In a series of articles Barry Dickins interviews staff and reflects on Australia’s first Neighbourhood Justice Centre, in Collingwood, Victoria.
Category Archives: arts and culture
Four Larks’ Temptation of St Antony by Tom Rigby
Four Larks, the young theatre collective based in Brunswick, Melbourne, have a well-earned reputation for ambitious adaptations. Having tackled Peer Gynt, Alice in Wonderland, The Master and Margarita and the Orpheus myth in the past, the collective has become highly adept at transforming its former auto repair shop into all manner of complex literary spaces. [...]
Laughter As Protest
Walking the Israeli barrier with Mark Thomas
By Bella Anderson
Killer Drones, Dieback and Democracy
Free speech and doublespeak at The Australian by Justin Clemens
Our Agency is Powerful
Roger Nelson talks with environmental art activist Natalie Jeremijenko on creating future foods for humans and the planet
Oz-tak-lihat (Australia Doesn’t See)
Recent films like Strange Birds in Paradise challenge Australia’s silence on West Papua
Perverting Photography
Recent restrictions on street photography are a symptom of the erosion of the public sphere under neo-liberalism
The Harry Potter Finale
Old-fashioned narrative meets contemporary culture


