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Australian AI literacy and trust levels among the lowest worldwide

The Wire

A new study by the Melbourne Business School and KPMG has found that while half of Australians regularly use artificial...

Bindi Enterprises Digital Textile Design – Maggie and Liesl

8CCC Big Brekky Content

Bindi Enterprises visited the Big Brekky Show to announce the launch of their exciting new Digital Textile Design program an innovative extension of our Bindi Digital Art department. Entering its third year, Bindi Digital Art is evolving with this new offering, which begins 3 May, designed to give participants the opportunity to explore digital drawing and design, with an additional focus on turning their artwork into fabric repeats.

‘Slow Science’: An answer to Mass Produced unreliable Research?

The Wire

There’s been a recent trend of journal article retractions and scientific fraud being done by some university scientists. This current...

Queensland joins Australia in new “better and fairer schools agreement”

The Wire

Queensland has finally reached an agreement on school funding, becoming the last jurisdiction to join the Better and Fairer Schools...

Student discovery of new insects through Citizen Science

The Wire

Students across Australia are making significant history – not in the lab, but in their own backyards. Insect Investigators is...

Tertiary education gap still prominent in the regions

The Wire

A new impact report shows students pursuing tertiary education in regional areas have more challenges than their metropolitan counterparts. According...

Kevin Power – CDU ICT courses 2025

8CCC Big Brekky Content

The Big Brekky Show chatted with Kevin Power, ICT lecturer from CDU, about the exciting new developments within ICT and the courses you can take to up-skill for employment or volunteer work, work safely with technology and find out how it all works. Particularly aimed at seniors and indigenous cohorts that may not have realised the benefits for their own projects.

Clean water and a good education

The Wire

These are two of the main things that Zeynep Roberts saw as vital to lift children in the small village...

Education union calls for better deal

The Wire

School funding reform was passed in federal parliament this week which will ideally help teachers and students for the next...

Harm reduction saves lives: A reminder as Schoolies kicks off across Australia

The Wire

Schoolies celebrations have kicked off this week around Australia, with more than 11,000 school leavers arriving in Surfers Paradise for...

Under-16 year olds to be banned from social media under new federal legislation

The Wire

The Federal government plans to ban social media to under 16-year-olds. Legislation, set to be introduced to federal parliament next...

Water and Education helps Svay Chey children in Cambodia

The Wire

Zeynep Roberts walked into Svay Chey village near the ancient Temple of Angkor Wat and was shocked that children had...