Be a man. Grow a pair. Boys don’t cry. The expectations surrounding masculinity both within Australia and the world are harmful not only to the women who are victims of male assault, but also to men who are expected to...

What’s going on with the so-called ‘Super Council’ and the pending amalgamations and why are they even going ahead? Since Premier Mike Baird issued the edict that local councils must prove themselves fit to stand a...

Short films are a very particular art form. They belong to a medium that does not receive very much funding or attention, but when done well, they are able to move an audience to tears or send them into fits of uproariou...

Bodyboarding, environmentalism, and Eid are not three things you usually find in the same story. And yet, as it turns out, they actually work in perfect harmony. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, the bodyboarding scene ...

Looking to cut back the amount of rubbish you toss? We asked founder of Zero Waste Sydney and local Second Nature (secondnature.org.au) champion Madolyn Garnham about her last 12 months of trying to do just that. What ma...

At Christmas time we all focus on those we love. Regardless of whether we believe in God or not, chances are that we believe in family, and Christmas time is when we really sit back, take stock, and appreciate who (and w...

While Pauline Hanson may not be a fan of the Halal Snack Pack, and though she seems to think that “98 per cent of Australians don’t believe in halal certification”, here at The Beast we couldn’t think any more di...

The historic Bronte Pool has withstood the test of time for more than a century, but this year it failed to withstand the test of human error. Earlier in the year the pump broke down and after much deliberation from Wave...

There is an incisive scene in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian that pretty accurately encapsulates the nonsensical factionalism that occurs within many political causes. Brian apprehends a group of people and asks them...

Carols by candlelight is a magical concept in its simplicity. Whether you’re a little kid reveling in being up past your bedtime, or an adult reveling in being a little kid, carols unite and transcend us. In the Easter...