Is the state of media and our political climate breeding apathy in Australia's youth? Vibewire asks the question, when it comes to politics 'why do you care?'
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The Asylum Seeker “Debate”: Getting Our Facts Straight
The tragedy is that "debate" over asylum seekers has for many years been based around catch phrases like "turn the boats back" and a "peaceful invasion." Politicians have preferred to throw around empty phrases rather than engage in complex...
Contribute to the Election Feed on Portal
Have you seen ElectionWIRE? Vibewire is sending teams of young reporters and media makers across Australia out to cover the federal election from a new perspective — a youth perspective! But the Portal team want you to get a...
Let the Election Begin!
Drew Ambrose took out the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Online Award for 2010 and is one of the managing editors involved in Vibewire’s innovative ElectionWIRE project. Drew shares a sneak peak at how the project is...
Contribute to the Election Feed on Portal
Have you seen ElectionWIRE? Vibewire is sending teams of young reporters and media makers across Australia out to cover the federal election from a new perspective — a youth perspective! But the Portal team want you to get a...
Generation Y Should I Care?
We need to seize this opportunity to participate in the national political conversation and to make our voices heard. It’s time to have a proper conversation, one that moves beyond simple slogans and political hyperbole. We need to talk...
Let the Election Begin!
Drew Ambrose took out the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Online Award for 2010 and is one of the managing editors involved in Vibewire’s innovative ElectionWIRE project. Drew shares a sneak peak at how the project is...
ElectionWIRE: Get Involved!
Following the success of Vibewire's Election Tracker in 2004 and 2007, we now have the exciting opportunity to scale up this project and bring Australia a youth perspective on the race for office like it’s never seen before. If...
Are You(th) Satisfied?
It’s popular opinion that youth have an aversion to politics, that they are too self-centred and care more about music, alcohol, hooking up, and their own hair than the future of Australia. But if Kevin07 taught us anything, it...
Are you Ready Mr Abbott?
As we lead up to the 2010 federal election, so begins a s*#t-storm of political rhetoric, and if the outcome of the first health debate between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is anything to go...
