Fighting racist stereotypes with gangsta rap
I don’t know how well thought out this strategy is: The video for KUDZAI’s 4 Deep In The Suburbs starts off menacingly — a police siren wails, and four figures …
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Crisis of the 21st Century
In a long and often bloody and tumultuous history of the Roman Empire, there are few periods like what has become known among scholars as the Crisis of the Third …
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It’s a Muslim “no go” zone – but for trees
Another instance when you should probably pay a qualified lawyer to engage in statutory interpretation: Hawkesbury City Council has launched civil action against Dr Mustapha Kara-Ali and Diaa Kara-Ali in the …
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Satan skips Victoria, goes to Arkansas
A little coastal town in Victoria manages to escape with all its residents and guests unharmed: A festival in a small coastal town in Victoria sparked rumours that a bizarre …
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We have an euphemism problem on our streets
Modern law enforcement seems to be increasingly as much about policing language as policing crime. Some cynics might say more of the former than the latter, or at least with …
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No Jews Allowed
Some tight policing of the borders by an alert member of parliament: The first Muslim MP in the NSW parliament has sparked a row overnight, refusing entry to a respected …
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The Great Outback Mystery
It’s rarely that Australia features in American media, but this time a tiny speck in the middle of nowhere – population 11 – makes for a great story that reads …
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Go West, young Waleed, go West
There is no African gang violence problem in Melbourne. I repeat, there is no African gang violence problem in Melbourne: Residents have told of their terror as up to 100 rampaging …
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We’ve got some pretty unpopular leaders
The current crop of Western leaders is failing to inspire the electorates much beyond their base. Is it just a coincidence, or do we live during particularly polarised and unsettled …
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Better call Angela. Or maybe not.
If you have ever used Tinder or any other form of internet dating and actually went on to meet some of your matches, the chances are you have experienced a …
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Worried about gang crime? Depends where you live
Sick and tired of constant “nailing it”, two weeks ago the Golden Logie winner Waleed Aly instead “slammed” Malcolm Turnbull and took “a savage swipe at politicians” over the issue …
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I’ve got 99 gender pronouns but a bitch ain’t one
(With apologies to former President Obama’s favourite rapper Jay-Z) The Victorian government, having solved all the important issues, like the breakdown of law and order, is now focusing on the …
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