VICE Australia

The once-feared Japanese mob is on the verge of extinction. Targeted by new laws, rapidly ageing, and unable to find fresh blood, the yakuza has dropped from a height of 180,000 members to less than 30,000.

VICE Meets Tasman Keith, a rapper from Bowraville, Australia to learn about his music and how he celebrates his family identity whilst dealing with the harsh reality his Gumbaynggirr community continues to face. 

VICE Meets Tasman Keith, a rapper from Bowraville, Australia to learn about his music and how he celebrates his Gumbaynggirr identity.

In the lead up to Australia’s Federal Election, VICE invites people from all sides of the political spectrum to debate the most pressing issues of our nation.

Big City Earnerz is a game about Air Max TN’s, striped Nautica polos, Lacoste t-shirts, pingers, spraying graff and running from the cops.

The TGA is looking to crack down on the use of poppers in Australia and reclassify the substance as being comparable to heroin and MDMA. We speak to the people who are going to be most affected by the proposed ban.

VICE sent Aussie legend Aaron Gocs, aka Gocsy, to investigate the secret ingredient in our nation's greatest culinary invention—chicken salt.

Feral cats cover 99 per cent of Australia and kill millions of native animals daily. For those living in the rural fringes, they’re a plague on local wildlife. We follow the people who’ve taken this problem into their own hands – one shot at a time.

VICE headed to the Queer Ideas Festival in Melbourne to chat to attendees and hear about their own experiences of coming out, dealing with bullies, managing conservative parents, crushing on a straight friend and living in “20-gay-teen”.

Next time you’re having a shit day at work, spare a thought for Australia’s professional poo divers. They suit up and dive down into toxic ponds of excrement to make sure the country’s sewerage processing plants are running well.

Join Bridie as she travels to Tohoku to meet battle-ready samurai, try fresh sashimi, and dive into an epic noodle eating challenge.

What is the killer instinct, and how do you get it? VICE finds out from winter sports athletes and experts what it takes to believe you are better than everybody else.