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OMG, a soft plastics bin? Maybe you’re just pleased to see me …

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DISPOSABLE: When a Greek family goes vegan

Audio by Chelsea Cucinotta Andreas Nicola Jingfei Liu Chen Tian

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DISPOSABLE: One woman’s twenty-year journey toward zero-waste

Audio by Yavuz Yilmazoglu Yike Cai Zixun Wang David Bogi

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DISPOSABLE: More than a pad

Audio by Wing Kuang Chang He

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DISPOSABLE: A digital afterlife?

Audio by Olivia Hart Sipei Yan Zhaoxin Yan

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DISPOSABLE: Can becoming self-sustainable bring happiness?

Audio by Jess Malcolm Sherry Liu Ying Liu

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DISPOSABLE: Grounds for change

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DISPOSABLE: My life as a single-use container

Audio by Nazli Bahmani Ashleigh Hastings Yahan Tao Wei Lu

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DISPOSABLE: The journey to a safe injecting room

Audio by Else Kennedy Claire Capel-Stanley Fangying Zhou Yunfei Wang

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DISPOSABLE: Greener on the other side

Audio by Dino Vlachos Jess Cockerill Yingxuan Li Jingyi Lai

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DISPOSABLE: Bending bananas to fight food waste

Audio report by Grace Aicken Xue Bai Mengyu Qi

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DISPOSABLE: ‘Freegans’ dive for dinner in the bins

Audio report by Danielle O'Neal Inger Kviseth Jingjie Liu Duolin Li

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DISPOSABLE: Husky heroes give abandoned dogs a second chance

Audio report by Fujia Yang James Thomas Astley Zehui Chen Min Mu

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
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  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2024 Journalism Education Research and Training Association Ossie Awards Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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Contact: [email protected] Editor: Jo Chandler Director (Centre for Advancing Journalism): Dr Andrew Dodd