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Harriette Hobson
Nov 12, 2024
Victorian Paramedics will receive wage increases, but what did it take to get here?
It has taken a year and a half for Victorian paramedics to receive wage increases. The pay rise ranges from just under 17 per cent to 33...
Charlotte Wilkes
Oct 14, 2024
Misinformation threatens upcoming election: lessons from the Voice Referendum
As Australia prepares for next year’s federal election, fact-checking groups brace for a surge of misinformation.
Joanna Beard
Sep 17, 2024
Meet your neighbours: Druids House
Have you ever been hurrying along Swanston St, late to another lecture, and you get the feeling that someone’s watching you? Well next...
Annalee Daly
Sep 4, 2024
Conscious Couture: An inside look into Karuna Dawn
For the future of fashion, Sridevi Blair’s brand, Karuna Dawn, will turn over a new leaf, literally.
Natalie Fleming
Aug 31, 2024
Fashioned for Activism: The role of art in Pro-Palestinian expressions
When thinking of ongoing Palestinian protests, fashion is the last thing that might come to mind, I noticed the colourful sea of Keffiyehs.
Dash Spencer-White
Aug 2, 2024
BRAT vs Bullet Dodger: Why the internet will decide the next US President
In the age of social media, our emerging obsession with the political figure rather than their politics contributes to their success.
Chelsea Szabo
May 13, 2024
AI ABBA, pagan rituals and Israel booing: 2024’s unique Eurovision Song Contest
There was a lot going on at the Swedish-hosted contest this year.
Bennett Davy and Dash Spencer-White
Apr 15, 2024
NGV’s 'Triennial' highlights art’s changing landscape
As the curtain falls on the 2023-24 Triennial exhibition at the NGV, it left most guests perhaps overwhelmed by everything on display.
Jemma van Zaanen
Mar 26, 2024
San Cisco on their new album 'Under the Light'
The Swanston Gazette chat to lead vocalist and guitarist Jordi Davieson about the band’s music, inspirations and what’s next.
Yvette Campitelli-Slee
Dec 20, 2023
Menstruation: The bloody big question mark
Half of the world’s population has a period, but how much do we know about our bodies and menstruation? These are the barriers standing...
Rani Fletcher
Nov 28, 2023
Unplugging from news or plugging news alternatively? How Australia's news consumption is changing
#Palestine. #Israel. #FreePalestine. These were the top three hashtags trending on TikTok Wednesday 11 October, four days after militant...
Yvette Campitelli-Slee
Nov 22, 2023
Mums for Mother Earth
Extinction Rebellion offshoot Mother’s Rebellion rally for climate action. It was another cold August morning in Melbourne and the city...
Lily Kristanto
Nov 22, 2023
Stranger danger: How the Shincheonji cult is recruiting new members around Melbourne’s CBD
“Apocalyptic” cult Shincheonji are on a recruitment drive in many popular Melbourne locations. When two men approached Skylar Roberts...
Sabrina Caires
Nov 22, 2023
The Slow Uptake of Sexual Misconduct Policies at Australian Universities: Is having a policy enough?
The Swanston Gazette reached out to universities across Australia about when they first implemented policies dedicated to addressing...
Oliver Winn
Nov 22, 2023
Extended surgery waiting times are stealing Crystal’s childhood
Crystal clutches her teddy bear close as she treads timidly in the shadow of her mother, Emma Bock, through the Royal Children's...
Yvette Campitelli-Slee
Oct 12, 2023
‘Engagement’ is how Wyndham City Council is working towards reconciliation
In less than a week, all eligible Australians will be asked to vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum. But as October 14 fast...
Sofia Jayne
Sep 28, 2023
Explainer: The Voice to Parliament
On October 14, all eligible Australians will be asked to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to alter the Constitution and establish an Aboriginal and...
Sofia Jayne
Jun 15, 2023
ACICIS Series: Sofia Jayne
Anxious in Jakarta Locking myself in the university bathroom cubicle for the fourth time in two hours, I took a second to gather my...
Ruby Littler
Apr 27, 2023
Despite Outnumbering Male Teachers, Women In Education Still Experience The Gender Pay Gap
Data shows that women are especially isolated from high-earning positions Teachers in Australia receive less than uni-educated employees...
Zak Wheeler & Gera Kazakov
Apr 11, 2023
Disorder and Chaos
How Australia’s Russophiles helped Melbourne ban the Nazi salute Protestors clash outside Victoria’s Parliament House with counter...
Zak Wheeler
Apr 8, 2023
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...
Tiarna Condren
Mar 27, 2023
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, 2023
Equal Access to Education
For regional and rural students, the cost of leaving home to pursue higher education is far more than financial.
Gera Kazakov
Mar 24, 2023
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,...
Ruby Littler
Mar 24, 2023
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 19, 2023
Why are Teachers Underpaid?
The commercialist, gendered culture that blocks teacher’s pay rises
Luxe (Lulu) Tomkinson
Jun 9, 2022
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...
Georgie Carroll
Apr 12, 2022
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...
Caspar McLeod
Sep 9, 2021
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...
John Thompson
Apr 8, 2021
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...
Jeremy Gan
Apr 1, 2021
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...
Oliver Lees
Oct 7, 2020
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...
David Allen
Sep 24, 2020
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...
Jack Alfonso
Aug 31, 2020
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...
Jordan Zoch
Aug 27, 2020
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,...
Jack Alfonso
Aug 25, 2020
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...
Caspar McLeod
Jul 10, 2020
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...
Caitlin Cassidy
Jun 29, 2020
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...
Sean Mortell
Jun 3, 2020
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...
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