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Audio Documentary: Australia’s nuclear waste problem

Posted by Central News | Dec 17, 2019

Australia has a nuclear waste problem, as Olivia Henderson discovers in this audio documentary.

Nursing homes ‘the wrong care’ for the young

Posted by Central News | Dec 16, 2019

Teresa Neilsen was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease when she was just 35-years-old. But the lack of facilities for young Australians with high care needs, meant she had to live out her days in a nursing home – with people twice her age.

Sydney’s west outpacing climate trend

Posted by Central News | Nov 28, 2019

Average temperatures are increasing across the country, but Western-Central Sydney is defying normal trends and getting hotter faster.

Bearing the cost of telling the truth

Posted by Central News | Nov 18, 2019

Jennifer Robinson buys a coffee and a KitKat on her way to work. It’s not her usual order, because the beverage isn’t for her. It’s for her client. He’s in a maximum security prison.
His name is Julian Assange.

Cup whip breach just one of thousands

Posted by Central News | Nov 6, 2019

A data investigation reveals that more than 90 per cent of all jockeys reported for whipping breaches in NSW are escaping fines or suspension.

Ideas, action and change: the ‘Antidote’ to the biggest issues of our time

Posted by Central News | Nov 2, 2019

Who gets to speak? How do we cover climate change? And how do we convince governments that journalism is not a crime? UTS journalism students searched for the answers to some of the most vexing issues of our time – at Antidote 2019.