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What’s up with Student Services and Amenities Fees?

Today, the Student Services and Amenities Fees are due for all RMIT students. You’ve most likely seen mention of these fees pop into your...

Sylvia Erson and Julia Sicilia

Mar 31

Federal Budget 2025: what's in store for you?

The 2025 Federal Budget was announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday night, paving the way for Labor’s re-election campaign. The...

Jade Nacionales

Mar 28

RMIT adopts revised antisemitism definition, banning calls to eliminate Israel

(Credit: iStock) 39 Australian universities including RMIT have adopted a new definition of ‘antisemitism’ to be enforced across campuses...

Archibald McGill

Feb 26

Pill testing hits the festival scene: How harm reduction could save your life this summer

As the festival season approaches, growing concern over the safety of young people at music events has resurfaced. The rate of drug use...

Charlotte Wilkes

Nov 15, 2024

Behind the ring lights: inside the troubling world of “kidfluencers”

On April 9, Netflix premiered a new documentary on child influencing, or “kidfluencing”. Over three episodes, the docuseries uncovers the...

Nicole Manolitsas

14 minutes ago

RMIT Students Showcase Indie Game at Major Video Games Expo

One of few gaming exhibitions in Melbourne, The Game Expo (TGX) is an important event for local indie game developers, providing a...

Patrick Lyne

Apr 16

The Real Harm of Reality TV: Married at First Sight Sensationalising Abuse

Reality TV is known to be highly produced and edited content that profits off controversies and drama, both on screen and off. (Credit:...

Anthea Kalathas

Apr 8

What’s up with Student Services and Amenities Fees?

Today, the Student Services and Amenities Fees are due for all RMIT students. You’ve most likely seen mention of these fees pop into your...

Sylvia Erson and Julia Sicilia

Mar 31

Condemned in Flesh: Reproductive Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Systemic Inequality

Claudia Kerovec

Mar 19

Condemned in Flesh: Reproductive Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Systemic Inequality

Victorian Paramedics will receive wage increases, but what did it take to get here?

Harriette Hobson

Nov 12, 2024

Victorian Paramedics will receive wage increases, but what did it take to get here?

Behind the ring lights: inside the troubling world of “kidfluencers”

On April 9, Netflix premiered a new documentary on child influencing, or “kidfluencing”. Over three episodes, the docuseries uncovers the...

Nicole Manolitsas

14 minutes ago

Behind the ring lights: inside the troubling world of “kidfluencers”

RMIT Students Showcase Indie Game at Major Video Games Expo

One of few gaming exhibitions in Melbourne, The Game Expo (TGX) is an important event for local indie game developers, providing a...

Patrick Lyne

Apr 16

The Real Harm of Reality TV: Married at First Sight Sensationalising Abuse

Reality TV is known to be highly produced and edited content that profits off controversies and drama, both on screen and off. (Credit:...

Anthea Kalathas

Apr 8

What’s up with Student Services and Amenities Fees?

Today, the Student Services and Amenities Fees are due for all RMIT students. You’ve most likely seen mention of these fees pop into your...

Sylvia Erson and Julia Sicilia

Mar 31

Making the most of uni student life in 2025

Disclaimer: The Swanston Gazette is not affiliated with any of the organisations mentioned in this article. RMIT University building,...

Louis Harrison

Mar 9

The new mental health hub for students, by students

Last month, RMIT opened a new student-run mental health hub to support students and create opportunities for work placements. The new...

Emily O'Mahoney

Nov 14, 2024

RMIT hosts our first Pride March for Wear It Purple Week

On Thursday, the RMIT University Student Union (RUSU) hosted a Pride Parade through Bowen St and a Pride event in the Alumni Courtyard to...

Emily O'Mahoney

Sep 2, 2024

You’re not Icarus and adulthood isn’t about chasing the sun

Turning 20 is a life milestone and opens the intense awareness of aging.

Louis Harrison

Oct 4, 2024

Nothingness and Everything

What to do when you feel so foreign in your own body? Itching to get out. Clenching of the jaw, nails to the palm, trying to escape your...

Sienna Seychell

Sep 29, 2024

Is it too late for physical media in the digital era?

With technological developments and advancements, the death of physical media seems inevitable. But is this a good thing?

Brandon Tripptree

Aug 30, 2024

Why a celebrity feud has overshadowed the ‘It Ends With Us’ and domestic violence conversation

How a film adaptation of a best-selling book has entered the news cycle for all the wrong reasons.

Sarsha Kerton

Aug 28, 2024

Iconic Melbourne music venue 'The Gaso' to close

Molly Inglis

Mar 19

A Night with Good Music at The Old Bar, Fitzroy

Aisha Ambesi

Feb 15

REVIEW: 'Mr Money With The Vibe' strikes again

Peace Ijiyera

Nov 12, 2024

Socceroos slide five past Indonesia in dominant display

The Socceroos have hushed their doubters after an emphatic 5-1 win over Indonesia saw Australia inch closer to World Cup qualification....

Jack Huggett

Mar 23

Revved up and ready to race: Drive to Survive and social media boost F1 excitement

In the first episode of Netflix’s hit docuseries, Formula 1: Drive to Survive , drivers are compared to fighter pilots. They are...

Raia Flinos

Mar 21

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