Doctors are prescribing antibiotics for the common cold despite wide acceptance and research showing that the drugs have no effect on viral infections. Rita Mu reports.
Despite being only made of plastic and recyclable material, the Plastiki catamaran survived its four month ocean voyage to land in Sydney with a rousing call to end plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, Nick Evershed reports.
The Victorian Government has taken steps in the battle of the bulge to try and make consumers more aware about the food they are eating. Nastasia Campanella reports.
A recent survey suggests Australians were still willing to dig into their pockets to support the arts during the economic downturn. Carrie Fellner reports.
Reportage's annual news snapshot of Sydney over three days in May 2010 produced by journalism students from their newsroom at the University of Technology, Sydney.