Society
Photo: Brendan Kearns

It’s not your average share house. But it is a win-win for differently abled housemates

In the housing crisis, people with disabilities are often forced into insecure, expensive homes that don’t meet their needs. Best friends Ben and Zac have taken a different path, showing there are solutions – such as finding helpful ‘house buds’ – to keep them living independently. Brendan Kearns reports.

Video report by Brendan Kearns

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We publish independent news, features and analysis. Our reporters are students in the Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, and our editors are experts drawn from the Centre for Advancing Journalism and industry. Below, check out some of our latest programs and partnerships.

LATEST NEWS

Society
Photo: Shixin Wang

Grill’d workers walk off the job, accusing fast food chain of underpayment, exploitation

Video report by Harshita Roy Shixin Wang

Politics
Photo: Coco Veldkamp

Failing Gaza: Journalist enlists the political, professional and personal to demand media reform

Words and pictures by Coco Veldkamp

Culture
Painting and photo: Liz Gridley

Painted into a corner: cost of living bites for artists

Story by Charlotte Walkling

Money

Share house blues: tenants hit hard on lease transfers amid housing crisis

Story by James Worsfold

Society

Lore of the land: right fire, right Country, right time

Story by Ricky Sproule

Health
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No end to pain of unpaid placements for overseas students

Story by Fatemeh Mirjalili

Health
Photo: Minum Barreng

Vision for change: A 15-year project delivers improvements in Indigenous eye health, but still a way to go

Story by James Costa

Society
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Up in arms: Inside the eight-year battle waged by academics against UniMelb weapons links

Story by James Costa

Graveyard Shift

Projects
Source: State Library of Victoria

Pomegranates and politics: the community legacy of a Middle Eastern pioneer

Story by Ariana Rigazzi

Projects

In death as in life, a pillar of the community

Story by Major Xu

Projects

Rebel yell but no byline: First female editor lies in unmarked grave

Story by Kaiwern Koo

Projects

Headstone hides the story of forgotten 28 year old warrior of a forgotten, distant war

Story by Nikki Richardson

Gone Feral: Spotlight on invasive species with Cosmos Online

Projects
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Trout are a prized catch for anglers, but experts warn these ‘freshwater rabbits’ threaten native fishes

Story by Brendan Kearns

Projects
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Elegant and devastating, feral deer stir passions as they chomp through ecosystems and farmland

Story by James Worsfold

Science
Image: National Fire Ants Eradication Program

Fire ants are on the march – and you’ll know all about it when you get bitten

Story by Filment Ho

Projects
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When the cat’s away: Time’s up on roaming moggies, experts say

Story by Charlotte Walkling

CAMPUS PROTESTS

Politics
Photo: James Costa

Transparency? Melbourne University disclosures on weapons links stir more questions

Story by James Costa

Society
Photo: Alipriya Biswas

Win or no win? On the last day of a fervid semester, withdrawal and a precarious truce

Story by Alipriya Biswas and Ellen Cutler, additional reporting by Preeshita Shah, Fatehmeh Mirjalil and James Costa

Politics
Photo: Kristian Oka Prasetyadi

Deal or No Deal Part #2: Protesters going nowhere as standoff drags on

Report by James Costa

Politics
Photo: James Costa

Deal or no deal? Student protesters claim partial victory, vote to pack up. It all swings on an email from uni HQ

Additional reporting by Preeshita Shah, Ellen Cutler, Fatehmeh Mirjalili, Alipriya Biswas and Kristian Oka Prasetyadi James Costa

UNCURATED PODCAST SEASON THREE: UNPACKING AUSTRALIA'S HIDDEN HISTORIES

Donations – Looking past Eurocentric knowledge foundations

Audio report by Jiaxuan Zhu

Hosted by Brendan Kearns

Collectors – The forgotten people behind Melbourne Uni’s collections

Audio report by Haoyue Deng

Hosted by Brendan Kearns

Country – The men who tried to curate the countryside

Reporting by James Worsfold

Hosted by Brendan Kearns

Stones – The forgotten history of Melbourne Uni’s Old Quad

Reporting by Giulia Scenna

Hosted by Brendan Kearns

The Global Citizen

The Global Citizen
Food

The trend of ‘home cooked’ takeaway

Story by Ying Wan

The Global Citizen
Housing

Students fight for rental bonds

Story by Chanchan Wu

The Global Citizen
Photo: Raihanah

The Russian Orthodox community celebrates 75 years in Melbourne

Words and Photos by Rainhanah

The Global Citizen
Photo: Wenchang Mao

A day in the life of an ‘accompanying mother’

Words and Photos by Wenchang Mao