Photo courtesy of Jessica Shapiro

The Murray Darling Basin Plan–too little, too late

On March 18, close to 100 children stood on the sand at the mouth of the Murray River and squinted into the midday sun. From the helicopter hovering above them, it could be seen that the line of white-shirted primary ...

Tuesday, 26th March 2013

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Robert Doyle

Doyle’s endeavours for Melbourne’s youth

One month into his second term as Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle appears to have the role under wraps.   Walking ...

Gamer by Christopher Skliros

Skliros strides onto book scene

Chris Skliros is a 16-year-old student ready to take the book world by storm.   Having recently self-published his first novel Gamer, ...

Melbourne Youth Music

Young musicians take the stage with some unlikely accompanists

The French writer Victor Hugo said, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words”. But for Finnish composer Einojuhani ...

Photo courtesy of David Mitchell

Street violence victim gets life back on track

In 2008 19-year-old David Mitchell, an apprentice carpenter and promising young footballer, spent two lifeless months in hospital and almost ...