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Climate

Business
Photo: Joyce Le

The refinery that made Geelong what it is today—and bound it to risk

Story by: Anna Raimondi Joyce Le

Environment
Image: JonasKIM/Pixabay

Critics say new government campaign doesn’t hold water

Story by: Ying Xin

Environment
Image: Amber O’Meara Noseda, Great Ocean Photography

Coastal community beats back seismic blasting

Story by: Theoné van der Merwe

Politics
Image: Supplied/ Fiji Government

Bringing UN climate COP31 to Australia key to spotlighting Pacific realities, says Fiji deputy PM

Story by Shayal Devi

Politics
Supplied: Tony Zara / Melbourne Climate Futures.

Zoe Daniel warns Labor’s ‘pragmatic caution’ risks wasting climate mandate

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Society
Zhanāe Dodd (Image supplied)

Generation Justice: Young Australians take climate cry for help to UN

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

Politics
Photo: Theoné van der Merwe

Climate of change recognising issues influencing Chinese Australian voters

Story by Theoné van der Merwe

Politics
Photo: Theoné van der Merwe

Young voters struggle as climate anxiety collides with the cost of living

Story by Theoné van der Merwe

Science

Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere threatening crop nutrition and global food security

Words by Coco Veldkamp

Society

Lore of the land: right fire, right Country, right time

Story by Ricky Sproule

Projects
Photo: Parks Victoria

Sea weeding: how gardening in Port Phillip Bay helps native kelp survive

Story by Ricky Sproule

Projects
Image: Shutterstock

Bendigo’s natural advantage a ray of shine in the renewables landscape

Story by James Costa

Projects
Darren Howe/Bendigo Advertiser

Siren call: El Nino return sparks fears of fiery future

Story by Jacob Wallace

Projects
Photo: Shutterstock

Soils ain’t soils: green ag’s field day for farmers battling costs and heat

Words by Michael Jeong

Projects
Photo: Shutterstock

Meltdown: health risks of a warming world worst for young, old and poor

Story by Jerome Des Preaux

Projects

Hollow promises: forest creature comforts lost due to climate change

Story by Xinyi Li

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About The Citizen

THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Ashleigh
  • Audio editor: Louisa Lim
  • Video & Photo editor: Liam Cochrane
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  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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