The Few Who Do

The UN has declared the climate crisis an existential threat to humanity. Scientists warn that rising temperatures will have catastrophic effects on our weather, our food, our homes.

On September 20 millions of people flooded streets around the world in the largest ever strike action against climate change...

As our lives increasingly move online, it’s important to maintain real public spaces—both for the local economy and to keep our communities vibrant and engaged.

Returning to his hometown of Newcastle, Marcus Westbury planned to start a trendy shopfront bar, but after counting 150 empty spaces on the main streets he started to think about how he could help people open their own businesses.

Food has the power to connect across cultures...

Running a marathon isn’t usually a requirement for job applicants, but for some homeless people around Australia it’s a key achievement that has led them towards employment.

While training for a marathon in Perth, Western Australia, businessman Keegan Crage would encounter people sleeping rough. He started wondering how to make practical changes in their lives and whether he could do it through the power of running.

But not everyone wants to run—and not everyone can...

Being told to ignore bullies and "walk away" was never an overly effective anti bullying method and now bullies are inescapable.
One-in-three Australians have reported experiencing some form of online abuse, whether that be someone posting negative comments, image-based abuse or identity theft. This kind of bullying can be anonymous, sustained and repeated...

Mealtime could look and taste a little different in the future. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 the world’s population will rocket to almost 10 billion people, that's another 2.5 billion more mouths to feed. As global markets continue to shift, and more extreme weather patterns predicted, it raises questions about how and where we grow crops and rear livestock.

Cricket yoghurt and ant candy could be coming to a supermarket near you...

Australia has the second busiest domestic air route in the world. Over 54 thousand flights fly
from Melbourne to Sydney each year, in part because we’re limited to driving or flying. But
what if there was another way to move around the continent.

A competition led by Space X in Los Angeles is challenging University students from around
the globe to build a new type of rail system- a pod that travels in a vacuum at almost the
speed of sound...

Prior to 1788 there were an estimated 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait languages and 800 dialects spoken across this continent we now know as Australia. Now there are approximately 150.

In lutruwita (Tasmania) a sleeping language has been revived and made it’s way to the Venice Film Festival. palawa kani is a community initiative. Researchers and linguists combed through historical records, word lists created by French scientists and an English missionary...

When we speak of a sports pay gap we generally think of elite athletes. But what happened at a small town's annual footrace highlighted the gender inequality rife across all sporting codes.

Melanie Tait was shocked to realise that the male winner of the Robertson Show Potato Race was being awarded five times the amount of the female winner’s prize money...

“You can’t watch me 24/7. When you least expect it I'm going to lock you all in this house and I want to burn the house down”

Arman Abrahimzadeh grew up witnessing his dad’s violence against his mum . At first, he didn’t question his dad’s behaviour. But then came that threat.

Jan Fran and Marc Fennell look into the issue of domestic and family violence and violence against women...

Can sharing your experience with a mental illness help others? It’s estimated that 45% of Australians between the ages of 16 and 85 will experience a mental illness - but less than half will seek help and part of that comes down to stigma.

 However, workplaces just may be the key to getting people to reach out for help and reducing that stigma...