The fifty year picnic

Half a century after its release, Picnic at Hanging Rock remains the best Australian film ever made, and allows for many interpretations – including a lumpen attempt to reduce it to anti-colonialist agitprop.

Australia’s approach to asylum seekers

Australia's approach to asylum seekers has become a strong talking point especially as the Government's stance becomes harsher. Dr Jo Coghlan, lecturer in politics at Southern Cross University, explains the new Coalition Government's  policy and the lead up to it.