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A taste of home or ‘fuel for living’?: International students weigh up food options

Story by: Joyce Le

Society
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Phoning it in: The ‘dumbphone’ movement fighting device addiction

Story by: Lily Tuck

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Australian prosecutors revise EMDR therapy guidance amid backlash

Story by: Luisa Bonazzoli

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New clinical trial treating depression with psychedelics

Story by: Sophie Sewell

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‘Loneliest generation’ connects through roleplaying games

Story by: Lewis Weir

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Photo: Lynn Pan

Mural removal raises questions over who really matters

Story by: Lynn Pan

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How slaying dragons can help your mental health

Story by Ashleigh Wyss

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Image: Luisa Bonazzoli & Grace Gooda

Handballing responsibility: Can community sport address gendered violence?

Story by: Luisa Bonazzoli Grace Gooda

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No end to pain of unpaid placements for overseas students

Story by Fatemeh Mirjalili

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Credit: Prealene Khera

Living ink: how 3D printing could solve some of medicine’s toughest challenges

Words by Prealene Khera

Health

Young Asian Australians and identity: the unseen stress affecting mental health

Story by Caitlin Duan

Health

Small blessings: Pre-term births drop during lockdowns

Words by Greg Hall

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

Story by Jordyn Beazley

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Mike Bowers/Guardian Australia (with permission)

‘We don’t feel it’s safe’: The systemic failures in rural healthcare

Story by Jordyn Beazley

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‘Breaks your heart’: Rural kids waiting on critical development services

Words by Jordyn Beazley

Hulk Pressure Part 1: Pills & Powders

Podcast by Harry Sekulich

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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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