Black Lives Matter: Words with Perth Rally Organiser Christelle Barrere-Collet Pelican23 July 2016 Perth's Black Lives Matter peaceful rally organiser Christelle Barrere-Collet talks with Ishita Mather on the movement, its aims, and the various forms of ongoing violence still perpetuated against black communities worldwide. PoliticsVoice2 Comments162 views
The Clown That Could Be President Pelican17 July 2016 "So how exactly did “an orange Elvis squirted from a can of Cheez Whiz” manage to slip through the cracks of social common sense (which retrospect indicates is actually gaping ravines) and become a very real contender in the race to replace Obama as the next president of the United States of America?" Leona Mpagi wonders. PoliticsVoice0 Comments50 views
Adventures in The Smoke: Five conversations with Londoners on BREXIT Pelican7 July 2016 My first interview is with a couple who I meet in a coffee store. They typically breakfast in Putney, but on this morning have decided to come further into the ... PoliticsVoice0 Comments32 views
Fun Australian politically-themed food to serve at your Election Weekend party Pelican28 June 2016 Words by Prema Arasu... PoliticsVoice0 Comments526 views
Another Way Australian Democracy Isn’t Really Working Pelican24 June 2016 "Our reforms shouldn’t be reactions to threats to the major parties, but rather a tool to create a more accountable and representative system." As the Australian Federal election looms (at last), Mike Anderson writes on how your vote still doesn't count the way it should. Politics0 Comments73 views
‘Protection Denied, Abuse Condoned’: Words with Professor Carmen Lawrence Pelican20 June 2016 ‘’It is on every front: discrimination, hostility, abuse, indefinite detention, uncertainty… It’s a toxic mix for any human being, and to me, it is surprising that more refugees and asylum seekers haven’t attempted suicide.’’ Co-author of the recently-released 'Protection Denied, Abuse Condoned: Women on Nauru at Risk', Professor Carmen Lawrence talks with Pelican on the report’s findings, as well as the possibility of a more empathic alternative to Australia’s brutal response to the international humanitarian crisis. PoliticsVoice1 Comment37 views
Malcolm Turnbull Is Trying to Turn Queerphobia Into Islamophobia Pelican14 June 2016 The shooting in Orlando should have brought condemnation of homophobia. In Australia, our leaders turned it into an attack on Islam. Hayden Dalziel explains. PoliticsVoice0 Comments11 views
Australia Votes Part III: Does Your Politician Know What a Dank Meme Is Pelican6 June 2016 As we grit our teeth at the beginning of another campaign week, Brad Griffin rounds up the last fortnight's atrocities and antics by ALP and Coalition candidates, leaders, and meme-makers. PoliticsVoice0 Comments34 views
Who Will Run with Hillary? Pelican5 June 2016 With Hillary Clinton all but guaranteed to clinch her second campaign bid as the US Democrat's Presidential nominee, Jacob Mitchells investigates who within the party will be most likely in her top pick when the time comes to choose a running mate. PoliticsVoice0 Comments6 views
I Watched The Second Leaders’ Debate Because the Creeping Dread of Sunday Night Wasn’t Enough of a Downer Pelican30 May 2016 The Second Leaders’ Debate aired last night, and the hands of everyone watching trembled above their remote buttons with the overwhelming urge to switch to MasterChef. Yet Auspol soldier Wade McCagh endured and, fatigued yet miraculously lucid, emerges from perhaps television’s dullest forty minutes to articulate what went down for you here. PoliticsVoice1 Comment22 views
