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
University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria

The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advancing Journalism offers a Master of Journalism & Master of International Journalism & graduate certificate & diplomas in journalism. It publishes The Citizen

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The view of one of the many evacuation centers set up in the Bega Valley Shire during the Black Summer bushfire crisis. The photo was taken moments before the shire was plunged into 20 hours of darkness as thick smoke blocked the sunlight. Image credit: Jordyn Beazley.

Climate resilience: Code for ‘not our problem’?

University of Melbourne, Mariah Papadopoulos
October 8, 2021
healthcare robot in an office

‘The robot will see you now’: AI in healthcare

University of Melbourne, Petra Stock
September 6, 2021
afghanistan people sitting at an airport guarded by military

The Yarn Ep 4: Afghan staff at risk, agencies struggling

University of Melbourne, Fia Walsh, Jordyn Beazley
September 6, 2021
old image of nhill silo overlayed on modern day image

September Podcast Out Now

University of Melbourne, Clancy Balen and Jenny Cai
September 2, 2021
cover art of 'the yarn'

The Yarn Ep 3: ‘Privatised profit over people’, NDIS questions

University of Melbourne, Fia Walsh, Jordyn Beazley, Vanessa Di Natale
August 30, 2021
man on couch

Heartbreak, joy and all things between

University of Melbourne, Bec Pridham
August 30, 2021
afghanistan people sitting at an airport guarded by military

Afghan staff in peril, aid agencies wrestle security versus mission

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
August 23, 2021
virtual reality nightclub

A high-tech(no) solution for ravers pining for the dance floor

University of Melbourne, Peter Quattrocelli
August 23, 2021
ndis building exterior

‘Privatised profit over people’: NDIS contract stirs questions

University of Melbourne, Vanessa Di Natale
August 19, 2021
cover art of 'the yarn'

The Yarn Ep 2: How a cult leader charmed a following

University of Melbourne, The Yarn
August 12, 2021
protestors locked behind a guarded gate

SWARM: How a cult leader charmed a following

University of Melbourne, Julie Fenwick
August 12, 2021
fishing trawler hauling a container of fish

Pandemic leaves oceans vulnerable to increased illegal fishing

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
August 12, 2021
As Sky expands, Rudd preps for ‘bloody big fight’

As Sky expands, Rudd preps for ‘bloody big fight’

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
July 19, 2021
Tanya Day's daughters Apryl Day (centre) and Belinda Day (right) address the media outside the Coroners Court of Victoria, in Melbourne, Monday, November 11, 2019. Apryl Day said she believed access to a sobering-up facility "could have made had a huge impact on the outcome for Mum".: AAP Image/James Ross (with permission)

Victoria sobering-up centre reform

University of Melbourne, Ashleigh Barraclough
July 16, 2021
A Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstration in Melbourne September 29, 2019. (AAP Image/Ellen Smith: With permission)

Concerns Chinese J students at risk

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
June 30, 2021
Noting declining eel populations in the northern hemisphere, fish ecologist Dr Wayne Koster of the Arthur Rylah Institute in Heidelberg began investigating how Australia's eels were faring. "They're a forgotten animal." Photo: David Dawson/ Arthur Rylah Institute

Port Phillip Bay to the Coral Sea, tracking the eels

University of Melbourne, Angus Thomson
June 22, 2021
Photo: Shutterstock

Remote learning security concerns as strangers enter online classrooms

University of Melbourne, Petra Stock
June 10, 2021
Pacific scientists planning and planting for a warmer world

Pacific scientists planning and planting for a warmer world

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
April 26, 2021
Standing sentinel: The vanishing giants of the Central Highlands

Standing sentinel: The vanishing giants of the Central Highlands

University of Melbourne, Amalyah Hart
April 16, 2021
Image: Shutterstock

In the heat of the moment, flawed emergency apps ignite concern

University of Melbourne, Brodie McLaughlin, Dane Heverin, Harry Sekulich and Pema Monaghan
November 10, 2020
Time to get to work: Bee broker Jonathan Monson deploys some of the 1.5 billion bees that have been travelling across the east coast as part of the annual pollination season. Photo: Jess Malcolm

As almond orchards blossom, busy bees get to work

University of Melbourne, Jess Malcolm
October 20, 2020
“The ‘vulnerability’ of our remote communities is much more related to longstanding under-investment in health infrastructure than our people as individuals," says Dr Mark Wenitong, a longtime health officer on Cape York. "Don’t discount us as major players in the Australian health system." (Supplied: Apunipima)

Aboriginal HS have “pandemic by the horns”

University of Melbourne, Amalyah Hart
September 25, 2020
“I don’t like to look at this in a negative way," says Wodonga South schoolteacher Elle Robson. "Like, yeah we’re stuck inside, yeah I can’t see my kids, but my kids are getting a new way of learning.”

