Workers in Fiji may enjoy a reputation as being super-friendly and bursting with positive vibes and good will. The reality though is that they have no rights.
The Australian environment movement along with the union movement organised some of the biggest rallies Australia has seen in some time last weekend.
Many commentators have pointed out how "soft" the Budget was compared to all the "tough" hype however despite this, it still failed to add additional funds into key areas.
Saturday last saw the finals of Deadly Funny for 2011 which saw more amazing comedic talent emerge from Australia's Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities.
By Alex Schlotzer: Social media is the new political battle ground. We saw it during the federal election and the recent Victorian state election. Political parties around the world have quickly jumped on the band-wagon, especially after Obama’s overwhelming success using it during his election campaign. However with its meteoric growth in use and...
Well, another year recedes and we all know what happened last year. There's been much commentary and analysis of the past year's events, however, little has been said of the year ahead. And yep, you guessed it, this piece is a look at the political landscape in 2011.
It's been some time since we've seen Labor in government and last week's removal of Kevin Rudd as leader revealed their inexperience and obsessions with opinion polls.
Alex Schlotzer takes a look at the rough and tumble of federal politics over the past few weeks and concludes the Coalition team effort is a case of "bring on the clowns."
Theangle's Managing Editor takes us through the value of the iPhone and its many uses for activists and citizen journalists.
In the first of a series, theangle's managing editor Alex Schlotzer shares tips and tricks for the use of photo sharing sites for the activist and citizen reporter. This article first appeared in an April 16 post in Alex's blog.
By Alex Schlotzer It’s an energetic atmosphere at Melbourne Town Hall this fine-ish evening (31/03/10) as comedians and acts spruik their respective shows, as they do every night for their respective seasons. On this night the spruiking was momentarily stopped by the good folk pushing a tram to get it moving again but that’s...
27/01/2010 Contributing regional editor Alex Schlotzer interviews attendees of the Australia Day “Share the Spirit” festival held in Melbourne on Australia Day. Share on Facebook
The Liberal/National Opposition's Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop and Eric Abetz, joined by Finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce, are seemingly carrying out a successful formula for losing the next election.
Editor/contributor Alex Schlotzer casts his eye over the state of electronic civil disobedience (ECD) in Australia, looking at its growth in scope and acceptance as a legitimate form of protest.
theangle.org proudly announces the latest in our live event coverage -- a live and detailed commentary on Victorian vital Altona by-election. We'll be providing an analysis of the ballot count and the candidates' campaigns in this important pointer to the state and federal elections to be held later in the year.
By Alex Schlotzer: The Internet filtering ‘debate’ is pretty much dead in the water. However with the announcement of the mandatory ISP-level internet filter proceeding, the web’s nearly melted down. Australians on Twitter and Facebook began decrying the further erosion of our civil liberties. But just as quickly began an erroneous debate about what...
By Alex Schlotzer New Zealand is far better placed to be a stronger regional partner, or “peacekeeper” (or even “sheriff”) than Australia. Some will decry me as being “un-Australian” or worse but in my humble opinion our neighbours from across the ditch are in a superior position to exercise successful regional diplomacy than Australia....
Alex Schlotzer leaves the question open to (good clean) debate using his thoughts below as a catalyst.
