent time in institutions and out-of-home care in the last century, many of whom suffered terrible abuse and neglect...
Live Exportation - Australia's Sheep Ship Hell
GREGG CALLOW
Australia is currently the largest exporter of live animals in the world. The conditions on these massive carrier ships are horrendous. Groups fight for the end of live exports but the exporters want it to continue while letting animals die en route.
Latest Short Stories
Comedious Commentarious : Cell Phone
STEPHEN J. VATTIMO
I was inspired to write this short humorous story by the incidences of high tech social rudeness that have become socially commonplace. I want my reader to experience how someone's self absorbed actions can ruin some other person's special moment.