Dan Steiner reviews Salt, the new espionage thriller from Australian director Phillip Noyes.

There was a dance troop, an acrobat and a whole lot of legs. But this year at Sydney’s Rosemount Fashion Festival, I learned more than just: Bonds rule, and: nobodies only get goodie bags if they steal them. I learned a thing or two about body image – better late than never, right?

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the latest in a string of comic-book-based movies. Dan Steiner reviews the new film which is directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz) and starring Michael Cera,

How many people do you know whose stories are never told? Bronte Baskin travelled to Canberra for the 2010 Radioactive Multicultural & Indigenous Youth Media Conference to find out who the media does and doesn’t represent.

Picture Julia Gillard busting robot moves to a rendition of Tick-Tock. Picture Julia Gillard kicking Mark Latham in the crutch. Picture a political debate between Julia Gillard and Julia Gillard, moderated by Julia Gillard, with performances by MC Julia Gillard. This was Julia vs. Julia, the only debate worth watching this year.

This week, for me and so many others, is the first week back at university. There are the customary new pens, heavy textbooks and round the room introductions – “hello my name is . . .” When introductions landed on me I told them proudly that I had watched Four Lions and liked the bomb comedy. Cue awkward silence.