Boom-and-bust cycle slowing home building, report finds
A new AHURI report led by RMIT researchers has found market volatility is the biggest barrier to lifting housing construction in Australia, with boom-and-bust cycles disrupting labour, costs, timelines and quality across the sector.
Australian content lacking for children and tweens, RMIT report warns
Australia’s children’s television sector is at risk of collapse, leaving a widening gap in local content for children and tweens at a cultural moment when governments urgently seek to strengthen youth social cohesion, including through reducing young people’s exposure to social media harms.
Researchers launch project to improve autism detection and care for children born preterm
RMIT experts will contribute to MICRO-NEST, a €6 million ($9.8 million) Horizon Europe project applying innovative approaches to identify markers of autism in children born before 37 weeks of gestation.
Data experts, cancer specialists, unite to build AI infection-detection
A pioneering tool that aims to help clinicians monitor trends in serious fungal infections in cancer patients was a finalist in the community engagement category of the 2026 AFR AI Awards.
