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Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

A champion for Aboriginal rights

William Cooper was in a league of his own, fighting for an Aboriginal voice in parliament and a treaty in the 1930s.

Bain Attwood Professor, History

William Cooper was in a league of his own, fighting for an Aboriginal voice in parliament and a treaty in the 1930s.

What Happens Next

What Happens Next?

What Happens Next?

What Happens Next

Episode 3: The Mess We're In

We’re not going to recycle our way out of this one. It takes awareness and education to change our behaviours surrounding waste. Find out what you can do.

Susan Carland Director, Bachelor of Global Studies

We’re not going to recycle our way out of this one. It takes awareness and education to change our behaviours surrounding waste. Find out what you can do.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Preserving Indigenous languages

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

Monash University

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

A reckoning with history

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

Monash University

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Once upon a time in PR ...

Even as the women’s liberation movement and campaigns for equal pay in Australia grew in the '60s, females were being marginalised in trade media.

Kate Fitch Senior Lecturer, Media and Communications Studies

Even as the women’s liberation movement and campaigns for equal pay in Australia grew in the '60s, females were being marginalised in trade media.

Letting children think big

Teaching children philosophy can help improve academic results. But more importantly, it allows children a space to make sense of the world, and meaning in their lives.

Ben Kilby PhD student, Faculty of Education

Teaching children philosophy can help improve academic results. But more importantly, it allows children a space to make sense of the world, and meaning in their lives.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Why Melbourne is Australia’s coolest city

Progressive music policies and innovative branding have made Melbourne the true leader of Australia's music scene.

Andrea Baker Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Undergraduate Journalism in the School of Media, Film and Journalism

Progressive music policies and innovative branding have made Melbourne the true leader of Australia's music scene.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Art and soul

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Paul Grabowsky Executive Director of the Monash Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA)

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Medicine and health

Medicine and health

The battle back home

Leaving behind a military uniform and the status that it brings can be profoundly difficult.

Sanjiva Wijesinha Clinical Associate Professor, Department of General Practice

Leaving behind a military uniform and the status that it brings can be profoundly difficult.

Politics and society

Martijn Van Der Kamp

Martijn Van Der Kamp

Politics and society

Christchurch: reaching out across the divide

Some leaders build walls to keep others out and gain by pushing others down, while there are leaders who invite others in, such as NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Martijn Van Der Kamp Teaching Fellow, Monash Business School

Some leaders build walls to keep others out and gain by pushing others down, while there are leaders who invite others in, such as NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Flagging a change

With the Australian flag increasingly seen as a fashion statement rather than what it's supposed to represent, is it time for a rethink?

Graeme Davison AO Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor

With the Australian flag increasingly seen as a fashion statement rather than what it's supposed to represent, is it time for a rethink?

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Reimagining Australia Day

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

Brian Martin Associate Dean (Indigenous), MADA

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Episode 11: The Australian identity debate

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Politics and society

Politics and society

Return to White Australia? Surveys say no

The calls for bans on Muslim and, more recently, African immigration aren't supported by the majority of Australians.

Andrew Markus Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies

The calls for bans on Muslim and, more recently, African immigration aren't supported by the majority of Australians.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Problematic, on the face of it

Australia's parliament will soon decide on a bill to try to regulate facial recognition technology, but plenty of questions remain unanswered.

Liz Campbell Francine McNiff Chair in Criminal Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law

Australia's parliament will soon decide on a bill to try to regulate facial recognition technology, but plenty of questions remain unanswered.

Politics and society

Politics and society

The model of a failed strategy

The Coalition's seeds of destruction in the state election were sown long before its ill-fated campaign.

Zareh Ghazarian Senior lecturer, School of Social Sciences

The Coalition's seeds of destruction in the state election were sown long before its ill-fated campaign.

Politics and society

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Politics and society

'Sleeves-up’ equality

Micah Scott established the Minus18 Foundation, Australia’s national support organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) youth, in 2011.

Monash University

Micah Scott established the Minus18 Foundation, Australia’s national support organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) youth, in 2011.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Equality a long, winding road

Six months after same-sex marriage became legal in Australia, the disasters predicted by the 'no' side haven't happened, but there's still some way to go to achieve real equality.

Paula Gerber Professor of Law

Six months after same-sex marriage became legal in Australia, the disasters predicted by the 'no' side haven't happened, but there's still some way to go to achieve real equality.

Turning darkness into light

A Melbourne primary school's focus on ensuring its migrant students feel that they belong has resulted in a valuable learning tool.

Mervi Kaukko Lecturer, Faculty of Education

A Melbourne primary school's focus on ensuring its migrant students feel that they belong has resulted in a valuable learning tool.

Politics and society

Politics and society

What became of the working class?

Once seen as shapers of national identity, these days they're thought of as little more than disadvantaged. What changed?

Tony Moore Associate Professor, Communications and Media Studies

Once seen as shapers of national identity, these days they're thought of as little more than disadvantaged. What changed?

Politics and society

Politics and society

Unmasking slavery's hidden face

A landmark sex workers' court case in Melbourne led to the establishment of a modern legal definition of slavery in international law.

Jean Allain Professor, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law

A landmark sex workers' court case in Melbourne led to the establishment of a modern legal definition of slavery in international law.

Business and economy

Business and economy

Fashion conscience

Sustainability and ethical production are becoming central to fashion design and manufacturing.

Amrik Sohal Professor in the Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics

Sustainability and ethical production are becoming central to fashion design and manufacturing.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Unfinished business around forced adoption

There's still a lot to be done if we're to right the wrongs, five years on from the national apology delivered by Julia Gillard.

Nahum Mushin Adjunct professor of law

There's still a lot to be done if we're to right the wrongs, five years on from the national apology delivered by Julia Gillard.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Plea to preserve Melbourne's Federation Square

Apple store would be one step down a slippery slope, from civic square to shopping mall.

Graeme Davison AO Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor

Apple store would be one step down a slippery slope, from civic square to shopping mall.

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