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Beyond repairs
by Sarah Pickette, August 2017

Reviving the art of repa ir
by Michelle Fisher, May 2017

Repair cafes diverting landfill, by Michael Mackenzie, 20 April 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
Reviving the art of repa ir by Michelle Fisher, Sanctuary Magazine, issue 39, May 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.