The University of Melbourne refused students' requests to not be penalised for missing classes on March 15 to attend the school strike for climate action.

Should universities support students' right to strike?

Reporter Ashleigh Barraclough finds out.

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The federal election will likely occur in May, and everyone’s eyes are on the independent candidates after Dr Kerryn Phelps’ victory in the safe Liberal seat of Wentworth last year.

Ashleigh Barraclough spoke to two independents challenging big-name Liberal members Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenberg for their seats of Warringah and Kooyong.

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29-year-old University of Melbourne student Shannon Loughnane is walking nearly 700km from Melbourne to Canberra to protest inaction on climate change and fossil fuel exploitation.

Reporter Ashleigh Barraclough finds out what his demands are, and why he thinks this sort of action is necessary.

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A brief explainer of the summit held being in Vietnam between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump.

Reporter Nicolas Zoumboulis speaks to Professor Barbara Keys from the University of Melbourne.

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The federal government has launched a new online toolkit to support small business’ in becoming more inclusive of people with disabilities. Will this have any real impact?

Reporter Lisa Favazzo speaks to Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, who specialises in social services and disabilities.

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The ACT has just committed to a second pill-testing trial, but not everyone agrees that this is the best approach to harm minimisation at music festivals.

Reporter Ashleigh Barraclough spoke to Students for Sensible Drug Policy Communications Manager Tim Fraser and Liberal ACT legislative assembly member Jeremy Hanson about what they think.

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While government corruption seems to be growing and stealing headlines across Australia, questions around our ability to tackle things effectively are also getting louder. One solution is Labor's proposed National Integrity Commission. But how bad is corruption in Australia? And is the Commission enough to get the job done?

Reporter Sam Varian speaks with Transparency International CEO Serena Lillywhite and Melbourne University lecturer in Politics, George Rennie, to find out.

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The Government has announced a new suite of climate policies, including the newly rebranded Climate Solutions Fund, to tackle one of the biggest issues we just can't seem to settle action on in Australia: climate change.

Many Australian governments have tried to find a solution, but is this the action we've been looking for, or is the governments' new plan ill-equipped to have the impact needed?

Sam Varian reports

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Councils across Victoria are being forced to dump their recycling in landfill after the closure of several of the state's largest recycling plants. But what can be done to turn things around?Reporter Ashleigh Barraclough talks to Gayle Sloan, CEO of Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association Australia, and Tim Read, the Greens MP for Brunswick, about fixing Victoria's recycling system.

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Pressure is mounting from the international football community to release Hakeem al-Araibi from Thai detainment. Leading the charge is Craig Foster, former Socceroos captain and SBS television's Chief Football Analyst. Reporter and Panorama EP Nicolas Zoumboulis spoke to him about Hakeem al-Araibi's situation.

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