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Eliza Spencer

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Eliza Spencer is a freelance Journalist and Photographer chasing stories and her next coffee hit. Catch her filling a roll of film in the backstreets of Sydney or sipping a soy cap by the beach, always trying to find the next great story and live a little more in the present.
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2020 foresight: city retailers struggling

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Eliza Spencer

City Hub Sydney, AltMedia After bushfires, viruses, and redevelopments, Australian businesses are counting the costs. A slower than expected start to financial trading in the new year has taken a toll on businesses across the city. Feeling the effects of lower profits across the sector,...

Religious Freedom Bill restricts freedoms

December 17, 2019February 1, 2020 Eliza Spencer

City Hub Sydney, AltMedia The coalition government’s second drafting of a bill expands powers to discriminate, based on religious belief. Amendments to the divisive Religious Freedom Bill have brought about significant backlash from advocates and individuals across the nation. The amendments expand the powers of...

Pastizzi Café says ‘addiju’ to South King

November 18, 2019December 7, 2019 Eliza Spencer

City Hub, AltMedia For decades, the south end of King Street in Newtown has been a space for Sydney’s artists and outcasts. However, years of gentrification and council knock-backs have hit the small businesses of South King. Too far from the station for the comfort...

Tattered Australian Flag

Inner West Council moves Australia Day celebrations

November 13, 2019December 7, 2019 Eliza Spencer

City Hub, AltMedia In an historic decision, Sydney’s Inner West Council (IWC) has voted to move the annual Australia Day celebrations to January 25, the day before the existing national holiday, becoming the first NSW council to change the controversial date.On 12 November, after a...

An Obituary to the heart of South King

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Eliza Spencer

Capstone project for UTS Journalism, August-October 2019. A portrait of a suburb in flux after years of gentrification and a move to recession hits the small businesses of South King, and becomes a struggle to survive on the changing street.

Keeping Aussie Teens Safe From STIs

July 3, 2019 Eliza Spencer

In a period where we’re more open than ever about sex, how can educators help bridge the gaps in understanding?

Time to get tested! Preventing STIs in Canberra’s Youth.

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Eliza Spencer

Chlamydia rates are at the highest reported number in the since records began in 1996, both in the ACT and nationwide. The latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed that teenaged women between the ages of 15-19 are reporting infections at the highest rate, followed closely by men aged between 20-24.

Ask An Expert: Sexual Health Clinician Dr. Rebecca Wiig Answers Your Questions

July 3, 2019 Eliza Spencer

As part of a UTS Journalism Crowdsourcing project, 52 anonymous participants submitted their questions about Sex and Sexual Health for a final year project. Reporter Eliza Spencer sat down with Clinic 66’s Dr. Rebecca Wiig and gave her your questions to learn more about common...

It’s All Smooth Sailing From Here: Surviving your First Year at UTS

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Eliza Spencer

UTSoC, 2019. First year can be… an adjustment, but take it from a third year, it’s not all bad. Eliza Spencer is here to tell you this: while it does get better, the coffee gets worse. My first day of uni, I left the lecture...

A Moment with Aussie Darling Julia Stone

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Eliza Spencer

The Eye Creative Magazine, Issue 14,  December 2018. The Indie-folk darlings of the Australian music scene, Angus and Julia Stone have been giving us heartfelt tunes since the early 2000s. Whether it’s a memory of your first kiss as ‘Big Jet Plane’ plays in the...

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Eliza is a Sydney-based freelance journalist, copywriter and photographer dabbling in marketing and social media management.

Shamelessly addicted to strong coffees and always finding an excuse to be by the ocean, she is a local news reporter for the Sydney Sentinel and Communications Coordinator for Opportunity International Australia.

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