Economy

Business
Source: Suyin Chan

Koha cafe provides food and connection in outer Melbourne

Story by: Ruoyu Zhai Jui-Jou Lee

Society
Photo: Michael Saliba

Experts nix viral ‘party line’ train route proposal

Story by: Michael Saliba

Business
Photo: Joyce Le

The refinery that made Geelong what it is today—and bound it to risk

Story by: Anna Raimondi Joyce Le

Business
Image: Jiayu Peng

Free groceries ease student stress

Video report by: Jiayu Peng

Society
Image: Andrzej Nowak/Pixabay

AI-generated voices threaten creative industry

Video report by Kristina Bai

Culture
Photo: Easy-Peasy.AI. CC BY-ND 4.0

Lawyers blast government delay to AI regulation

Story by Sarah Jensz

Photo: Supplied by Dr. Corey Martin

A feminine voice in French finance

Story by Louise Braibant

Culture
Photo: Shutterstock

Judgement day: Mushroom Trial a sideshow for locals

Story by Larissa Sutherland

Business

Share house blues: tenants hit hard on lease transfers amid housing crisis

Story by James Worsfold

Culture
Painting and photo: Liz Gridley

Painted into a corner: cost of living bites for artists

Story by Charlotte Walkling

Society
Photo: Gwen Liu

Degrees of hardship: Swanky cafes, sandstone and students on the breadline

Story by James Costa

Society
Photo: Shutterstock

Exposed: Overseas students most at risk in housing market underbelly

Story by Charlotte Walkling

Business
Photo: Shutterstock

Reality bites: food bank demand surges in regional Victoria

Story by Sam Irvine

Guangdong, China

“It’s not our choice!”: Young workers worried by ‘flexible employment’ trend

Story and Photos by Zhixin Zhang

Culture

Clubs call for a thaw on late night liquor freeze

Story by Sean Ruse

Science
Photo: Christina Jingjie Liu

New estimates on the staggering economic hit of climate inaction

Words by Benjamin Silvester