Category: Long Reads

• “Tough on crime” has had its time, and Australian women are paying the cost

  

  Women comprise just 8 per cent of Australia’s prison population, yet they are the fastest growing cohort amid the country’s mass imprisonment crisis. Multiple organisations and researchers are calling for an overhaul of Australia’s justice system to help combat the issue.

  ontherecord

  August 9, 2022

  Analysis, Gender, Long Reads

  Crime, imprisonment, incarcerated women, incarceration, Justice Reform Initiative, national incarceration crisis, Seeds of Affinity

• Local resellers are combatting the nation’s textile waste dilemma – you can too

  

  Jamie Tenikoff spoke with some of South Australia’s leading second-hand clothing vendors, who are offsetting the effects of textile waste. Here’s how Australians can act against one of our nation’s largest environmental issues.

  ontherecord

  July 12, 2022

  Environment, Long Reads, Subculture & Fashion

  RSPCA, depop, 2nd Chance Collective, sustainable fashion, textile waste, H&M, Zara, Thread Together, Savers, Bazaar Port Adelaide, Retro Jam, Hand-Me-Down Heat

• ABC 90: the icon’s milestone and its cultural impact on Australians

  

  To celebrate the ABC’s 90th birthday, OTR journalist Viki Ntafillis visited the Collinswood office just outside Adelaide and spoke to some individuals who consider the ABC a cultural institution.

  ontherecord

  July 5, 2022

  Culture, History, Long Reads

  ABC 90, ABC Adelaide, Arts, Australian Media, Collinswood, Community, Culture, History, Journalism, Long Reads, News, Radio, South Australia, TV

• Women driving Woodside: The unassuming industry leaders putting Woodside on the map

  

  The township of Woodside, nestled in the Adelaide Hills, is a popular attraction for both locals and tourists. But have you met the female entrepreneurs behind the community’s thriving businesses?

  ontherecord

  February 20, 2022

  Long Reads, South Australia, Travel

  Adelaide Hills, Artwine, CheeseFest Australia, Melba's Chocolates, Shannon Cornish Artisan Jewellers, South Australia, Sparkke at the Whitmore, Travel, Woodside, Woodside Cheese Wrights

• Incognito on Instagram

  

  Uncensored, unafraid, and quite frankly unapologetic, a new wave of anonymously run Instagram accounts and online tipsters are becoming dedicated to calling-out the current Australian social media influencer community

  ontherecord

  September 5, 2021

  Long Reads, Subculture & Fashion

  Australia, Culture, influencer culture, Influencers, Instagram, Social Media

• No pride in policing: Reckoning with systemic violence beyond Pride

  

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander campaigns for justice shine the way for decolonising local queer spaces, including addressing the participation of police and correctional officers at Pride.

  ontherecord

  August 16, 2021

  Culture, Long Reads

  Black Lives Matter, blm, Correctional Services, History, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Mardi Gras, PiP, Policing, Pride