
The AI technology making accessibility inroads for those with disabilities
Rapidly developing AI technology is making big strides to increase accessibility through methods like voice banking and eye gaze technology—for those who want to use it.

Rapidly developing AI technology is making big strides to increase accessibility through methods like voice banking and eye gaze technology—for those who want to use it.

Melbourne’s CBD is reshaping public access to menstrual products, and locals and travellers alike are expressing their relief.

Gone are the days of sticking with one job for life. Today, the average Australian is expected to change careers multiple times throughout their working life.

Rapidly developing AI technology is making big strides to increase accessibility through methods like voice banking and eye gaze technology—for those who want to use it.

Melbourne’s CBD is reshaping public access to menstrual products, and locals and travellers alike are expressing their relief.

Gone are the days of sticking with one job for life. Today, the average Australian is expected to change careers multiple times throughout their working life.

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?

Rapidly developing AI technology is making big strides to increase accessibility through methods like voice banking and eye gaze technology—for those who want to use it.

Melbourne’s CBD is reshaping public access to menstrual products, and locals and travellers alike are expressing their relief.

Gone are the days of sticking with one job for life. Today, the average Australian is expected to change careers multiple times throughout their working life.

Research increasingly tells us that while young people are interested in politics, they are increasingly less engaged with political process, so who are the young people still getting involved in formal politics, and what drives them?

Somali Australians in Melbourne’s north are leading change on their own terms, building networks of support that centre culture, care and connection.

Inside the pubs and clubs of the NSW town of Griffith, locals have lost millions to pokies in a single year. Just 50kms away, one small-town pub owner says his no-pokies policy not only reduces gambling harm, but helps to preserve community.

From book club to Dungeons and Dragons to watching movies, uni clubs are not just a fun way for students to meet people and explore new interests, they also help create a vital sense of belonging and community.

Despite the union’s misgivings, the university claims the new body will complement other student groups on campus, while also serving the regional campuses and online cohorts.

Fishing at Edwardes Lake Park has been banned for many years, but recently re-entered the spotlight due to local concern for wildlife.

Talia is a student athlete at La Trobe, who just voted in an Australian federal election for the first time.

Viktor is a new citizen from Belarus, who just voted in an Australian federal election for the first time.

Bridgette Evans-Barker is a Labor staffer, who just voted in an Australian federal election for the first time.

Zara Mendelsohn is a young politically unengaged hospitality worker who just voted in an Australian federal election for the first time.

Alarming headlines and tougher laws suggest higher rates of crime, but experts warn media coverage may be fuelling public fear more than facts.

Emma Giles is a young, politically engaged student activist, who just voted in an Australian federal election for the first time.

Studies find that most students who work during their degree need it to support living expenses, but first they have to find somewhere that can accomodate their studies and, sometimes, their inexperience.

Ella Robinson, a VCE Global Politics teacher, observes how young voters understand the Australian political system.

For many living in exile from autocracy, the personal and professional costs of being an independent journalist are high.

Tibetan refugees face the struggle of tackling a whole new language, culture and government system, but a small, supportive diaspora means they are not alone.