Alison Douglas has flared her way in firefighting. At only 25 years of age, she has been in the job for six-and-a-half years. Becoming a firefighter wasn’t her initial choice, she told The Newsroom: “I always wanted to be a police officer.” But, following friends and her father, Ali became a volunteer firefighter at 15.…
DetailsBags packed, gumboots on and tickets printed… check. Rain, hail or shine (and, oh, did it rain) the crowd didn’t let the gloomy weather ruin their Splendour in the Grass weekend. This year’s Splendour in the Mud, from July 25 to 28, attracted 25,000 punters to the wilderness of the North Byron Parklands in Byron…
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“Art is all becoming, I feel, about live art and interactive art. We’re in a weird time with art right now I think, we’re in an in-between phase.” – Jesse Willisee. Lights, camera, action! (Or lack of lights in this case). Jesse Willisee, a 27-year-old conceptual artist and filmmaker, took to the Darlo Bar in Darlinghurst last…
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Nina Revello, 19, is living proof that with careful management, diabetics can live full and productive lives. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, she says that it does get easier once you become familiar with the process and how each thing affects your body. “The support of my family, friends and doctors along the way has helped…
DetailsDiabetes is now Australia’s sixth biggest killer, with another 280 people being diagnosed with the disease every week. According to Diabetes Australia, the disease is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease, with Type 2 diabetes costing the country $14.8 billion a year, making it critical that Australians take action now to arrest the problem. National Diabetes…
DetailsA large sign spelling out “Yuk” in cigarette butts has been installed in Sydney’s Hyde Park as an admonition to smokers who do not bin their butts. The three-metre high hollow perspex sign contains 20,000 butts collected around Pitt Street Mall and the city centre. AZBcreative of Surry Hills was commissioned by the City of Sydney…
DetailsToday is Red Nose Day, one of the first charity signature days in Australia. Look around, though, and it appears to have lost its momentum. Years ago, sporting a big red nose offered the opportunity to laugh for a great cause but there is barely a red nose in sight now. A spokeswoman for SIDS and Kids…
DetailsToday is Red Nose Day, promoting awareness about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and raising funds for SIDS and Kids. SIDS and Kids runs the Safe Sleeping program to reduce the incidence of SIDS and is credited with delivering a significant reduction in the number of the deaths over the past 25 years, saving thousands…
DetailsInstagram has revealed its latest update to let users post and share videos. Facebook added a video option to the photo sharing service, which it bought for $1 billion in April this year. Instagram’s feature allows you to post clips up to 15 seconds long in direct competition to Twitter’s app Vine where you can only post six…
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A striking sound and light installation by cutting-edge Parisian artist Ryoji Ikeda has captivated Sydney artlovers. The work featured at Eveleigh’s Carriageworks, in collaboration with Vivid Sydney, is inspired by computer data which transform information into barcode and binary patterns. Ikeda is known for his impressive settings. This installation uses five ceiling projectors displaying intense…
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