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Image: Megan Nicole Yin

Vic govt music funding branded a ‘band-aid solution’

Story by: Megan Nicole Yin

Health
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Australian prosecutors revise EMDR therapy guidance amid backlash

Story by: Luisa Bonazzoli

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Party people: election boosts student political clubs

Story by Ellen Cutler

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Explainer: Is Australia’s coal more greenhouse gas friendly than other coal?

Words by Petra Stock

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Image: Jordyn Beazley/The Guardian

‘Set up for failure’: Bush GPs frustrated by ‘chaotic’ locum system

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Projects
Photo: Petra Stock

Chisholm’s early voters flock to church, praying for it all to be over

Story by Petra Stock Matilda Finn Greg Hall Sean Ruse Caitlin Duan Alexander Dabb

Politics

Tables turned, editors face some tough questions on political coverage

Story by Petra Stock

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Photo: Petra Stock

Chisholm’s Choice: Battle for key seat heats up

Words by Petra Stock

Politics

Off script and on, Julie Bishop is the diplomat. But an eye roll speaks volumes

Words by Jack Banister

Politics
Picture: Charlotte Grieve

Greens on the hop through the hipster-proof fence: booth-by-booth analysis

Words and data analysis by Martin Ditmann

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
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  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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