Eden Gillespie

The majority of Australian voters support pill-testing at musical festivals, according to a new study. It also reveals that those who voted conservatively in the last federal election are more likely to hold negative attitudes about pill-testing.

Each year, Google Trends reveals Australia’s most popular news searches, giving us a fascinating insight into the national psyche. Most of these searches often reflect the global events of a given year -- for example, the US election or coronavirus - which ranked 1st and 2nd on this year’s news list. But other searches - like toilet paper and fires - tell us a lot about Australians’ priorities. Australia’s devastating bushfires were high on the agenda this year, wit…

A 1,000km stretch of the northern NSW and Queensland coastline has been battered by storms over the past few days.  The storms have been so severe that they’ve dramatically eroded iconic beaches in Bryon Bay. NSW emergency services have received over 700 calls for help since Sunday and rescued half a dozen people stranded in floodwaters. A man was sent crashing to the ground on a beach in Byron Bay after the platform he was standing on collapsed.  The video, captured by Nine N…

2020 has been a wild ride that’s seen the creation of new words like ‘iso’ and TV presenters forgetting to wear pants as they work from home . Let’s recap on the year that’s killed satire, seen absurd conspiracy theories hit the mainstream and that, let’s be honest, everyone’s looking forward to ending. Most of us kicked off the new decade, wearing face masks and trying not to inhale hazardous smoke brought on by some of the worst bushfires in Au…

It may be a new year but many of us are still reeling from 2020. And now there’s a video game that captures the hot mess that was last year.  Developed by Max Garkavvy over six months, the ‘2020 game’ kicks off in 2019 with a blue sky and lush green grass. But when 2020 hits, your player is sent into the inferno better known as Australia’s summer bushfires. Fires rage either side of the screen as you dodge falling trees and attempt to save a stranded koala. Befor…

After a stoush with the Australian government over media bargaining laws , Facebook has gone on a banning-spree.  The tech giant has blocked all major national news publishers from sharing content and has also stopped Australians from viewing both international and local news. The dramatic move by Facebook on Thursday morning was in response to the federal government's proposed legislation to force internet platforms to pay for news content. But it’s young people that will be s…

In testimonials, seen exclusively by The Feed, women spoke of being approached by protesters outside abortion clinics in Western Australia. WA is the only state that hasn’t introduced safe access zones.

The Employer Reporting Line - dubbed ‘Dobseeker’ by its critics - is already copping backlash by activists and jobseekers, who say the hotline is “overly punitive”. The hotline allows employers to report jobseekers for declining or voluntarily leaving a “suitable” job, demonstrating “misconduct” during a job interview, or failing to attend one, and submitting an “inappropriate” job application. Minister for Employment Stuart R…

Montaigne will represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest this month but she once had dreams of becoming a soccer star. The Feed’s Marc Fennell spoke with her ahead of her performance.

Refugees have been hospitalised in Melbourne after going without food for more than two weeks to protest their indefinite detention by the Australian Government.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian thanked young people and ‘those doing it tough’ during a press conference on Thursday. Her comments came after a reporter asked the Premier whether young people had been expected to make sacrifices to protect older Australians whilst being denied vaccinations. “You are asking a lot of young people," the reporter said. "Young people cancelling their weddings, losing their jobs, businesses going down the drain, suicide rates are going u…

The 2021 Census is collecting information on sex but not gender. Trans people told The Feed they feel ‘erased’ and ‘invalidated’ as a result. Some experts worry about how this will affect funding and systems in the future.

In this year’s Census, women are being asked how many children they’ve birthed. An expert is questioning why men are not being asked about their fertility, telling The Feed reproductive health is “a shared responsibility.”

A body for GPs is warning against relying on alternative health therapies like angelic reiki to ‘heal’ vaccinated people or those sick with COVID-19. They say these practices aren’t scientifically based and should never substitute health advice.

Abortion providers have reported increased cancellations during NSW’s lockdown. They say delaying termination services can greatly complicate healthcare.

Experts say neo-Nazis and members of the far-right are becoming ‘smarter’ at hiding their finances. The Feed investigates how white supremacists in Australia are making money.

Doctors and disappointed locals have criticised a herbal shop in northern NSW for distributing flyers they say contain “potentially dangerous” information about vaccines.

A mother of five autistic children from regional NSW told The Feed she’s struggled immensely with getting them vaccinated. With the children still unvaccinated, and a severe asthmatic herself, she’s fearful about the state’s plans to open up in October.

A new report is calling on Australia’s consumer watchdog to crack down on influencers who it claims are profiting off “shoddy advice” and “misinformation” shared to hundreds of thousands of their followers on social media.

The Victorian government is embarking on a final push to boost COVID-19 vaccination among Indigenous communities, as jab rates lag behind the state's average.   As of Monday, 91.4 per cent of Victoria's adult population have received one vaccine dose while 74 per cent are fully vaccinated.  Health Minister Martin Foley said almost 80 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 12 have had one vaccine and 58 per cent are fully vaccinated.…