Weapons manufacturing hub announced for Western Australia
The state aims to play a larger role in Australia’s military.
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Weapons manufacturing hub announced for Western Australia
The state aims to play a larger role in Australia’s military.
Renewable energy expected to provide power bill relief from July
The Australian Energy Regulator announced it will cut default market offers, which helps households and small businesses after years of energy price hikes.
Essendon fires head coach after sitting at the bottom of the AFL ladder
Scott has been with the club for 80 games securing 29 wins, 50 losses and one draw.
Weapons manufacturing hub announced for Western Australia
The state aims to play a larger role in Australia’s military.
Renewable energy expected to provide power bill relief from July
The Australian Energy Regulator announced it will cut default market offers, which helps households and small businesses after years of energy price hikes.
Essendon fires head coach after sitting at the bottom of the AFL ladder
Scott has been with the club for 80 games securing 29 wins, 50 losses and one draw.
Politics and Society
Generation HECS: Would Australia benefit from free tertiary education?
HECS has been helping to pay students’ tuition fees for nearly 40 years, but is it time for a change? Or is it just too financially out of reach?
After the fires: Strathbogie’s long road to recovery
Long after the fires are out, recovery continues as communities in northern Victoria rebuild their livelihoods and find emotional stability after immense loss.
First-generation students: Navigating university without a map
University can be a whole new world for those who are the first in their immediate family to embark on that journey. How do universities support this equity group?
Repair, don’t replace: How repair cafés are tackling product waste
The Mernda Repair Café is helping locals fix broken items instead of throwing them away, showing how small community initiatives can make sustainability more accessible.
Culture and Lifestyle
Beyond the 9 to 5: Young Australian’s turning to side hustles
As the cost-of-living crisis places more financial pressure on Australians, young people are using other methods to earn money outside of their usual employment.
How much do young people notice online influencer marketing?
And how much do they care? Experts say they should remain aware of the more covert ways they can be influenced.
‘Protecting our venues means protecting musicians’: Musicians struggle with Melbourne’s live music decline
In an recent audit, Music Victoria identified 2,441 venues that host live music across the state. However, 68.3 percent of those venues host less than one gig a month.
New “gluten friendly” menu labels see coelics weighing the risks of dining out
Vague menu terms like “gluten-friendly” and “low gluten” cater for those avoiding it for lifestyle reasons, but turn a simple meal out into a risky decision for Australians with coeliac disease.
Sport
Australian soccer: Who gets to be political?
A jersey ban and refused entry at an A-League match have reignited debate over cultural expression, identity and where Australian football draws the line.
“I love giving back”: The young coaches driving community footy
There are around 200,000 young volunteer coaches in Australia, making up a quarter of all coaches in the country. Why are they willing to spend hours in the dugout every week?
Who will own history? The fight for Preston City Oval
Darebin Councils decision on the allocation of PCO will shape the footballing community in Preston.
A hole in the ground, a hole in the sports community
A sinkhole at Banyule’s AJ Burkitt Oval has disrupted more than local sport. Its impacting generations of residents connected to the ground.
Arts and Media
Real people, fake stories: The moral grey zone of playing with AI and creative works
Among the many creative forms of play it provides, generative AI enables you to place real people inside famous fiction works, but what issues could this raise?
“A soap opera that is customised to me”: Using AI for personalised entertainment
By plugging in a few brief parameters, AI can now generate entire poems, images and works of fiction. People aren’t just using it for monetary gain, they’re using it to tailor their personal entertainment.
Sometimes it’s the “wrong people dying”. Why some military conflicts go unseen.
Despite there being the highest number of active military conflicts occuring across the globe since the second World War, many go under-reported in Australian media.
Melbourne’s techno scene: Helped or hindered by social media?
Techno music has again become the average young Melburnian’s genre of choice. Soaring in popularity since 2021, the techno music scene has a lot to thank social media for… or does it?
La Trobe Live
Running for a good cause: Wings for Life returns to La Trobe
The Wings for Life World Run has returned to La Trobe, bringing together participants from around the world to raise money for spinal cord injury research. Reporter Joey Francis joined the challenge himself, running a race with no finish line.
From campus to care: Training assistance dogs for real-world support
La Trobe’s partnership with Dogs for Life, is helping to improve support dogs quality, in assisting people living with disability and medical conditions.
Students react to La Trobe’s approach to AI education
As La Trobe embraces new AI partnership, students have raised questions regarding misuse, trust, and the role of technology in education.
Upstart Broadcast – Show 3, Semester 1, 2025
The full broadcast of Upstart Broadcast’s third show for semester 1 in 2025.