22 June 2026
Advancing Victoria’s education model in a post-Yoorrook era
12 months after first speaking with Shelley Ware, one of Australia’s foremost First Nations education system reform advocates, we catch up again to talk about the future of Victoria’s education system in a post-Yoorrook era.
18 June 2026
CEO of Settlement Council of Australia says, “It’s time to roll up the sleeves and make it happen.”
Settlement Council of Australia CEO Maria Dimopoulos addresses a profound, 25-year oversight: the total absence of dialogue regarding what “settlement” truly means in the context of First Nations dispossession.
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15 June 2026
Rueben Berg urges local governments to work together in the Treaty era
Rueben Berg returns to VAN Talks to discuss his work as a self-proclaimed “back-bencher”, focusing on community engagement and non Victorian TOs in the Treaty space.
11 June 2026
Behind the face of VAN with Charles Pakana in the interviewee seat
In this special episode on VAN Talks, a podcast normally hosted by Charles Pakana, Karina Wells, his, takes to the mic to interview the face of VAN. Charles talks about the impact his mentors and the move to Naarm had on him, as well as what the future of VAN might look like.
8 June 2026
Native Title in the Victorian context with Kaley Nicholson
Kaley Nicholson, CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owners Corporation, gives an easily understandable overview of what Native Title is in the Victorian context.
2 June 2026
NITV General Manager speaks to the future of First Nations media
NITV General Manager, Dan Bourchier, discusses his vision for the future of NITV and advises both journalists and consumers of media on how to maintain a truth-focused perspective.
26 May 2026
A new First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria with a new set of challenges for a new era
Assembly co-Chairs Meriki Onus and Djaran Murray-Jackson commit to listening to community and “hit the ground running” to “bring about tangible and immediate change”.
20 May 2026
Kinship care vs. western foster care system: How to embed culture in children’s lives
In this episode of VAN Talks, Sheree Lowe explains the difference between a kinship carer and a traditional foster carer in the Western system. She also gives some great examples of how to embed Indigenous culture in children’s lives.
7 May 2026
Pushing multicultural and immigrant communities to take reconciliation lead
Former Victorian Multicultural Commissioner Shankar Kasynathan speaks out about the role that multicultural and immigrant communities can play in the reconciliation field
4 May 2026
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung join list of TOs ready for Treaty
Uncle Andrew Gardiner and Dale Wandin from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung speak to VAN about the Traditional Owner group’s entry onto the Treaty Authority’s register.
