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  1. 12 October 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    The 3 big lies of the no campaign

    As Australians vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the no campaign has used lies to confuse a very simple question says University of Melbourne expert.

  2. 27 September 2023 - Music, Arts & Screen

    Working to preserve cultural tradition through technology

    Ngarluma man and University of Melbourne PhD Andrew Dowding’s research fuses innovation and heritage in digital mapping to empower Indigenous Australians.

  3. 11 August 2023 - Legal Affairs

    The legacy of aqua nullius is causing a sustainability disaster

    Australia’s water ecosystems are in trouble due to the concept that water belonged to no one during British colonisation, says University of Melbourne research.

  4. 6 July 2023 - Health & Medicine

    The Voice to Parliament and echoes of Mabo

    An Australian referendum could enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but a University of Melbourne expert says it's been a long road to get here.

  5. 28 April 2023 - Public Affairs

    Don’t twist the aim of The Voice for political gain

    Opponents to the Indigenous Voice are repeating history – using the issue of child protection as a political weapon, says University of Melbourne expert.

  6. 7 February 2023 - Humanities

    Indigenous ceremonial performance opening up intercultural dialogue

    Songs, dances and ceremonial traditions offer a rare insight into Australian history from an Indigenous perspective, says University of Melbourne researcher.

  7. 19 October 2022 - Learning & Teaching

    Flying the flag for change?

    Australian symbols have meaning for us – highlighting past and present colonialism, racism and a different future, say University of Melbourne experts.

  8. 8 August 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    Indigenous data governance for the 21st century

    A new University of Melbourne project aims to create an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Data Commons to empower communities with data.

  9. 22 July 2022 - Health & Medicine

    Bringing a living archive to life

    The Living Archive challenges the idea of what an Indigenous museum collection can be and could become say experts including from the University of Melbourne.

  10. 15 March 2022 - Learning & Teaching

    Uncomfortable truths from a town to a nation

    The storytelling in the town of Tennant Creek is a microcosm of Australia’s struggle to come to terms with it past, says University of Melbourne expert