Emma Do
Australian Vineyards Are Using Sunscreen to Save Their Grapes
Due to Australia's harsh and hot climate, its winemakers are taking creative approaches to protecting their grapes from sun damage—including good old sunscreen.
Relax, Those White Bits on Old Chocolate Probably Won’t Kill You
Taking care of the one thing standing between you and bingeing on all your old Easter Eggs.
An Australian Gallery Is the Latest Venue to Ban Selfie Sticks
Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art has banned selfie sticks, presumably after too many people swung them close to art in the pursuit of the perfect #artselfie.
Australia Is Closing Immigration Detention Centres But it's Not All Good News
It's good because it means there are fewer detainees, but bad because the remaining detainees might go to Nauru.
Australia Is Facing an Intense Mosquito Season
Erratic weather patterns in Australia have caused a boom in mosquito populations, and that means a rise in bloodsucker-borne diseases.
Australia Needs to Embrace Its Bush Tucker
Bush tucker, as native Australian foods are commonly known, are as delicious as they are wild. Yet Australia has never embraced its quandongs and its wallaby meats as part of its national cuisine—and that is a damn shame.
A Masked Couple Creeped the Shit Out of Auckland, New Zealand, Yesterday
The police were called because of two kids creeping around holding guns. We still don't know what they were doing.
Where is Australia’s Promised De-Radicalisation Funding?
Community groups were promised $13 million from the government to develop de-radicalisation programs. They're still yet to see that money.
Emergency Room Doctors Say the Sydney Lockout Is Working
"Everything from a cut above the eye, through to the fracture of the cheekbone or broken nose, right through to a fractured skull...that whole spectrum has declined since the lockout laws."
What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science?
By the end of 2015, Australia will have welcomed its first human body farm, giving you a new option for what to do with your body after you die.
NT Community Groups are Blaming Aerosol Death on Government Funding Cuts
Following the death of a 12-year-old boy from sniffing cans of deodorant, the Alice Spring's community is claiming funding cuts to outreach programs are leaving troubled youth more isolated that ever.
Australians Are Literally Plundering Seafood Shops Over the Holidays
Christmas in Australia is an unconventional affair, usually trademarked by barbecued shrimp and pool floats. But as a result, some shops are being literally robbed for their precious seafood.