News
With a federal election looming, journalists will again face the dilemma of whether casting a valid vote compromises their quest to maintain objective reporting. By TONI BRIENT IN the United States, there is a significant movement of journalists abstaining from voting in the interests of objectivity. Politico journalist, Mike Allen, has observed the practice since it first occurred ...
Politics
Australia’s Christian Right may be few in number but their political cause has become a spiritual war, a “battle for the nation”. Their opponents insist that these small but determined groups are infiltrating political parties, in particular the Liberals, achieving disproportionate influence at the highest levels. As the Federal Election 2013 draws nearer, will this ...
Life & Style
Melbourne’s cradle of footy and cricket is the last place you’d associate with sleeping, but that’s what Melbourne City Mission’s ‘Sleep at The ‘G” does in the fight to end homelessness. mojo’s Philippa Butt spent the night with hundreds of others on hallowed ground. by PHILIPPA BUTT
Environment
Second only to bees as the most important pollinators, the butterfly is considered a critical player in the Australian ecosystem. However, one already threatened and incredibly rare Melbourne species is now finding survival even tougher as its larval numbers fall to the low double digits, as mojo’s Dian Lipiarski discovers. by DIAN LIPIARSKI POPULATIONS of the endangered ...
Culture
With an actor’s chilling smirk and a director’s unflinching eye, Malcolm McDowell and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange delivered the last word in the telling of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novella. Or did it? A UK theatre company, and mojo‘s Georgie Moore think not. The mojo review. By GEORGIE MOORE A Clockwork Orange’s nightmarish Alex DeLarge is reborn in Martin McCreadie, ...
Sport
Ace jockey Luke Nolen reveals the story behind Black Caviar’s highs and lows to mojo’s Tess Papanikolaou. by TESS PAPANIKOLAOU BLACK Caviar pulled up in bad shape. It was after her 25th consecutive win, nailing the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick despite a tough ride from barrier one. Luke Nolen, who steered Black Caviar to 22 of her 25 ...
Other stuff
There comes a time when something cherished just has to be let go, like kids and Santa or Donald Trump and his hair. Australians, in particular, seem to have an obsessive passion for hanging on to things that long lost their appeal. Like barnacles to a hull, we simply hang on. As we celebrate this ...
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