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Self-care to support: how to look after your mental health at university

University life can feel overwhelming. But there is a lot of help out there to keep the pressure under control.

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These women were told their babies would not survive – but Catholic-run public hospitals refused to provide abortions

Both Jennifer and Amy were devastated when their wanted pregnancies were deemed unviable, but they were forced to go elsewhere when Australia’s Catholic-run public hospitals would not terminate

The Guardian - AU

This ‘bum-poo-fart author’ is Australia’s biggest writer: Andy Griffiths on ending the Treehouse books

The children’s author who has sold millions of funny (and disgusting) books talks about challenging nervous adults and being married to his editor Jill

The Guardian - AU

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‘Power imbalance’: how Australia’s visa system leaves migrants beholden to their employers

Migrants on work sponsorships cannot apply for permanent residence without their employer, which experts say leaves room for exploitation

The Guardian - AU

Louise lived in her rental for 25 years. Now at 71 she needs to find a new home

A growing number of Australians over 55 are facing insecure housing, and research shows that is expected to soar by 2031

The Guardian - AU

Bye bye brutalism, hello Instagrammers: inside Geelong’s spectacular $140m arts centre

Australia’s newest and largest regional arts centre features malleable theatres, Indigenous art and spaces especially designed to get your camera out

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Kerbside ferns and vertical gardens: transforming Melbourne’s ‘grotty’ laneways into urban oases

A council greening trial is drawing locals and tourists alike to the city’s neglected side streets

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‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Protesters are taking increasingly extreme action to highlight ecological collapse – and new, more draconian laws are failing to stop them

The Guardian - AU

‘I love that they’re not by an artist’: the accidental pop art found in a dollar shop

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Melbourne artist Beci Orpin shows us the handcrafted sale signs she chanced upon at a local store

The Guardian - AU

‘Pushed into humanity’: can learning about storytelling make better doctors?

Narrative medicine encourages doctors to engage more deeply with patients by listening to their stories

The Guardian - AU

Sad Girl Novel author Pip Finkemeyer on critiquing sad girl novels: ‘It has to have a heart’

The Melbourne author’s debut tackles the books industry and the rise of a now-ubiquitous genre – staying one step ahead of the reader along the way

The Guardian - AU

Down memory plain: pioneering Melbourne tabloid that highlighted the everyday goes digital

Victorians saw their regular lives in the Sun News-Pictorial from 1922-90 – and its pages can be revisited digitally under a new plan

The Guardian - AU

‘Press together and celebrate’: urban olives turned to oil in homage to Melbourne’s heritage

It’s a bountiful harvest in this year’s Olives to Oil festival – 20 tonnes of fruit has been collected, and it’s expected to yield 2,000 litres of oil

The Guardian - AU

Ten-pound poms: the ‘invisible migrants’ who made Australia their home

A new drama series aims to reveal the disparity between what the Australia government promised UK migrants and the antipodean reality

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‘Nightmare situation’: Australians turn to youth refuges and camper vans as rental crisis deepens

As rents soar and properties are snapped up before even being inspected, those living on the bottom line are hit the hardest

The Guardian - AU

‘How we heal as a nation’: the replanting and return of the forests of Tower Hill

A lush landscape devastated by colonisation, and a people disenfranchised and decimated – nearly two centuries later, could Tower Hill be returned to its former owners and glory?

The Guardian - AU

Robot recruiters: can bias be banished from AI hiring?

A third of Australian companies rely on artificial intelligence to help them hire the right person. But studies show it’s not always a benign intermediary

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne’s Italian renaissance: how next-generation migrants are changing the city

A new wave of young Italians are moving to Melbourne, joining established second- and third-generation communities for a taste of la dolce vita

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‘After chaos, there can be calm’: Khmer Rouge survivor’s painting is a reminder of peace

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Clare Arthurs shows us the painting she bought from renowned Cambodian artist Vann Nath that has become a beacon for her

The Guardian - AU

In Aston, the looming federal byelection takes second place to grocery prices

Many see the 1 April vote as the first electoral judgment of how well the Albanese government has responded to the cost of living crisis

The Guardian - AU

‘I love romanticising our own city’: the Melbourne painting that’s become family lore

In our series on artwork in Australian homes, Ally Smith shows us the painting she was given first on a postcard – then on canvas

The Guardian - AU

‘What is this flavour?’: why Australian desserts have turned bright purple

Ube has long been a fixture of Philippine desserts and pastries but a new generation of hospitality operators in Australia are expanding the purple reign

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MP Georgie Purcell: Why I’m wearing my gendered online abuse to Victoria’s parliament

The language is unparliamentary but I’ll be marking International Women’s Day in a dress adorned with abusive comments

The Guardian - AU

‘Hopefully people don’t think I made a shrine to myself’: a portrait gifted to a fellow skateboarder

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Morgan Campbell shows a piece by a renowned street artist that’s steeped in skating nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

A new start after 60: I was shattered by the pandemic. Then I learned how to be alone

Sue Gee spent her whole life looking for a sense of belonging, but it was only after she joined a women’s community that she finally discovered how to be happy in her own company

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