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Explore and analyse all aspects of the human condition. Delve into stories about our culture and society.

  1. 8 December 2016 – Australian Indigenous Education, Indigenous Policy, Narrm Oration, Stan Grant

    New Indigenous middle class finds place in modern economy

    Stan Grant, in this edited extract of his 2016 Narrm Oration, reflects on the rise and rise of a prosperous and professional Indigenous middle class.

  2. 11 September 2023 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Australian Politics, Democracy, Indigenous, Indigenous Voice to Parliament

    The myth of neutrality and why Australia needs a Voice

    Establishing an Indigenous Voice in Australia’s constitution is consistent with a liberal democracy and political equality says a University of Melbourne expert

  3. 29 October 2015 – Asylum Seekers, Democracy, Globalisation, Migration, Refugees

    Mass migration poses a challenge for democracy

    Mass migration in a globalised world will be one of the overarching and defining challenges of our time says a University of Melbourne expert.

  4. Podcast15 April 2020 – COVID-19, History, Literature, Pandemic, Visual Arts

    How have plagues and pandemics influenced the arts?

    University of Melbourne experts describe how throughout history, writers and artists have explored the impact of plagues and pandemics on humanity.

  5. 1 October 2020 – COVID-19, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, US President, US Presidential Elections

    Dodging disease and death in the first US presidential debate

    A University of Melbourne expert says the first US presidential debate didn’t have a winner but was a testimony to dire political discourse without compassion.

  6. 15 March 2024 – Antarctica, Climate Change, Diplomacy, Melbourne University Press (MUP), Treaties

    When Australia’s first Environment Ambassador helped save Antarctica from mining

    An excerpt from Climate Politics in Oceania, from Melbourne University Press, describes the role Australia's Environment Ambassador played in saving Antarctica

  7. 11 March 2024 – Indigenous Culture, Irrigation, Media, Murray-Darling River Basin, Water

    Australia’s media isn’t accurately reporting all sides of the Murray-Darling Basin debate

    University of Melbourne research finds media reporting on environmental water allocations to the Murray-Darling is skewed against the environment

  8. 23 February 2024 – China, Conflict, Food, Malaysia, Peacebuilding

    Lunar New Year is all about food, family, food, peacebuilding and food

    Lunar New Year brings people together, but it’s the food that connects them, says University of Melbourne expert

  9. 12 February 2024 – Australia, HILDA 2023, Income Tax, Taxes, Work

    Over the last 21 years, the highest earners received the most tax relief

    Despite average tax rates trending downwards, high-income earners are getting the most benefits, shows the University of Melbourne's HILDA survey.

  10. 8 February 2024 – Activism, Politics, Social Media, Swiftposium, Taylor Swift

    ‘...Ready for it?’: How Taylor is changing modern society

    Celebrities – like Taylor Swift – are increasingly lending their fame to socio-political issues, taking fans with them, explain University of Melbourne experts.