Reporting for duty in the pandemic, young teachers in a class of their own

University of Melbourne, Ashleigh Barraclough
September 22, 2020
After years of study, Abby Thorne had just started her first job as a solicitor when coronavirus came along. “It was like this uncontrollable pile of bullshit that just came down on to my world,” Thorne says. “One minute I’m in court, the next day I’m at Centrelink.”

For the young, pandemic is latest act in a spiralling tragedy of opportunity

University of Melbourne, Benjamin Silvester
September 21, 2020
Lockdown lust: How coronavirus is changing sex lives and sex drives

Lockdown lust: How coronavirus is changing sex lives and sex drives

University of Melbourne, Connor Webster
September 9, 2020
Photo: Fia Walsh

Who are you calling hysterical? Why fangirls get to scream and shout

University of Melbourne, Fia Walsh
September 7, 2020
Zoom and gloom: The loneliness of the long distance funeral

Zoom and gloom: The loneliness of the long distance funeral

University of Melbourne, Anthony Marsico
September 1, 2020
Dr Jason Monty (pictured centre) with his University of Melbourne team of engineers and prototype ventilation hood, which is being trialled in nine Victorian hospitals and one in the Northern Territory. Photo: supplied.

From the pandemic front line, a plea for help engineers a safety bubble

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
August 31, 2020
Sherif Sonbol, an Egyptian photographer and editor, was taken to Xinjiang on a Chinese Government tour. He realised that he was visiting one of Beijing’s notorious network of political indoctrination camps, but left convinced that accounts of mistreatment inside the re-education centres were untrue. “Look at their faces! You know these are very happy people.”

How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse

University of Melbourne, David Bogi and Kate Wong
August 24, 2020
Sound the alarm: Women losing sleep over gender inequality

Sound the alarm: Women losing sleep over gender inequality

University of Melbourne, Fia Walsh
August 10, 2020
For cultures hit by earlier pandemics, memory cues instinct to panic early

For cultures hit by earlier pandemics, memory cues instinct to panic early

University of Melbourne, Connor Amor-Bendall
July 7, 2020
When the best medicine is patience

When the best medicine is patience

University of Melbourne, Andreas Nicola
July 6, 2020
Life without a safety net: a student’s story

Life without a safety net: a student’s story

University of Melbourne, Yuhan Zhang
July 4, 2020
Pandemic reveals a Chinese migrant's neighbours at their best and worst

Pandemic reveals a Chinese migrant’s neighbours at their best and worst

University of Melbourne, Duolin Li
July 1, 2020
A recipe for surviving a pandemic: luck, timing and reinvention

A recipe for surviving a pandemic: luck, timing and reinvention

University of Melbourne, Rosalee Kiely
June 29, 2020
How young Greeks are bringing generations of worshipers together with the click of a button

How young Greeks are bringing generations of worshipers together with the click of a button

University of Melbourne, Anthea van den Bergh
June 27, 2020
One stubby in four hours: how trade dried up for one small bottle shop

One stubby in four hours: how trade dried up for one small bottle shop

University of Melbourne, Grace Aicken
June 26, 2020
Seventy days and counting: Surviving lockdown on a suburban shopping strip

Seventy days and counting: Surviving lockdown on a suburban shopping strip

University of Melbourne, Rosalee Kiely
June 25, 2020
Emergency or conservancy? Grappling with the charged language of activism

Emergency or conservancy? Grappling with the charged language of activism

University of Melbourne, Ruby Kraner-Tucci
June 22, 2020
On the land and staring down the barrel of climate change

On the land and staring down the barrel of climate change

University of Melbourne, Anthony Marsico
June 18, 2020
Future Forecast: Counting the costs of rising tides on a precious, vulnerable coast

Future Forecast: Counting the costs of rising tides on a precious, vulnerable coast

University of Melbourne, Anna Chisholm
June 17, 2020
Future Forecast: Farmers move to weather a warmer future

Future Forecast: Farmers move to weather a warmer future

University of Melbourne, Grace Aicken
June 16, 2020
Future Forecast Pt 5: Power switch to plug into a sustainable future

Future Forecast Pt 5: Power switch to plug into a sustainable future

University of Melbourne, Anthea van den Bergh
June 15, 2020
After weighing a range of issues, including safety, the Cedar Bakery team in Preston decided to wait a little longer before resuming table service. There were still Covid-19 cases turning up every day, said manager George Khoury. “We didn’t want to contribute to that.” Photos: Will C. Povey

Waiting on tables? Some cafes are in no hurry to resume normal service

University of Melbourne, Will C. Povey
June 12, 2020
“There is a cultural problem in medicine of perfection,” says Dr Kieran Allen, a psychiatry registrar with Monash Health. Image: Shutterstock

Behind the mask, the toll on doctors of a not-so-caring profession

University of Melbourne, Greg Hall
June 11, 2020
Employees claim embattled Aussie Disposals underpaid them for years

Employees claim embattled Aussie Disposals underpaid them for years

University of Melbourne, Liam Petterson
June 11, 2020
Citizens take the lead on science, measuring shifting tides: Future Forecast Pt 4

Citizens take the lead on science, measuring shifting tides: Future Forecast Pt 4

University of Melbourne, Emily Johnson and Ashleigh Hastings
June 5, 2020
Photo: Jess Malcom

Trawling for hope in the gardens of the oceans: Future Forecast Pt 3

University of Melbourne, Jess Malcolm
May 29, 2020
VicForests failed to manage risk to the "vulnerable" greater glider and "critically endangered" Leadbeater's possum in 26 different logging coupes, which meant the organisation could not be exempt from national legislation. Photo supplied: Protect Warburton Ranges.

State logging of endangered species habitats illegal, court rules

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
May 28, 2020
Abalone diver Craig Fox: Image/ Western Abalone Divers Association

Future Forecast Pt 2: Port Fairy abalone divers treading water

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
May 28, 2020
Image: Benjamin Silvester

Future Forecast Pt 1: A warmer Warrnambool? It’s not good news

University of Melbourne, Benjamin Silvester
May 27, 2020
Melbourne councils condemn voting reforms, fearing loss of diversity

Melbourne councils condemn voting reforms, fearing loss of diversity

University of Melbourne, Brodie Everist
May 21, 2020
Apiarist Jodie Goldsworthy says the destruction caused by Australia’s "Black Summer" of 2019-20 will have a major effect on the ability of trees to produce flowers that beekeepers may access. Image: Supplied/Beechworth Honey

Worrying buzz on the vanishing of honeybees in a changing world

University of Melbourne, Grace Aicken
May 13, 2020
Image: Shutterstock

Advocates signal alarm at report exonerating police over botched raid

University of Melbourne, Jess Malcolm
May 8, 2020
Photo: Shutterstock

Inside COVID-19 HQ: Late nights, lists of questions and old-school sleuthing

University of Melbourne, Benjamin Silvester
May 7, 2020
Contact tracers and vaccine teams working side by side in northern Nigeria trying to stop the spread of polio. Contact tracing has long been a critical part of the public health weaponry against infectious disease. Photo: Jo Chandler

Chasing an invisible foe: Recollections of a ‘disease detective’

University of Melbourne, Benjamin Silvester
May 6, 2020
Through the window: A student contemplates the world in isolation

Through the window: A student contemplates the world in isolation

University of Melbourne, Wing Kuang
May 5, 2020
Biogas technology makes a lot of sense in an agricultural context, due to the abundance of biological feedstock – in other words, poo. The heat that is produced as a byproduct of the process can be used back on the farm in various ways. Photo: Charlotte Grieve

They huffed and they puffed and hey presto – pigs fuelling poo power

University of Melbourne, Jess Malcolm
April 30, 2020
Image: Shutterstock

Help wanted: Not enough of it getting to dementia-driven decline

University of Melbourne, Fia Walsh
April 29, 2020
Image: Shutterstock

Extreme regrets: Return from the badlands of the far right

University of Melbourne, Ben Silvester
April 22, 2020
“Already there is a high level of anxiety for pregnant women and mothers, but this has significantly increased with fears of what Covid-19 means for the woman, her baby, and her family": COPE CEO Dr Nicole Highet. Photo: UnsplashAlicia Petresc/Unsplash

As pandemic adds to mother lode, calls for mental health support

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
April 14, 2020
Image: Shutterstock

Some build bunkers. Some plant vegies. Meet the preppers next door

University of Melbourne, Anna Chisholm
April 9, 2020
In town camps of Alice, coronavirus raises stakes of digital divide

In town camps of Alice, coronavirus raises stakes of digital divide

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
April 2, 2020
'We apologise for any inconvenience': Snapshots of a city under siege

‘We apologise for any inconvenience’: Snapshots of a city under siege

University of Melbourne, The Citizen Team
April 2, 2020
Adane Mekonnen at the coffee shop he set up four years ago. As he closed the doors last night, he wondered when – or if – he would open them again. Photo: Else Kennedy

Anxiety and confusion in the mall as virus shutdowns bite

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
March 24, 2020
Contaminated soil in barrels at the former Building 164 site, December 2019. Photo: Else Kennedy

Records unearth new questions on Melbourne Uni nuclear waste

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
March 10, 2020
“The flu pandemic showed that the one-size-fits-all approach to public health emergencies are unlikely to work for our communities, so tailoring approaches to meet the needs of families is important": Kristy Crooks, Menzies School of Health Research at Charles Darwin University.

A decade on, swine flu fallout shapes coronarvirus response

University of Melbourne, Ben Silvester & Jordyn Beazley
March 6, 2020
Cold-blooded treasures – the illegal traffic in Australian reptiles

Cold-blooded treasures – the illegal traffic in Australian reptiles

University of Melbourne, The Citizen Investigations Team
February 24, 2020
“All of this is Russian roulette. The whole reef could be wiped out in one year. That is why we are starting the coral bank": Charlie Veron (left) with fellow scientists David Lindenmayer and Michael Mann, and moderator Jo Chandler. Photo: Jordyn Beazley

In desperate time, scientists explore desperate measures

University of Melbourne, Jordyn Beazley
February 16, 2020
Remote-area firefighters and water-bombing aircraft work to suppress the Gell River fire at Mount Wright on January 11 2019. Photo: Warren Frey (Tasmania Fire Service).

Bolt from the blue: Tasmania’s incendiary new reality

University of Melbourne, Jess Cockerill
February 12, 2020
Melbourne University students stranded in China by outbreak seek semester slowdown

Melbourne University students stranded in China by outbreak seek semester slowdown

University of Melbourne, Jack Banister & Wing Kuang
February 5, 2020
Cape Town, South Africa’s “Mother City”, made world headlines when it announced its 2018 countdown to “Day Zero”, the day when the city’s engineers would turn off the taps to all but essential services. Image: Anthea van den Bergh

A land of droughts, flooding rains and shame campaigns

University of Melbourne, Anthea van den Bergh
December 23, 2019
'My first body of work would’ve been when I was four. And it all started from there": Olympia Nelson. An exhibition of photos of her, taken by her late mother, Polixeni Papapetrou, is now on at the National Gallery of Victoria. Photo: Chelsea Cucinotta.

Her mother’s muse: Looking back on a photograph that shocked Australia

University of Melbourne, Chelsea Cucinotta
October 10, 2019
Winds of change deliver boom and the odd bust as turbines roll out

Winds of change deliver boom and the odd bust as turbines roll out

University of Melbourne, Sean Goodwin
September 26, 2019
The critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum. Picture: Andrew Weeks

Geneticists weave possum magic to bring a species back from the brink

University of Melbourne, Greg Hall
September 25, 2019
The Global Climate Strike in Melbourne. Photo by Christina Jingjie Liu

As temperatures, seas and emissions rise, anxieties are superheating

University of Melbourne, Mariah Papadopoulos
September 25, 2019
Two cows with snotty noses wait to be milked

On the land, and staring down the barrel of climate change

University of Melbourne, Anthony Marsico
September 23, 2019
Marchers highlight the heavy toll of the climate crisis on women and girls

Marchers highlight the heavy toll of the climate crisis on women and girls

University of Melbourne, Jack Banister
September 23, 2019
How much more can our koalas bear?

