By Alana Lazdins. The exhibition, ‘Protest! Archives from the University of Melbourne’, at Leigh Scott Gallery in The University of Melbourne’s Baillieu Library features photographs, written histories and a wide range of ephemera documenting student activism on campus during the 1960s–1970s. The exhibition locates student dissent as the catalyst and driving force behind multiple political […]
By Blue Mahy Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. – C.S. Lewis I believe what C.S. Lewis meant is that literature has a symbiotic relationship with the “real” world. Literature takes from the real world but within literature is also the power to reshape it. This is not to say that […]
Muslim women don’t have to choose between their religious identity and their Australian identity, they are in a position to embrace both.
By Amna K-Hassan This article is part of our March theme, Sport and Human Rights. It’s also part of a series of articles looking specifically at the role of women in sport. “Football doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” This was the inscription on the medallion given to every player at the end of our […]
Peta Searle is an assistant Australian Rules football coach with VFL club Port Melbourne. Peta was the first Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL) coach to coach a team (Darebin Falcons) to five consecutive Premier Final wins and the first female coach in the TAC with the Western Jets. She was also the first head coach […]
Having focused on the plight of asylum seekers to begin 2013, in February (overflowing into March) Right Now focused on the theme of religion and human rights. To start with, it’s worth noting the connection between the two themes beginning 2013: most people seeking asylum in Australia are fleeing countries in which they are persecuted […]
By Lily King. This piece is part of our March 2013 focus on Sport and Human Rights. Richmond 15:3 from Lily King on Vimeo. I filmed this story last year as part of my Journalism course at RMIT University. We were given the assignment of making a two-minute news report on the broad subject of Asylum […]
By Sienna Merope. This piece is part of our March 2013 focus on Sport and Human Rights. A few weeks ago, the damning Bluestone Review of “culture and leadership in Australian Olympic swimming” was released. The report blamed a “toxic” culture for the Australian swim team’s generally underwhelming performance at the 2012 London Olympics, citing a […]
By Tara Imrie. This interview is part of our March 2013 focus on Sport and Human Rights. Right Now spoke with Meg Lanning, an Australian Cricketer. She has been in the Australian team since 2011, winning the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and 50-over World Cup in India. Right Now: What inspired you to […]
This article is part of our March theme, Sport and Human Rights. It’s also part of a series of articles looking specifically at the role of women in sport. Natalie Medhurst is the Goal Attack for the Australian Diamonds and Queensland Firebirds. Natalie has won numerous world championships and Commonwealth Games medals with the Diamonds […]
Katie Perkins is an elite cricketer with the Auckland Hearts and played for New Zealand’s national team the White Ferns in 2012. When she’s not playing cricket, Katie works at New Zealand Rugby League as the Football Operations Officer, and is planning to become a policewoman. Right Now: What inspired you to take up a […]
In its most recent exhibition, The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre brings together over twenty artists to explore the complex issues relating to women and sport. The exhibition is the first of its kind amongst contemporary arts venues to deal with the sensitive topics of gender-stereotyping, sexualisation and femininity of women in sport. The centre has kindly provided […]
