Featured news items

The Age (Melbourne)

The fix is in
by Carolyn Webb, 9 October 2017

Australian House & Garden

Beyond repairs 
by Sarah Pickette, August 2017

Sanctuary Magazine

Reviving the art of repair
by Michelle Fisher, May 2017

ABC RN, Life Matters

Repair cafes diverting landfill, by Michael Mackenzie, 20 April 2017​

Melbourne Repair Cafe in the news...

• ​Mend it, fix it, re-use it by Netta from A City Made by People, 11 April 2018.
• The fix is in: Make do and get it mended for nothing at Yarraville's repair cafe by Carolyn Webb, ​The Age (Melbourne), 9 October 2017
• Saturday Breakfast interview (from 1:10:50) with Hilary Harper, ABC Melbourne (radio), 9 September 2017.
• Beyond repairs by Sarah Pickette, Australian Home & Garden, August 2017
• From Waste to Waste Not: Remakeries are Stumbling Across the Globe and They Are Doing A Lot More Than Just Keeping Waste Out of Landfills by Women Who Farm, 15 June 2017
• War on Waste: Don't Despair, repair! by Annette Mayne (The Bower Repair and Reuse Centre), ABC (online focus), undated
• ​Reviving the art of repair by Michelle Fisher, Sanctuary Magazine, issue 39, May 2017
• Melbourne Repair Cafe by Tricia, Ziemer, Weekend Notes, 19 April 2017
• Sustainable Style: Stella McCartney just proved mending stuff is cool by Claire Press, Sydney Morning Herald 19 April 2017.
• Repair cafes diverting landfill, ABC RN Life Matters with audio, Michael Mackenzie reporting, 20 April 2017.
• Can pop-up 'repair cafes' save broken gadgets and solve growing waste levels?, ABC Lateline. with video: The fixer generation campaigning for the right to repair, (Margot ONeill reporting), 7 March 2017.
• Helping your possessions stand the test of time with Repair Cafes by Adrian O'Hagan, Permablitz  Melbourne, 9 December 2016.
• Fix not throw, The Grapevine, Triple R, 5 December 2016 - radio interview with presenters Kulja Coulston & Dylan Bird,
• ​Repair cafe comes to the West by Michelle Fisher, The Westsider newspaper, page 9, Issue #14, March 2016. (Also published on the Melbourne Repair Cafe blog.)
• Preparations for the launch of the Melbourne Repair Cafe at the Living Future Festival in the Yarraville Gardens, 21 February 2016 - video by Karen Ellis.
• ​Inner-west repair cafe to launch at Sustainable Living Festival by Simon Leo Brown, ABC News Online, 4 Feb 2016.

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