Thursday 2 May 2013

Your own island. How does that sound?


By Jessica Champion

These days you can buy almost anything; private jets, private boats and private resorts, but now you can buy your own island. There are many different varieties of islands available such as tropical, Canadian and many others. They range in sizes, shapes, styles, locations and price. Prices of Private islands vary from hundreds of thousands to millions. And although it might be rare to come across someone who has purchased one of these islands, it is becoming more and more common.

Why buy an island you say? People buy islands for many different reasons that can include business, investments, and leisure or just for the sake of showing the world that you have money. There are many websites out there that can help you browse islands fit to your budget and uses among many other factors as well as ensuring that you have the best experience possible whilst making you purchase.

The only downside to buying an island is the cost. Not many people have the odd couple of million dollars lying around that they can just grab at any time and buy whatever island they want. For the rest of us, we can dream and we can save, and maybe one day we can hopefully have the money to go out and buy an island to lie on hammocks and sip fruit smoothies for our retirement.
We can dream.

Chewing on the PM:


By Jessica Champion

Recently a pet chew toy has been released called ‘Droolia Julia’, the toy being a caricature of Prime Minister Julia Gillard with over-exagerated features such as the nose, breast and buttocks. The toy has been under speculation whether it is offensive or not and if its just another way that shows Australia isn’t ready for a female leader.

The Adelaide pet store “P&K Pets” has been overloaded with orders and the occasional complaint not long after it put the toy on its shelves. Employee Kyle who works there has told multiple news companies that he has received many orders and keep getting more from all sorts of places. “We’ve had orders from everywhere ~ Queensland, Victoria, WA, even the Northern Territory.” Though the toy has been popular, Kyle says that he has also received many complaints, in store and over the phone. Some employees have said that some customers have been quite abusive towards them about the toy saying that they are “sexist” and ‘they wouldn’t do it to a man’.
Though many people have had a “good laugh” over it, others have called it a “sick memento” and “extremely offensive”. Could it be showing that we as a country are not ready for female leadership, that deep down we are still a male dominated and sexist society?

Sources: