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UMSU-in-brief: What’s new with your student union?

Editorial: In Response to Facebook’s Australian News Ban

Thousands gather in Naarm to mark Invasion Day

Secret Spaces: The University of Melbourne Food Co-Op

Implosion

Suburban Mum Distressed That Neo-Nazi Slightly Mishandled Dog

A video featuring an area man named Dick Wiener (54) yelling racist epithets has recently gained prominence on social media. Wiener, whose arms and legs are heavily tattooed with neo-Nazi symbols, is seen enthusiastically making white power gestures at the camera with one hand while pulling a tiny Shih Tzu somewhat tightly by its leash with the other.

Local Man Aghast After Discovering How Much Work His Wife Does Around the House

Goddess, Murderess, Virgin, Whore

A Non-Exhaustive List of the Very Specific Things I Miss About (the Parkville) Campus

Review: Ellis Island

A Letter to the Editors: COVID, and the Importance of International Student Voices

A Hidden Struggle: COVID-19 and International Student Mental Health

According to international students from the University of Melbourne, the COVID-19 crisis, in particular its effects on their academics and financial situations, has had a detrimental impact on their mental health. 

PTV Woes

When I landed in Melbourne some ten months ago, a grass-green philistine whose closet contained nary a single tote bag, I did so with high expectations. Among these expectations was that this first-world metropolis would come equipped with a functional, if not flawless, public transport system. 

Tooti Fruity

The correct way to break a rambutan open is to use a knife. I call that the coward’s way. If you’re a lawless rebel like me, you bite into it whole, cringing at the sudden bitterness the break in the skin fills your mouth with, then use your teeth to rip the rest of it away.