We hear about violence perpetrated by Muslims and refugees, but not the violence against them
Similar crimes. One explicitly linked to terrorism with intent to wipe out specific groups of people. Guess which one made front-page headlines.
Ette-Itorial
Independent media probably won’t benefit from the new social media tax. We want to change that.
The government is proposing a new levy on tech giants like Google and Facebook to help fund Australian journalism. We need it to support independent media, too.
ETTE-ITORIAL: At 22, I’m on board the Gaza flotilla — what I've witnessed on social media has driven me to act
Ethan Floyd, a 22-year-old Australian student and artist, is one of 17 Australians who have set sail with the Global Sumud Flotilla in the latest attempt to break Israel’s illegal blockade in Gaza.
Who gets to be a victim?
When an 'unexpected' victim is killed — a white person, for example — what usually follows is an outpouring of grief and media coverage. Otten the two go hand in hand. When a black and/or brown people is killed, the reaction often differs.
Ette-Itorial: Dear PM: social media helped me survive small-town isolation. Your ban traps others there
Social media gave me language I didn’t have. It gave me peers who shared similar paths. It also gave me a place to say, “This is who I am and what I need,” at a time when saying that offline felt loaded with risk.
Opinion: Pauline Hanson Stays Relevant Because the Media Makes Sure of It
'Pauline Hanson and what she represents have been a spectre looming over me not just throughout my entire career, but also many life milestones and memories.'
Opinion: Victoria’s crime ‘crisis’ only exists in the headlines
Victoria is buzzing with outrage over youth crime as the state rolls out its punitive “adult time for violent crime” laws. It feels like the predictable final act of a media-stoked and politicised crime panic used to justify swelling police powers.
Where is the nation's spine?
Lattouf delivers a eulogy for the spine - an increasingly endangered structure that's meant to hold us upright when powerful interests want us bent. It's also a love letter to the vertebrae that refuse to change shape.