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Schoolies means more drink spiking warnings. Why is the burden still on women to stay safe?

Schoolies season is here – and with it, warnings about staying safe while partying. For girls and women, this often means being told to watch their drinks while out at a bar or club to avoid them being spiked.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2024

Why knock down all public housing towers when retrofit can sometimes be better?

The Victorian government is planning Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s and ’70s, are no longer fit for purpose and will cost more to maintain and upgrade…

The Conversation · May 23, 2024

‘Bureaucracy going mad’: the 250 ‘magnificent’ 10 metre-high trees being felled for a Melbourne bike path

Residents of Queens Avenue in Caulfield East are ramping up the fight against the 1km path and vow to ‘fight until the bulldozers come’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 4, 2024

We need a 'lemon law' to make all the homes we buy and rent more energy-efficient

A long-awaited increase in energy-efficiency requirements for new homes is part of revised Australian construction standards taking effect on May 1. All new homes must achieve a minimum 7-star whole-of-home energy rating from October, following a six-month transition period.

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023

Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan blames Melbourne Airport as airport rail delay confirmed

The Victorian government says Melbourne's airport rail line won't be completed by its scheduled finish date in 2029 because of "challenging" negotiations with airport operator.

ABC News · Apr 17, 2023

Endangered greater gliders will be collateral of planned burns, environmental groups say

Conservation groups say planned burns will kill hundreds of southern greater gliders in northern Victoria. The fire authority says an uncontrolled bushfire would be worse.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Think private renting is hard? First Nations people can be excluded from the start

Private rental housing provides homes, often long-term homes, for one in four Australian households. People can experience various forms of discrimination when seeking, living in or leaving a rental property, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples it’s another one of many barriers they face. Our new research presents…

The Conversation · Oct 19, 2022

'Too hard to get to work': climate change is making workers' lives more difficult

“Work” – broadly defined – is what allows society to function. Like other old certainties, it is under threat from climate change.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2022

Inquiry into far-right extremism in Victoria makes 12 recommendations to counter spread

The inquiry found a diminished trust in government and mainstream media led to increased recruitment to far-right causes.

ABC News · Aug 30, 2022

The Vic Govt Just Announced It’ll Cop Your HECS Debt If You Study Nursing Or Midwifery At Uni

The Victorian Government have announced they'll pay the HECS debt of anyone who wants to study nursing and midwifery in state.

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 28, 2022