Waste colonisation: Australia’s damaging textile exports to Fiji
Concerns mount over the growing influx of cheap clothing donated to Fiji from wealthy countries.
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Foiled again: critics condemn FOI delays as “political interference”
A new government department was meant to help Victorians access public information including their own. Instead, it’s made freedom-of-information harder, longer and more annoying. Katherine Everest investigates.
Noticed whose Myki gets checked? International students do, and they’re not convinced it’s always random
Many international students settling into Melbourne life share a common complaint – that they are disproportionately targeted by Myki ticket inspectors. Filment Ho investigates.
‘Conspiracy to commit journalism’: Human rights lawyers want journalists out of political crosshairs
The release of Julian Assange signals hope for detained publishers and journalists around the world, human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson tells a Melbourne forum advocating for Hong Kong political prisoner and media mogul Jimmy Lai.
New AI traffic cameras sting low-income Victorians most
While police say cameras reduce speeding and save lives, critics say the location of new AI-enabled cameras in some of the state’s poorest areas is unfairly hurting Victorians.
Home alone: An international student’s tale of rentsploitation
International student Sunita was new to Australia and knew little about her rights. Charlotte Walkling reports on one woman’s experience of serial exploitation in the informal rental market.
Exposed: Overseas students most at risk in housing market underbelly
Australia’s housing crisis hurts most those who know little about their rights. Charlotte Walkling investigates how overseas students are especially vulnerable to dodgy and downright illegal practices in the rental market.
Renaming N-word Rock
Everyone agrees the name is offensive. So why hasn’t it changed yet?
Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware
Planning experts believe many Port Phillip residents are under informed about how climate change will increase their risk of flooding in coming decades
Canary in the coalmine
Gippsland’s industrial and economic past is returning to haunt it, with weather extremes and rising sea levels associated with human-induced climate change, driven by the use of fossil fuels.
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