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Kangaroo Scrotums Are the New Victims of Global Warming
Climate change is a huge concern for many reasons. But it’s only recently that climate change has threatened Australia’s hilarious but substantial kangaroo nutsack trade. The hopping marsupials’ scrotums have made John Kreuger hundreds of thousands of dollars. Full story
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An 11-Year-Old Is Suing the Jehovah's Witnesses
In 2006, Australia instituted mandatory background checks for those who work with children to ensure they’re not baby touchers or prone to cooking little kids in cauldrons. But apparently, God thinks this law is wrong, at least according to the country’s Jehovah’s Witnesses… Full story
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Polls Are Dumb
If you look at the polls, you'd think that Australia ws being run by Berlusconi. Full story
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White People are Stealing Australian Jobs
The government is flooding the country with economic refugees from Europe, and Aussie battlers are losing out. Full story
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Australian Prisoners Are Giving Themselves DIY Penis Implants
Turns out that a sizable chunk of the inmate population in New South Wales, Australia, is getting inventive with their wangcentric entertainment and performing DIY penis-implant procedures on themselves with rusty razor blades and bits of scrap metal. Full story
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We saw the Dead C and HTRK at I’ll Be Your Mirror
The boutique music festival ATP happened this weekend and while you can’t argue that it wasn't a million times more pleasant than the Cronulla Riots with bands that is larger festivals like Big Day Out, it still remains an unsettling experience knowing you’re surrounded by thousa… Full story
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Yesterday Was Obvious Day
The House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday recognising Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders as Australia’s first inhabitants. Great work everyone. It only took 200 years to figure it out. One thing that may have given it away is that when the first Europeans ar… Full story
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John Safran Sets us Straight on Australia's Super Sabbath Election Clash
Last week Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced September 14 as the date for this year's federal election. Turns out, this is also the date of Yom Kippur, one of Judaism's holiest days. What does it all mean? According to John Safran: bubkis. Full story
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This Girl Vajazzles Kangaroo Scrotums
Lia Tabrah is a jewellery designer who loves Australia. She loves the bush, the city and the animals. In fact, she loves the animals so much she regularly travels to Darwin to buy their parts to turn into glamorous jewellery. Full story
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St. Vincent Isn't Interested In A Vacation
We dialled through to Annie’s couch with the intention to ask her to conduct her own interview. We were inspired by Byrne’s job of interviewing himself for the “60 Minutes on Acid” Talking Heads promo video. She thought that was a shit idea, so we talked collaborations, prostheti… Full story
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