Australia’s native stingless bee in the paradise of the urban garden. Bees are tiny, yet they play an enormous ecological role in the environment. They are, of course, pollinators of flowering plants, unwittingly transporting pollen […]
Should the Inner West Council remain amalgamated? “I don’t want it to remain merged. I have friends who work for council, they have told me they will be losing their jobs to contractors if the […]
If you had a less-than-brilliant Valentines Day, you can at least take comfort in the fact that cold hearts are perhaps more desirable in the current climate. Sweltering hugs, BO laced pashes and sweaty hand-holding […]
Refugees belong in the South-West: Yeah, right! The Federal Government announced an additional intake of 12,000 Syrian refugees on September 9th 2015; a drop in the ocean of the 67 million displaced persons worldwide. And […]
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International Women’s Day Twilight Supper We have come a long way when it comes to women’s rights but we still have far to go. International Women’s Day acknowledges both these facts; it is many things […]
Alone in Berlin Maybe it’s a sign of our times, but there’s been resurgence of interest in books and films about Nazi Germany recently. Based on the seminal 1947 novel by Hans Fallada, writer/director Vincent […]
Confetti Gun Confetti Gun (pictured top) is probably the best thing since sliced bread. Eight improv comedians, who are famous around Sydney’s theatre sports traps, joined forces to take over what is still a male-dominated […]
We ask inner westies: What’s the worst date you’ve been on…? Probably the one where he was very nice but I definitely didn’t like him at all but I didn’t know how to reject his […]
On the first of January I felt empowered by the New Year and all the wonderful feelings I was having thinking about new goals, new activities and doing old things in a new way. I […]