The chief executive and founder of a Melbourne Auslan teaching company has admitted sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Darren Roberts, 54, was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on ...

Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring. Auslan is emerging as the ...

Becoming fluent in Auslan has given Bianca Oldham a way to support her Deaf son. Bianca Oldham’s journey in Auslan began because of her son, who is Deaf. She wanted to communicate fluently with him, ...

AUSLAN will become a formal part of the curriculum in New South Wales from next year. But some schools are already teaching sign language to their students. In the northern New South Wales town of Uki ...

This project aims to develop innovative and enduring resources for Auslan teaching. Australia has an acute skills shortage in sign language teaching. This project is a novel interdisciplinary ...

For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they catch their train to their destination and carry on with their business. But when something out of the ...

Jessica Korte has received funding from Qvest Australia, a technology solutions partner to Sydney Trains. For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they ...

And on Saturday, she will be among tens of thousands at Accor Stadium for Taylor Swift’s upcoming Sydney show. But Marni Van Vliet is not your typical concertgoer. As an Auslan interpreter, Ms Van ...

A school on the Bellarine Peninsula has introduced Auslan sign language, with a support organisation revealing how it could lead to more inclusion for the Deaf community. Queenscliff’s St Aloysius ...

Santa Claus is well and truly on his way and this year he’s bringing some extra magic to Christmas: hard-of-hearing families in the ACT will be able to book their own dedicated Auslan sessions at ...

Hundreds of Victorians are learning valuable Auslan skills in preparation for careers working with deaf and hard-of-hearing people ­­­– without tuition fees ­­– as part of the Allan Labor Government’s ...