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Jewish, Muslim dialogue stalled since terror attacks

Jewish schools have stopped taking part in interfaith programs because they "don't feel safe", a royal commission into anti-Semitism has heard.

AAP · Aug 19

Take a stand on racism or send a message against violence: what should happen to the Nicky Winmar statue?

Some say the WA government was right to remove the sculpture after the AFL great was convicted of assault. But others say it had a bigger meaning

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11

Friday essay: how the Murdoch media’s loyalty to Israel births hypocrisy, attacks and ‘failed journalism’

When it comes to covering the Middle East, News Corporation has two guiding principles. The first is that it supports Israel, which means it opposes any nation, organisation or individual that doesn’t. This support is decades old and it’s unwavering, even in the face of global condemnation of Israel for…

The Conversation · Jul 2

The Idea of Australia review – an ambitious but overstuffed series that will make you shout ‘slow down!’

Marcia Langton, Bruce Pascoe, Grace Tame and Kerry O’Brien are among more than 60 names wrestling with the national identity in this frenetic SBS series, presented by Rachel Griffiths

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2025

‘Breaking down the walls’: the long journey towards Indigenous inclusion at University of Melbourne

Institution’s second volume of truth-telling reveals a process of reconciliation that has been ‘imperfect, overdue and then often painfully slow, but marked by stories of courage and hope’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2025

The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding 65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art

In the late 1970s, when I was a fine arts student, the Melbourne University Gallery was just one room in a neo-gothic quadrangle. It wasn’t until the mid 1990s that the university commissioned Nonda Katzalidis to design a four-story concrete gallery on a narrow site fronting Swanston Street.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art – a grand, disturbing and provocative exhibition

Melbourne’s Potter Museum has reopened with a bold celebration of thousands of years of Indigenous art that forcefully declares ‘this is not an ethnographic collection – it’s art’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2025

Uni art museum to reopen, address racist legacy

Melbourne University's Potter Museum of Art shut for six years. It's reopening with an Aboriginal art show that also looks at the institution's colonial past.

AAP · Mar 26, 2025

Indigenous-led centre launched, continuing Mabo legacy

Helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities leverage their native title rights for economic growth will be the focus of a new centre.

AAP · Mar 3, 2025

Friday essay: crimes, redemption and rebellion – the truths told in 65,000 years of Australian art are essential for national healing

The third section of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is Truth. Without knowing the truth of the history of Australia’s Indigenous people, and how the European invasion continues to impact on them, it is hard to understand the pain behind the loss of The Voice referendum and the ongoing…

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2024