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Tomic looks to take over mantle »
AUSTRALIA needs a new tennis hero. And it just could be Bernard T0mic after he defeated Novak Djokovic at Kooyong yesterday. The breakthrough win has lifted expectations on the youngest Australian tennis sensation. But he appears to have the maturity to keep it within himself. This is the year that he must show Australians that [...]
More Indians bashed »
IT appears to be a common theme in the Victorian news. Indians getting bashed – this time three of them being taxi drivers in Ballarat. Are they easy targets? The fact that some people believe that Indian people don’t fight back. The attacks take the total of incidents involving Indian nationals in Ballarat to four [...]
Indians used as Australian punching bag »
INDIAN students have faced a horror period in recent times in Melbourne and around Australia. They have protested holding signs up such as ‘Racism is more dangerous than swine flu’. The protests follow a number of racial attacks on them in Melbourne. Many are brutally bashed; many find themselves with little hope when going out [...]
Tennis is in the air »
ISN’T it great to see tennis back on our television screens! Remember those hot summer nights watching the tennis till the early hours of the morning; watching every hard hitting ace and every ‘c’mon’ that Lleyton Hewitt would yell; riding every bump with Jelena Dokic or hoping a young Bernard Tomic or a more experienced [...]
Ticket inspectors flock on fines »
CITY Councils need to back off with car parking tickets for the sake of the economy. It is getting ridiculous with loads of stories telling the same old problem – getting booked with the car parking metre expiring just minutes before they get back to the car. These people discover a car parking ticket to [...]
State government must review deadly train service »
TRAIN drivers are putting their passengers lives at risk by running red light regularly. It was reported in The Age last week that train drivers on metropolitan lines run red lights at least once every two days. Data collected by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau suggests a significant increase in such incidents since the late [...]
AFL club media managers on a power trip »
IT’S become almost a farce in the AFL media industry. Communication managers on a power trip, attempting to control what goes in the daily media and what doesn’t. Surely, it’s frustrating for many football journalists and organisations that these communication managers are taking a stranglehold of the media, knocking back continuous media opportunities and countless [...]
Watson proves a hit »
SHANE Watson has proved to be the shining gem in Australia’s cricket line up. From that raw blond haired bowler that made his name a few years back to that hard-hitting match-winner that he is today. He has surely transformed his game since the Ashes to make his mark as an opening batsmen. But it [...]
Australians sell unwanted gifts »
THERE’S always a Christmas gift that you don’t want. You know the ones that have no use to you whatsoever. It could also be the wrong size or the wrong type. Many are jumping on to ebay and selling items in a bid to at least get something useful for themselves. But surely there’s something [...]
Out with the old, in with the new »
TEXT messaging has been a craze for more than a decade now but it is set to boom even more this Christmas after Australia Post went on strike at a critical time. Mobile phones have never been more important to Australians given that Christmas cards that were sent to loved ones in the past week [...]