How much more can our koalas bear?

University of Melbourne, Claire Capel-Stanley
August 15, 2019
DISPOSABLE: Towards a safe injecting room

DISPOSABLE: Towards a safe injecting room

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy, Claire Capel-Stanley, Yunfei Wang and Fangying Zhou.
August 9, 2019
DISPOSABLE: My life as a single-use container

DISPOSABLE: My life as a single-use container

University of Melbourne, Ashleigh Hastings, Yahan Tao, Wei Lu and Nazli Bahmani.
August 9, 2019
From leak to tsunami: publishing the Panama Papers

From leak to tsunami: publishing the Panama Papers

University of Melbourne, Jack Banister
August 9, 2019
The reign continues in Deakin

The reign continues in Deakin

University of Melbourne, Anthea van den Bergh
May 22, 2019
Woman voting

Dunkley elects its first female MP

University of Melbourne, Brodie Everist
May 22, 2019
The early voting centre at New Hope Community Centre in Blackburn North

Apathy and long queues: as early voting opens in Deakin, the locals are frustrated

University of Melbourne, Mengfan Lu
May 17, 2019
Deakinites more exercised about health economies than health of the economy

Deakinites more exercised about health economies than health of the economy

University of Melbourne, ANTHEA van den BERGH
May 17, 2019

Democracy in Colour asks voters to pledge against racism

University of Melbourne, Dilpreet Kaur
May 17, 2019
This is one of the many churches located in Ringwood. Source: Olivia Hart

Separation of Church party from eastern state

University of Melbourne, Olivia Hart
May 17, 2019
Greens’ Sophia Sun says Australian government becoming more like China

Greens’ Sophia Sun says Australian government becoming more like China

University of Melbourne, Linsey Hart
May 17, 2019
Lessons in strategy and the art of the deal, with preferences wizard Glenn Druery

Lessons in strategy and the art of the deal, with preferences wizard Glenn Druery

University of Melbourne, Lucy Lovegrove
May 17, 2019
Greens candidate Jay Dessi apologised and quit in the Melbourne seat of Lalor Credit Facebook

Ructions among Greens serious but not systemic, says Senator

University of Melbourne, Linsey Hart
May 17, 2019
Minor candidate's Wilde social media posts

Minor candidate’s Wilde social media posts

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
May 17, 2019
Climate change protestors in Deakin

Voter tolerance marginal for those missing in climate action

University of Melbourne, Jessica Malcolm
May 17, 2019
Dear Federal Politics, it’s not me, it’s you. Signed, Disillusioned of Deakin

Dear Federal Politics, it’s not me, it’s you. Signed, Disillusioned of Deakin

University of Melbourne, Claire Capel-Stanley
May 17, 2019
From his St Kilda office, Derryn Hinch contemplates the prospect of another six years in the Senate

From his St Kilda office, Derryn Hinch contemplates the prospect of another six years in the Senate

University of Melbourne, Grace Aicken
May 17, 2019
Labor candidate Peta Murphy in front of campaign signage at her campaign office in Carrum Downs

The different faces and missions of Peta Murphy

University of Melbourne, Stephanie Zhang and James Astley
May 17, 2019
Passengers need to change at Frankston Station to get on the Stony Point train. Picture: Michelle La

Almost all aboard to spur on Frankston, but Andrews in the waiting room

University of Melbourne, Michella La, Anna Chisholm and Brianna Symonds-Manne
May 17, 2019
The Reason Party is selling more than sex. But will voters buy it?

The Reason Party is selling more than sex. But will voters buy it?

University of Melbourne, Lucy Lovegrove
May 17, 2019
In the melting pot of the mall, the immigration conversation continues

In the melting pot of the mall, the immigration conversation continues

University of Melbourne, Lucy Williams
May 16, 2019
Getting warmist: climate changes as parties jostle for the right edge

Getting warmist: climate changes as parties jostle for the right edge

University of Melbourne, Else Kennedy
May 16, 2019
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