Architecture, Building and Planning

Digital map of Australia

Health & Medicine

How researchers are keeping your health data safe

Researchers developing an Australian heatwave index are using innovative data collection that improves the quality and resolution of personal data while protecting people’s privacy

It’s time to put Australia’s car dependency in reverse thumbnail image

Environment

It’s time to put Australia’s car dependency in reverse

Repurposing our streets away from a focus on cars is crucial to creating more accessible and sustainable cities

A still from a cartoon showing Mickey Mouse boxing a kangaroo

Arts & Culture

Walt Disney’s ‘love affair’ with Australia

A new book explores the many – often surprising – connections between Walt Disney and Australia, most of which have faded from modern memory

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Politics & Society

Growing a feeling of home in a new city

Migrants to Port Vila from elsewhere in Vanuatu build connections with people and places using practices that relate to the land

Man riding a shared e-scooter across tram tracks in Melbourne CBD, not wearing a helmet

Environment

What the e-scooter ban tells us about Australia’s circular economy

Banning shared e-scooters in Melbourne could hinder the growth of circular business models across Australia

A crowd of people in the shape of a speech bubble

Politics & Society

Disinformation thrives on division in our cities

Disinformation now spreads at a speed and scale that society has never faced before, but cities are uniquely positioned to respond to this growing challenge

Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Cities must act quickly to challenge disinformation-fuelled violence

Riots and violent unrest in the UK following the murder of children in Southport demonstrates the need for city governments to act quickly against disinformation

Aerial drone view of extensive landfill dump

Environment

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Opinion

Are cheap plastics the new tobacco?

Understanding ‘tobacco tactics’ can help fight the global plastic waste crisis, because the reality is plastic production is growing faster than we can recycle it

Old map from the 1600's

Politics & Society

The stories hidden in maps

Maps tell stories, help discovery, provoke discussion and can change the way we understand our world. Welcome to Map of the Month

Animation of train travelling through train station at night with a map of Melbourne stations over the night sky

Politics & Society

Is Melbourne really a 24-hour city if public transport stops?

Sometimes Melbourne’s public transport goes dark. Our Map of the Month shows it makes life hard – even dangerous – for those in our night-time economy