Regional audiences still want trusted local coverage that seeks accountability on issues that matter, but there are news outlets failing to deliver.
May 2025
Posted inNational
20 deaths a day: Australia’s ongoing COVID toll
COVID-19 is still killing Australians — and the full picture shows sobering numbers and a lack of action on some of the key lessons of the pandemic.
Posted inSolutions
Please, please! Let’s avoid the calculator analogy now
I recently completed my PhD and now lead AI literacy at ECU. AI is not just another tool; it’s more like a knife than a calculator. Educators need better metaphors, caution, and real support.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Make The Mall viable again! Council has no problem with ‘inner city housing’.
With towns as popular as Katoomba feeling the pinch due to online shopping, they too have to cope with vacant shops in their Main Street. We have a similar problem.
Posted inEnvironmental
Why we need to COP it, for today and tomorrow
The AARE Teachers’ Work and Lives SIG hosted a second Teachers’ Voice Panel, where six teachers from NSW, VIC & QLD shared insights on research that matters to them and how researchers can better engage.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Severn Shire RATE RISE!!!
I write on behalf of many concerned residents to express our town’s absolute opposition to the proposed 68.50% rate rise, alongside the rise of the rubbish charge.
Posted inPolitical
Thought the Libs were out of touch? The Nats would like you to hold a bar full of beers.
RK Crosby says there’s nothing principled about the National Party’s split from the Liberals. It’s just stupid.
Posted inSocial
Tech to enforce Australia’s under-16s social media ban is flawed
Australia’s move to ban under-16s from social media is receiving widespread praise, but can it actually be done?
Posted inPolitical, Something to Think About
Can we be a little bit brave?
The big majority and friendly Senate the election has delivered Albanese could be bad, or it could be very, very good. Will it entice the conservative and cautious Albanese to be a little bit brave?
Posted inSocial
Banning young people from social media won’t work.
Banning young people from social media sounds like a silver bullet. Global evidence suggests otherwise.