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Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Reinventing how the public service works

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Rod Glover Interim Director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI)

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Tapping into change

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

Paul Satur Lecturer, Water Sensitive Cities, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

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

More than words: preserving Indigenous languages

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

Politics and society

Politics and society

That's what I'm talking about

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Artwork for the ages

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Liam Brady Senior Lecturer, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Met at Monash

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships have been forged at Monash.

Monash University

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships have been forged at Monash.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Transfer of knowledge

There’s a range of mentoring programs at Monash University. Here, recent participants discuss the benefits of being involved.

Monash University

There’s a range of mentoring programs at Monash University. Here, recent participants discuss the benefits of being involved.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Gifted educator draws on culture

Kylie Clarke has been a mentor, a teacher, a backpacker and even designed an Indigenous guernsey for the Western Bulldogs. But it took a serious illness to put life into perspective.

Monash University

Kylie Clarke has been a mentor, a teacher, a backpacker and even designed an Indigenous guernsey for the Western Bulldogs. But it took a serious illness to put life into perspective.

Monash Life Magazine

Monash Life Magazine

Shaped by the heat

Yhonnie Scarce’s work has appeared in galleries around the world, including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Venice Biennale. She talks to Monash Life about Australia’s contemporary art scene.

Monash University

Yhonnie Scarce’s work has appeared in galleries around the world, including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Venice Biennale. She talks to Monash Life about Australia’s contemporary art scene.

The art of healing

Medicinal plants were used by Aboriginal Australians to help treat conditions including rheumatism and indigestion, to strengthening the immune system.

Beth Gott Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences

Medicinal plants were used by Aboriginal Australians to help treat conditions including rheumatism and indigestion, to strengthening the immune system.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Sorry, but not much has changed

Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians 10 years ago was a momentous, but ultimately futile, gesture.

Lynette Russell Director, Faculty of Arts Monash Indigenous Studies Centre (MISC)

Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians 10 years ago was a momentous, but ultimately futile, gesture.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

The stories behind the stars

Four star names from Aboriginal Australia have been formally recognised. So what are they and where to find them?

Duane Hamacher Senior research fellow at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Four star names from Aboriginal Australia have been formally recognised. So what are they and where to find them?

The Conversation

The Conversation

Stars shine in Aboriginal oral traditions

The oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians shows a deep understanding of three red-giant variable stars, long before European observers.

Duane Hamacher Senior research fellow at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

The oral traditions of Aboriginal Australians shows a deep understanding of three red-giant variable stars, long before European observers.

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