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.
Latest News
Boomers legend Joe Ingles is coming back to the NBL
The Aussie’s return to the NBL with Melbourne United comes after 15 years away from the league.
Trump postpones planned attack on Iran
The paused attack comes six weeks after the ceasefire deal was made.
Police investigating “suspicious” fire in a Glenroy butcher and grocery store
The incident is currently not being linked to the investigation on arson attacks on licensed venues.
Boomers legend Joe Ingles is coming back to the NBL
The Aussie’s return to the NBL with Melbourne United comes after 15 years away from the league.
Trump postpones planned attack on Iran
The paused attack comes six weeks after the ceasefire deal was made.
Police investigating “suspicious” fire in a Glenroy butcher and grocery store
The incident is currently not being linked to the investigation on arson attacks on licensed venues.
Politics and Society
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.
Poll surge, preference problem: One Nation’s Victorian challenge
Recent wins in South Australia and New South Wales have placed One Nation in the spotlight. However, the party still has structural challenges to overcome in the next state election.
Fostering elder wellbeing through social connection
Caesia Gardens in Caroline Springs is just one retirement village trying to foster greater connection and wellbeing through social outings and activities among its residents.
Banchory Grove shopping centre opening highlights infrastructure lag in the west
The long-awaited Banchory Grove Shopping Centre has opened in Hillside, giving locals relief from overburdened centres. But as the population of Melbourne’s west continues to rise, is it enough?
Culture and Lifestyle
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.
Surrounded but disconnected: Uni life is getting lonelier
University students are feeling increasingly socially disconnected. Research finds that factors like social media, poor mental health and general social disconnection are all factors.
Sport
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.
Aiming high: the future of Australian darts
The sport of darts is seeing new levels of investment in Australia, and opportunities for local players are on the rise.
Are rural netball clubs facing a volunteer burnout crisis?
As volunteer numbers drop, rural clubs that rely almost entirely on community goodwill are facing challenges to keep the game alive.
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
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.
Upstart Broadcast – Show 3, Semester 2, 2025
The full broadcast of Upstart Broadcast’s third show for semester 2 in 2025.