Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says Australia needs stronger laws around greenwashing – the practice of advertising or promoting a product or service as more environmentally friendly than it is. Read more: bit.ly/46SwuU6

How Bring Your Bills Day is making a big difference - Brendan Kearns CHOICE choice.com.au/shopping/shopp…

A community event is helping people struggling with bills to connect with retailers. Translators speak nine different languages, helping a diverse community to relieve some of the stress during the cost-of-living crisis. My latest in CHOICE . choice.com.au/shopping/shopp…

A community event in Melbourne’s south-east is helping residents to increase their financial literacy and pay their bills. Read more: bit.ly/4dshyyn

Retailers such as Chemist Warehouse and Lorna Jane aren't giving people the option of paper receipts - Great story by Brendan Kearns CHOICE choice.com.au/shopping/consu…

Consumers are sick of being asked to hand over their data at the checkout. My latest on digital receipts and privacy. CHOICE choice.com.au/shopping/consu…

Retailers such as Chemist Warehouse and Lorna Jane aren't giving people the option of paper receipts. Read more: bit.ly/4g9GnAH

In the murky world of pawnbroking, the harms are well hidden. My latest with CHOICE looks at this under regulated and underreported industry. choice.com.au/money/credit-c…

"When you look at it in terms of credit, that's just keeping them in the debt cycle and never getting out." @CHOICE Financial Counselling Australia @thevalsmob choice.com.au/money/credit-c…

The Victorian government continues to fund the stocking of an invasive species that's threatening many native species. Very pleased to get this article out in the world with Cosmos and @thecitizenweb cosmosmagazine.com/nature/trout-d…

Taxpayers are funding fishing programs which release millions of trout into waterways each year. Experts and ecologists warn that they threaten native fishes. Brendan Kearns continues our Gone Feral series on invasive species co-pub w/ Cosmos. thecitizen.org.au/articles/trout…

Consumer advocates say an inquiry into the industry is long overdue. Read more: bit.ly/47g42eX

In June, we visited 104 supermarkets across the country, including Aldi, Coles, Woolworths, and IGA, and again recorded the prices of 14 common grocery items: bit.ly/3MYlB9W

This has been cooking for a while. Very excited to share the trailer for Uncurated Season 3. It's a podcast that looks at the hidden histories at The University of Melbourne. Produced by myself and other journalism students at Centre for Advancing Journalism. Trailer below. open.spotify.com/show/2qWrkvD2f…

Uncrated Season 3 is here! In an eight-part series, students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism explore the university’s hidden past, revealing stories that reach beyond iconic buildings and the names they bear. Check out Episode 1 here: omny.fm/shows/uncurate…

I was absolutely thrilled to get this story published in The Weekend Australian. It looks into the marketing practices of energy drink companies on university campuses and why public health experts are concerned. theaustralian.com.au/health/energy-…

Investigative reporting projects published by 3 students in their Journalism Masters University of Melbourne have been nominated for the 2024 Democracy’s Watchdogs award. Filment Ho, James Worsfold and Brendan Kearns were among 5 finalists from universities across Aus/NZ thecitizen.org.au/articles/caj-r…

Recent graduate Brendan Kearns just won the Democracy's Watchdog national award for student investigative journalism for his story on energy drink guerilla marketing in universities - which was published in the Weekend Australian The Australian democracyswatchdogs.org/student-awards…

Anyone in Victoria have experience of rent bidding, offering a huge amount of rent in advance, or showing up to an inspection with lines around the block? Interested in having a chat for a story? DMs open or shoot me an email at [email protected]

Huge, precedent-setting win from Jarni. Love to see it