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Fashion is a key part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival experience, but attitudes towards race-day dressing are changing. An RMIT expert says more Australians are embracing sustainable alternatives such as rental fashion, resale, vintage clothing and outfit repeating.

Australians continue to face cost-of-living pressures and the prospect of higher interest rates. An RMIT expert explains why the Reserve Bank's battle against inflation is becoming more difficult when other economic forces are pulling in the opposite direction. 

Victoria has been crowned the worst place to do business in Australia for the third year in row, according to a new report by the Business Council of Australia. An RMIT expert says while the state is good at starting companies, the problem is keeping them here once they start to grow.

As we approach the end-of-year rush, burnout is often seen as an individual problem, but as an RMIT expert suggests, it is also deeply shaped by the environments in which we work and live.

Following growing evidence of political hostility, online misinformation, and an attack on MP Helen Haines, an RMIT expert says Australians need strong media literacy skills to navigate an increasingly complex information environment and to reduce harms caused by declining trust in public discourse. 

Vulnerabilities have been identified in the computer programming language PHP, used by an estimated 70% of websites, which have led to sites being taken offline across the world while patches are implemented.  An RMIT expert explains what companies can do to prepare and react to these instances.

Debate is intensifying over the Australia-European Union (EU) free trade agreement, with some Coalition figures and farming groups questioning the deal, while the government insists re-negotiation is no longer on the table.

The Federal Government has suggested new AI data centres will not increase household power bills. It comes as an RMIT expert explains that should be the starting point, not the end goal, and the community should benefit.