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10/08/2026

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27/07/2026

A Melbourne based project that is simple in concept is key to preserving Indigenous Languages and educating the state into endangered dialects

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong AIATSIS

Captions: Australia is home to more than 250 indigenous languages and more than 800 separate dialects, but just 123 of those languages are still spoken today, and many could be lost forever if they aren't properly preserved. Here at the University of Melbourne, researchers are working to translate the same 50 words into as many indigenous languages as possible. Their hope is to create not only an important archive, but a valuable learning resource. The 50 Words Project is a platform that we've built at Melbourne Uni, inviting people to put 50 words of their language, their Indigenous Australian language, online. One of the problems with for many Australians reading Aboriginal language, they don't know how to pronounce them. So we wanted to put the audio there so that they could pronounce the words as well. The team are aiming to create more than just a simple archive. In 2020, a web based version of the project was launched, making it easier than ever to explore these languages. The languages are from all over the country, so you go to the website and you just see the whole continent. You see all the language names, and the ones in orange are the ones that have some audio attached to them. So you can listen to the audio and read the words. And we chose the words to try and fit in with the national curriculum. We've had reports of primary schools where kids are learning 50 words in their in their local language. There have been language revival contexts where they've taken the 50 words as the basis for a big revival project.

27/07/2026

Can 3Dprinting construction replace traditional building practices?

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong Swinburne University of Technology

Captions: It's important to look on printing technologies as something to complement existing technologies. So we're not here. I'm not trying to replace conventional methods, but we'd rather want to optimize where we use the technology. So for example, when you look on urban Melbourne, conventional trades might be easier to be used here, right? Or you can use concrete printing for example. But when you look on regional and remote areas of Australia, it makes more sense to use printing as compared to conventional construction. Because when you print something in a remote region, you worry much about supply chain. The supply chain, you're much about shipping materials and labor and so on. And then you deal with more delays.

26/07/2026

Housing design meet new technologies lead the way for a more environmentally responsible construction industry

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong Swinburne University of Technology

Captions: Design is the number one factor in controlling accountability with response to climate. So poor design would would give you less energy efficiency. Good design give you a better energy efficiency. So it's not just the material for the material you can always control, you know, the thickness, the insulation and so on. But no matter what you do with the material, if you have a bad design in terms of like designing the windows openings, daylighting, ventilation and so on. You'll end up having terrible energy efficiency. So in response to different climates, this has to be dealt case by case. Right. Because Australia is the vase and we have different climate zones as you mentioned. So we start with the design. But the number one factor when you look at responding to climate is historically, people used to build with the material that you can find around them and natural material that you can source locally. It works best with with the climate response. I work with dirt, which is material that I love it a lot. I know that it's like a living thing. It responds nicely to it is put nicely to different climate zones. That sounds really nice actually, in Australia, using earthy material.

26/07/2026

Deanna Renee highlights the importance of making informed decisions rather than prioritising the cheapest option when it comes to our healthcare systems and MS medications

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong Zoe Simmons—journalist, copywriter, author & editor Circular Blooms

Captions: So use your voice. Say a patient choice is essential that don't take away our access to something is working so well because there might be a cheaper option available. And while I welcome all forms of MS medication, it doesn't mean that if there's a cheaper option, we have to automatically take something cheaper. It gives me the feeling that we are looking at maybe profits over people. I don't like that on either side of the pharmaceutical companies or the government, and they really have to use lived experience voices in the room when making these decisions. I think advocates at the moment are people who want to get involved. Our voices are really loud when we're together. We've proven this by being so loud over the last two weeks that Mark Butler, I think when on the record, I think maybe 4 or 5 times and said that he wants to see these medications remain. So I feel the the amount of pressure that he was feeling from advocates and the wider community and the organizations that support us.

24/07/2026

Attempted kidnapping in Warrnambool

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong Zoe Simmons—journalist, copywriter, author & editor

Captions: 33 year old woman was the target of an attempted kidnaping in Warrnambool along Victoria's Great Ocean Road while walking home from work. She was approached by another woman. Police say she was attacked from behind before being forced into a white 2016 Hyundai i30. However, she was able to fight off her attacker, who fled the scene along with the victim's phone. Police believe the incident was targeted and orchestrated by a man linked to the victim. Anyone with dash cam footage or information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 180 333 000.

23/07/2026

Testing AUSalert warning system. Get the details.

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Captions: Millions of Australians will receive a test emergency alert on their phones as the government tests its new national warning system. The AUSalert system will send notifications to compatible mobile devices at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, July 27th. The message will read. This is a test alert of AUSalert Australia's new emergency warning system. No action is required. Devices will vibrate and play a siren like warning sound for about 10s. The new system is designed to replace the current location based SMS emergency warnings and deliver fast alerts during major emergencies both locally and nationally, including bushfires, floods and other disasters. Anyone who may have a hidden or concealed phone for safety reasons is encouraged to consider turning that device off or switching it to airplane mode one hour before the national test on Monday, and to keep it off or on airplane mode for 24 hours.

23/07/2026

Senate Inquiry calling for introduction of enforceable obligations for online platforms to reduce the spread of racism, hate speech and violence.

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C31 Melbourne and Geelong Zoe Simmons—journalist, copywriter, author & editor

Captions: The Senate inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues with concerns raised about the rise of online racism. The National Indigenous Times, Australia's leading Aboriginal owned national news organization, told the inquiry, it receives daily racist, abusive and threatening comments. They say the abuse worsens when the organization reports on Invasion Day, NAIDOC, Stolen Generations and indigenous language. Reece Harley, managing director of the National Indigenous Times group, said commenters deny people's Aboriginality, demand to know percentages, mock their families and question their right to speak. Mr. Harley has called for the introduction of enforceable obligations for social media platforms to remove bots, and repeatedly racist or abusive accounts. Strengthening the safety commissioner's powers to respond online racial hatred and more funding for indigenous media organizations.

12/07/2026

State Library Cafe, Mr Tulk, has gone to tender, leaving local owners in the cold

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Captions: The Mr. Tulk Cafe has been operating at the State Library for the past 15 years, and you started a petition earlier this year to save the Mr. Tulk Cafe. So why was this petition started? Well, I think the story of Mr. Tulk and the library are inseparable because we had a we had a simultaneous campaign to roll back some of the severe and irrevocable management changes that the library was planning to to implement. We were successful with the library. Unfortunately, we were unable to save Mr. Tulk. Mr. Tulk, as you say, was a was an iconic venue. It was it was a genuine community cafe with an organic feel run by two great people in Michael and Maria Togias. And it was a hugely retrograde step when when the process was put out to tender and and their, their tenure there was was ended, there had been replaced by a large multinational Australian corporate behemoth called the big group

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