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Disorder and Chaos
How Australia’s Russophiles helped Melbourne ban the Nazi salute Protestors clash outside Victoria’s Parliament House with counter...
Zak Wheeler & Gera Kazakov
Apr 11, 20234 min read

ACICIS Series: Zak Wheeler
'Wow!' Ambassador Zakky brazenly took Jakarta with both hands (Photo: Zak Wheeler) I speak to you personally, as you are a living...
Zak Wheeler
Apr 8, 20236 min read


The Harsh Realities of Sex Work
A conversation with workers of the industry. Photo: Hung Nguyen Here in Queensland, the dense air will drench your skin, leaving sweat...
Tiarna Condren
Mar 27, 20236 min read

Equal Access to Education
For regional and rural students, the cost of leaving home to pursue higher education is far more than financial.
Tiarna Condren
Mar 27, 20231 min read

ACICIS SERIES: Gera Kazakov
An international summer exchange took students to Indonesia - here's how they remember it... Photo: Gera Kazakov On December 29th, 2022,...
Gera Kazakov
Mar 24, 20235 min read

AUKUS- A submarine deal that will take decades
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AP One of Australia's biggest and most expensive defence announcements in history was made last Monday, March...
Ruby Littler
Mar 23, 20232 min read

Why are Teachers Underpaid?
The commercialist, gendered culture that blocks teacher’s pay rises
Ruby Littler
Mar 19, 20231 min read

Student-Athlete Suicide Rates Skyrocket Causing Traumatic Crisis in the US.
Student-athletes Lauren Bernett, Sarah Schulz and Katie Meyer. 2022 has had a disheartening start to the year for student-athletes, as...
Luxe (Lulu) Tomkinson
Jun 9, 20224 min read

A stress-head and admin haters guide to enrolling to vote
Admin is my least favourite thing. The thought of filling out forms, as basic or mundane they might be, freaks me out. I always leave it...
Georgie Carroll
Apr 12, 20222 min read

During the pandemic, sports have continued to produce feel-good stories
Though it may not be the same as going to the MCG, watching the footy on TV and online offers a welcome distraction and source of hope...
Caspar McLeod
Sep 9, 20215 min read

SYN The Deep End: Water Leak at The Student Youth Network Downs Radio Broadcast.
SYN community manager Johan Lee demonstrating one of SYN's recording studios. Photo: John Thompson Just beginning to air flagship shows...
John Thompson
Apr 8, 20214 min read

Ban evasions, a stood down captain, and the near dissolving of a team: unpacking the latest scandal
RMIT’s esports lab (Photo: Jeremy Gan) On the evening of 18 March, the Australian Esports League (AEL) Discord server was alight with...
Jeremy Gan
Mar 31, 20216 min read

Petition for disability-inclusive air travel gains traction
A Yarraville man is calling out discriminatory practices in air travel and demanding airlines provide better service for people with...
Oliver Lees
Oct 6, 20203 min read

Ruth Bader Ginsberg: folk hero in a profession of expensive villains
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks the loss of one of the last noble figures in the legal profession. Justice Ginsburg was as loathed...
David Allen
Sep 24, 20203 min read

Conversion Practices, told by a survivor
The 2020 Midsumma Pride March in Melbourne. (Photo: Jeremy Gan) “People do forget that we are talking about human beings that have had...
Jack Alfonso
Aug 31, 20205 min read

Who takes pole for the greatest era of dominance?
Image: Getty Images Is Hamilton the greatest? And no, I am not talking about the musical. After his victory at the Spanish Grand Prix,...
Jordan Zoch
Aug 27, 20204 min read

A beginner's guide to a global health crisis: AMR
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are...
Jack Alfonso
Aug 25, 202020 min read

Should we look to sports for role models in the time of the Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter?
Photo by Vienna Reyes, Unsplash. Last year, I wrote an article exploring whether or not we should look to athletes as role models. A lot...
Caspar McLeod
Jul 10, 20206 min read

Inside the company you’ve never heard of: Behind TikTok, Gen Z’s biggest app
Caitlin’s Masters cohort in ByteDance’s office in Shanghai. Photo by Caitlin Cassidy. In August of last year, I stood in the lobby of a...
Caitlin Cassidy
Jun 29, 20206 min read

Simulating the rush – how RMIT athletes are coping with COVID-19
Global sport came screeching to a halt in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world. For budding motorsport driver and RMIT...
Sean Mortell
Jun 3, 20204 min read
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