New film-making project sparks young minds
Seed Cinema is a new program running in regional Victoria which teaches primary students how to make their own films. Nicholas Hume spoke with…
Climate crisis in quarantine
COVID-19, with its disposable masks and bans on KeepCups, brought the fight for the environment to its knees. Meet the entrepreneurs and community leaders…
Dancers caught in isolated movements
How do you teach or learn dance during a stage-four lockdown? Dance Plus teacher Ruby Marques and Spectrum Dancer Grace O’Toole explain how a…
World Food Programme ships aid to decimated Beirut port
The UN’s WFP brings mass deliveries of food and equipment to Beirut as staple food prices spike following the August 2020 blast that levelled…
Why I stayed: Out-of-towners who stuck out the lockdown in Melbourne
Melbourne – a culturally diverse and artsy city with great bars and restaurants – has long been a drawcard for young people from across the country. But when our long lockdown began, the exodus was huge – anyone with somewhere else they could be, departed. Jack Crnjanin talked to some who chose to stay.
Ca Tru: Cultural preservation in Vietnam
Linh Le tells the story of Ca Tru, a unique form of traditional music of Vietnam. In 2009, Ca Tru was officially recognized by…
Polio: the forgotten disease
In Australia there were major polio epidemics in the late 1930s and 1950s, during which time, schools, pools, state borders were closed. People who…
Audio Documentary: Dharma in Life
“Dharma is everything about life and all things surround us are dharma”. Learning dharma means learning about your life, but when some people hear…
Cosplay: it’s so much more than dressing up
Cosplay is a combination of the words ‘costume’ and ‘play’. The participants of this type of performance art, known as cosplayers, wear costumes and…
Can Melbourne’s trams survive COVID-19?
The Melbourne Tram network has been in operation for over 136 years. It is one of the main factors that makes Melbourne one of…