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Society
Photo: Matt Melia.

Fallen Warriors Ceremony reframes remembrance

Story by: Matt Melia

Politics
Photo: Jerome Des Preaux

Close encounters with Invasion Day and Australia Day activists

Video report by James Costa Jerome Des Preaux

Health
Photo: Minum Barreng

Vision for change: A 15-year project delivers improvements in Indigenous eye health, but still a way to go

Story by James Costa

Society

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

Story by Ricky Sproule

Culture
Photo: Osbourne Heli Tour (Facebook)

A rock by any other name? Yes please. But who makes the call?

Story by Larissa Sutherland

Politics

Mean streets: the heated debate when history meets horror

Words by James Worsfold

Politics
Photo: Gwen Liu

UPDATED The young people whose Voice votes may make history

Reporting by Gwen Liu

Society
Photo: Yan Bi

Raising her Voice: Rachel Perkins on history in the making

Story by Jade Murray

Society
Image: Yoorrook Justice Commission

Truth-telling begins on the long road to Indigenous justice and healing

Story by Meghan Dansie

Politics
Photo: Supplied

As renewables run hot, Indigenous network plugs in to power up

Story by Jordyn Beazley

The plant known as Eremophilia (emu bush) is highly prized for use in Indigenous smoking ceremonies. Credit: Holli/Shutterstock

Curly questions on taxonomy and hidden history in the herbarium

Podcast by Xiaowei Chang, Xinyue Huang and Mustafa Nuristani

Health
Photo: AAP/James Ross (with permission)

Victoria set to trial sobering-up centres in long-awaited reform

Story by Ashleigh Barraclough

Society
Image: Julian Meehan

Call for reforms to empower Indigenous knowledge in climate repair

Report by Harry Sekulich

Society
Image: Shutterstock

Facing a fiery future, warnings on failure to enlist Indigenous expertise

Story by Brodie McLaughlin Dane Heverin Harry Sekulich Pema Monaghan

Health

Aboriginal health services “really got this pandemic by the horns”

Words by Amalyah Hart

Society
Photo: Else Kennedy

In town camps of Alice, coronavirus raises stakes of digital divide

Words and pictures by Else Kennedy

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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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