The Focus

The Jammed…bringing human trafficking closer to home

The Focus – September 17th, 2007 by Sarah

If you want a truly confronting and completely gripping cinematic experience, I thoroughly recommend you get yourself off to your nearest artsy cinema and see The Jammed. This is perhaps easier said than done however, as I think at the moment it is being shown in all of five to ten artsy cinemas across New [...]

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Oh Britney…

Bad Ideas, The Focus – September 12th, 2007 by Sarah (1 response)

I think the title perhaps says it all. Poor Britney. Going by her recent performance of her new single, which she just managed to drunkenly stumble her way through, she’s got some issues. Why are we so judgemental of a single mum trying to navigate through life all on her own? Sure, she’s got more [...]

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APEC: the final insult

The Focus – September 10th, 2007 by Sarah

Ok, so I submitted. I went to the APEC protest on Saturday even though I said I wouldn’t. You’ll be pleased to know I wasn’t arrested (obviously), nor physically harmed in any way, however I am a little disturbed by the whole event.
Being a country girl, I had never been to a protest before, so [...]

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The National Drugs Campaign…hmmm…

The Focus – September 6th, 2007 by Sarah (2 responses)

Is anyone else a little intrigued by the federal government’s latest initiative to discourage young people from using drugs? I don’t know if any of you have paid particular attention to the booklet you should have received in the mail by now, which outlines how parents should talk to their kids about drugs and the [...]

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Hiding the truth (again)

The Focus – August 29th, 2007 by Sarah

I know I promised I would extend upon my first APEC rant today, but I figure there’s plenty of time for that, and enough people ranting about it already for the time being. Today I’ve decided to focus on an issue that is far less prominent, but about ten thousand times more important and relevant, [...]

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Am Back….Have Been Busy….Here is Why….

The Focus – August 27th, 2007 by Don

Hey There Peoples, Don here…
How goes life? All Okay….Maybe….Kinda….
Am Rather Well…Have Been a very Bz Camper, and have been beavering away like a mad professor of late, churning out more websites…
The latest project is to do with the concept of Social Entrepreneurship. Would love your thoughts on the matter! Are we as a country [...]

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Leave Kevin Alone!

The Focus, Uncategorized – August 23rd, 2007 by Sarah (2 responses)

Obviously, I could not let this week go by without mentioning The Rudd’s little ’social discrepency’, since everyone has been going on about it for days. In case you’ve been living under some sort of rock, with no media contact of any kind, or contact with�any�other human beings at all for that matter,�the situation is [...]

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Young people and politics: the cool factor in being informed

The Focus – August 19th, 2007 by Sarah

It’s election day, 2007. Pen in hand, you’re standing in a booth at your local polling station, somewhat intimidated by the ridiculously sized piece of paper lying in front of you. Reading through the names, your mind wanders. Wow, you think, I could not care any less about this. The sun is shining, the surf [...]

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