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University student journalism from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.

The Junction

University student journalism from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.

The Junction

University student journalism from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.

The Junction

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What do we know about Forrest?
Curtin University, Harrison Wright

We are doing a series of electorate profiles in the lead up to the Australia’s Federal Election on May 3, 2025. Here is the electorate of...

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What do we know about Swan?
Curtin University

We are doing a series of electorate profiles in the lead up to the Australia’s Federal Election on May 3, 2025. Here is the electorate of...

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What do we know about Durack?
Curtin University, Sophie Cory and Andrew Hanlon

We are doing a series of electorate profiles in the lead up to the Australia’s Federal Election on May 3, 2025. Here is the country's biggest...

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Owls on deathwatch
Curtin University
Australia's owl populations are under threat from rodenticides on sale here, but banned in other countries.
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Children of the SAS
Curtin University, Georgy Sides

My dad always seemed to belong to everyone. When he was in Afghanistan he was serving his country and when he was home his time was split between everyone in his life. When I was nine my class made Christmas decorations for our parents, but my...

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Land scars
University of Newcastle, Indiana Hardwick

Land clearing is threatening the survival of native species and ecological communities in Australia and worldwide. Indiana Hardwick reports how one organization is working to turn that around.

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Exit stage West
Curtin University, Kimberley Putland

I pull up outside the address — this must be the one. There is a new, bluish metal frame that is the skeleton of a new house, a concrete slab, and not much else. On our phone call the week before, Maggie Wilde West had told me they are rebuilding, so...

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From Peru with flavours
Curtin University, Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz

A few metres from the Leederville train station, a few kms from the Perth CBD, salsa music can be heard from the Peruvian restaurant Lima Cantina. Although the place is small, colourful decorations make it stand out. A mural with Machu Picchu in the...

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Soldier, grandmother, elder
Curtin University, Madigan Landry

Di Ryder is a Noongar woman, now a quintessential grandmother and a much loved elder, who says she wasted her education in the convent school she attended in Toodyay in the 1960s, but she got a second chance in the most unlikely place: the Australian...

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Every month students from a different university host our half hour podcast bringing you carefully curated current affairs from all over Australia.
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What do we know about Forrest?
Curtin University, Harrison Wright • April 23, 2025
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What do we know about Swan?
Curtin University April 21, 2025
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“Unpleasant business”
Curtin University, Shaina Danischewsky • November 15, 2024

Fremantle, a popular tourism destination, is a port city located 25 minutes south of the capital city of Western Australia, Perth. It is well known for its heritage buildings,...

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National Radio News has no commercial ties or political agenda. It is produced by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's three full-time journalists, supported by cadets from Charles Sturt University. News is sourced from Reuters, BBC, Sky News, ABC and community radio stations. The bulletins update hourly from 6am to 7pm (EST) Monday to Friday, and 6am to noon (EST) on weekends.
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Despite bans, vapes still easy to buy in Melbourne
University of Melbourne, Alipriya Biswas, and Ricky Sproule March 11, 2025
Last July, the Australian Government introduced “world-leading” bans on the sale of vapes. But they appear to have had a limited impact.
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Podcast episode 43 – Confronting Threats
February 19, 2025

We deal with threats – both real and perceived – all the time. In this episode of our podcast, Making...

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Podcast episode 42 – Looking Out
January 20, 2025

Keeping people safe, helping people out, giving people a leg-up, giving people a chance to shine - it’s...

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The perfect storm
University of Newcastle, Blair Wise • January 16, 2025

University of Newcastle student Blair Wise investigates the links between universities and the Defence...

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