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[23 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Australia behind on renewable energy

Kylie Beale takes a closer look at where Australia stands in the global fight to convert to renewable energy options.

Enviro, Features »

[15 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Community gardens: a social revolution

Community gardens are about more than just flexing your green thumb, they’re bringing communities together. Amy Yang reports.

Arts, Features »

[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
What’s in a mugshot?

What does a 1920s criminal mugshot look like? Rebecca Zhou takes a look at 1920s crooks in a collection of photographs of Sydney criminals titled Crooks Like Us by Peter Doyle.

Editorial, Features, Health, News »

[13 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Diabetes – the 21st century epidemic

As Diabetes Awareness week commences around the nation, Lauren Said-Moorhouse takes a closer look at the disease described as the epidemic of the 21st century.

Features, Multimedia, News »

[10 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
Ballast Point padlocks

When was the last time you used a padlock? To lock a gate at night? At Ballast Point Park in Sydney’s Inner West, the community are using padlocks to bring people into the park.

Enviro, Features »

[2 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
The grimy valley struggles on

Environmentalists want to see a quick closure of Australia’s dirtiest power station by 2012. But workers in the area fear that Gippsland could collapse once more if the government turns its back on them.

Features, Minor parties, Politics »

[27 May 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Pro-nuclear pollies join the party

When it comes to generating power, environmentalists have historically been staunchly anti-nuclear. However a new movement has embraced new nuclear power technology as the answer to climate change.Anna Watanabe investigates the Environmentalists for Nuclear party, a new minor party waiting to join Australia’s political system.

Features, News, Politics »

[14 May 2010 | One Comment | ]
Australian youth not enrolling to vote

In a nation where voting is compulsory, it seems that not all of the entire eligible population has turned out for the event. Miran Hosny investigates why the younger generations are not turning up to rock the vote.

Features, Health, News »

[3 May 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Dementia killing more Australians

Deaths related to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has more than doubled over the past ten years, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Shiney Mehrotra reports.

Features, Health, Science »

[3 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Electronics piling up in landfills

As Australia gears towards the development of a national scheme to regulate e-waste, Australian landfills continue to pile up with electronic waste – some of which result in chemicals leaching into the ground. Clarizza Fernandez investigates.