By JMSuarez CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWe don't think of something as a problem until it affects us. But homelessness affects us when people make u

Unemployment

Sep 11th, 2014 36m 51s

Nobody likes working but becoming unemployed is not the answer. Unemployment has traditionally been a poverty trap and cause for public shaming in a country that also rates bludging as a leg

Old People

Aug 28th, 2014 38m 10s

I believe that old people are our future. Treat them well and let them lead the way."Habibaadansalat" by Trocair

Taxes

Aug 14th, 2014 48m 33s

"Australian Treasury". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.Taxation is a boring and complicated topic that nobod

Media

Jul 31st, 2014 34m 25s

Photo by Anatoliy GaraninCommons:RIA NovostiWhy does the media

Art

Jul 17th, 2014 31m 30s

Art is one of the things separates humans from animals. The production of something that stimulates the senses but has no purpose outside of intellectual exploration is not achieved by any other creature.But this brings up all sorts of question

More on refugees

Jul 8th, 2014

Emily Howie, our first ever guest on Devil's Avocado has written a piece that puts the most recent controversy around asylum seekers into perspective.You can read it here.Also, our friends at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (see episode

Corporate Responsibility

May 8th, 2014 37m 5s

You’re running a business. You use recycled paper, give money to the Good Friday appeal, and you write a paragraph about sustainability on your annual report.Surely you’re doing all you can for Corporate Responsibility?Well, maybe you’re no

Freedom of Speech in Australia

Apr 16th, 2014 39m 58s

Recently, with all the discussion about the "right to be bigots" and whether or not freedom of speech is dead, we wanted to know what freedom of speech actually means and how it relates to human rights.To discuss the topic of Freedom of Speec

Bad Behaviour in Sport

Mar 12th, 2014 31m 50s

It's one of the biggest problems in today's society: Organisations breeding feelings of contempt, separatism, aggression and, sometimes, outright bigotry and bullying.Of course we're talking about sport.Former elite level hockey goalie, Gus Joh

Feb 19th, 2014 34m 43s

Breach of copyright is on of the most common crimes in Australia. Surely the fact that it's barely acknowledged means that it's not important, right? But then there are all these artists claiming that their livelihoods are ruined by piracy. Pho

Bad Business

Feb 5th, 2014 36m 11s

Businesses in Melbourne seem to be run by a bunch of thugs, bullies and ne'er-do-wells. Is there anything that can be done to bring business into good repute again? Underworld figures are running the construction industry with bikie gangs getti

Drugs

Jan 22nd, 2014 34m 25s

Drugs are bad. Drugs are great. Drugs are ruining young people's lives. Drugs are responsible for some of the best art we've ever seen, heard or read. Drugs are to be avoided. Drugs are unavoidable.We hear all the arguments for and against dr

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Boat People

Jan 8th, 2014 39m 11s

What is the deal with all these people trying to get to Australia in the most dangerous way possible? Why is the government locking them up on foreign islands? Why don't they go through the proper channels? Why are people so passionate about th

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