Foals (from left) – Edwin Congreave, Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Walter Gerver. After teasing Aussie fans with sneak peeks of new material while aboard the Big Day Out bandwagon, UK band Foals have released their third studio album Holy Fire. Foals were born from the embers of other Oxford-based bands such as The Edmund Fitzgerald and…
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Photo from Tollie Schmidt’s photostream: tollieschmidt There is nothing new about obsession with body image but the battlefront has relocated from magazines and our mirrors to the social media. The term “Thinspiration” – thinspo in short – is given to pictures, videos, blogs and quotes or any form of media that “inspires” girls to lose weight or to…
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Calling all music lovers and anyone whose vibe is a little bit funky: festival season is calling and music lovers are rejoicing. Shoes will be destroyed, people will get drunk and bank accounts will be drained for the love of music. What better way to end the summer? (If there is one, we sure haven’t discovered it yet.) – Kiera…
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Award winning photojournalist, Luke Fuda, is always in high demand. He regularly contributes to publications such as Liverpool Champion, Fairfield Champion, South-West Advertiser and many more. Fuda’s love for photography started when he was young, “I used to play basketball and during high school. I travelled to the US and decided if I couldn’t be a professional athlete…
DetailsChildren as young as 12 are stealing money to bet on casino-based video games online, according to psychologist Emil Hodzic. “These kids are gambling and also owe people money. When parents find out that their sons have been stealing to gamble, they are shocked,” he said. Betting on online video games is becoming a lucrative industry.…
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Ian Varlet is 26. He plans people’s financial future by day and sleeps on the streets at night. Only three people know he is living rough. The cold truth is that 50 per cent of our homeless population are under the age of 35, and one in five are employed but sleep on the streets.…
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At just 19, Sydney University student Elliot Donazzan has founded Australia’s first travel-based penny auction website, OneCentFlights.com. The site has already sold more than 50 flights, including a return ticket to London that went for just $43.25. What is OneCentFlights.com all about? OneCentFlights.com is an auction site for flights and travel packages. We aim to auction flights for prices at…
DetailsAs smart phones dominate the world’s pockets, an invention dubbed the smart light may infiltrate and illuminate our houses. Able to program and coordinate its functions with other smart lights it can highlight a “landing strip” to the bathroom, indicate the status of a server network or synchronise with an e-book to accentuate parts of…
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Pedestrians are an obstacle; bus and taxi drivers their arch enemies. They’re the cities’ silent two-wheeled road warriors. Enter the Sydney bike messenger. Riding their light aluminium steeds, they weave in and out of traffic, moving with the beat of the city. The dim hum of chain on cog is the only indicator that they’re…
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