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RMIT Vice-Chancellor still yet to comment on student encampments

Dash Spencer-White, Tye Wilson and Vic Bailey

May 22, 20243 min read

RMIT Vice-Chancellor still yet to comment on student encampments

RMIT’s Vice Chancellor Alec Cameron is yet to personally comment on the RMIT Gaza Solidarity Encampment three weeks after it was established

News consumption and social media: a double-edged sword

Jade Nacionales

May 20, 20242 min read

News consumption and social media: a double-edged sword

As the internet grows, news corporations have made the shift towards broadcasting news online yet credibility has become a problem.

Palestine protests at University of Melbourne escalate with establishment of ‘Mahmoud’s Hall’

Tye Wilson

May 16, 20241 min read

Palestine protests at University of Melbourne escalate with establishment of ‘Mahmoud’s Hall’

Students and staff at the University of Melbourne took hold of the Arts West building yesterday afternoon, renaming it ‘Mahmoud’s Hall’.

China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific explained: how does this implicate Australia?

Jade Nacionales

May 15, 20243 min read

China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific explained: how does this implicate Australia?

A superpower super-focused on power China’s presence in the Asia-Pacific has granted them influence in the politics of their neighbouring...

Misdiagnosis in women’s health: A barrier to the diagnosis of endometriosis

Mia Cutugno

May 15, 20242 min read

Misdiagnosis in women’s health: A barrier to the diagnosis of endometriosis

Endometriosis is a common disease where tissue similar to the womb’s lining grows outside it in other parts of the body.

Australian students step up the global fight for Palestine

Julia Sicilia

May 8, 20243 min read

Australian students step up the global fight for Palestine

As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, university students across the globe are taking measures into their own hands.

Federal government announces plan for major HECS debt relief

Joanna Beard

May 8, 20242 min read

Federal government announces plan for major HECS debt relief

The Australian government has announced plans for $3 billion of HECS debt fees to be “wiped out” as part of the cost-of-living relief effort

Emily O'Mahoney

May 6, 20242 min read

Impact of new vape bans questionable

The Therapeutic Goods Administration’s new laws banning the importation of vapes without a licence have now been in effect for over a month.

Thousands sign petition to fix 'HECS debt crisis'

Joanna Beard

Apr 30, 20242 min read

Thousands sign petition to fix 'HECS debt crisis'

A petition to the federal government to make HECS debt “easier to pay off” has received more than 280,000 signatures.

Fossil fuel company applies to “dump” oil rigs in Bass Strait

Joanna Beard

Apr 18, 20242 min read

Fossil fuel company applies to “dump” oil rigs in Bass Strait

Multinational fossil fuel company Esso has applied to “dump eight toxic oil rigs” into the Bass Strait.

RMIT staff and students show solidarity at stop work rally

Patrick Lyne

Sep 5, 20232 min read

RMIT staff and students show solidarity at stop work rally

On 31 August RMIT staff, students, and members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) took to Bowen Street to protest RMIT’s...

Tiarna Condren

Jul 31, 20233 min read

Hairdressing in crisis

Australian hairdressers are being "overlooked" in the cost of living crisis.

Emergency health crisis declared by Inner West council

Elisha Walker

Jul 14, 20232 min read

Emergency health crisis declared by Inner West council

Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs has declared a health emergency in response to air and noise pollution caused by heavy...

Victoria Makes Sustainability Profitable with an Electric Vehicle Tax

Ruby Littler

May 26, 20232 min read

Victoria Makes Sustainability Profitable with an Electric Vehicle Tax

Victoria’s electric vehicle tax has proven that the government cares more about money than sustainability, according to Sam Hibbins,...

Abdulrahman Abdulkader

May 25, 20232 min read

Stan Grant quits ABC show

Stan Grant has quit hosting Q&A following “years” of being a “media target for racism”. The host decided to step away from his Monday...

HECS-HELP debts are increasing by 7.1%. What does this mean?

Sabrina Caires

May 25, 20233 min read

HECS-HELP debts are increasing by 7.1%. What does this mean?

On June 1, HECS-HELP debt will increase by 7.1%. This is the highest rate in 32 years and almost double last year’s rate. Many are...

World Press Freedom Day 30th anniversary

Sofia Jayne

May 3, 20232 min read

World Press Freedom Day 30th anniversary

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day (Photo: Flickr) Wednesday May 3, 2023, marked the 30th World Press Freedom Day, with the theme of...

EXCLUSIVE: RMIT to re-enter University Agreement bargaining following Lygon Street protest

Grace Frost

May 3, 20233 min read

EXCLUSIVE: RMIT to re-enter University Agreement bargaining following Lygon Street protest

The Swanston Gazette can reveal that change is coming after Wednesday's staff & student protest in Bowen Street A protest today led to...

Kpop idol Moonbin from the boy band Astro farewelled by fans

Abdulrahman Abdulkader

Apr 20, 20232 min read

Kpop idol Moonbin from the boy band Astro farewelled by fans

K-Pop idol Moonbin and member of boy band ASTRO was found dead at his apartment in Gangnam, Seoul on April 19. The news received...

Oyster farms forced to stop harvesting as trigger levels are reached in recent flooding

Lauren Richardson

Apr 20, 20232 min read

Oyster farms forced to stop harvesting as trigger levels are reached in recent flooding

Merimbula oysters served on ice from melbourne restaurant, Society (Photo: Lauren Richardson) Extreme weather conditions are continuing...