The day that Victoria separated from New South Wales was the day that Melburnians had the mother of all parties. They oiled a pig. Really.
All by David Mejia-Canales
The world’s biggest war memorial in the world is in Victoria and it’s beautiful
The world’s biggest (and greatest, I think) war memorial is located in Western Victoria. It is 243 kilometres long and spans from Torquay to the City of Warrnambool.
The Sorting Hat Helped Decide The 1985 Victorian Election
Judge Starke when deciding if using a Sorting Hat was a fair way of deciding an election said that the hat itself wasn’t an issue.
Always Was - Siempre Será- Aboriginal Land
‘Always was and always will be Aboriginal land’ is one of the primary phrases that opens the door to the foundations of the longest living culture on the planet.
Victoria was the first to give women the vote.. by mistake.
The Parliament of Victoria accidentally gave (some) women the right to vote in elections for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1863.
The great Melbourne riots
On 31 October 1923 Melbourne was rocked by riots and looting lasting 3 days. Trams were overturned, three people died, 78 stores looted, and a third of Victoria’s police was discharged.
How much is that body in the window?
Sure we like Melbourne’s Christmas Myer Windows, but at least once people flocked to see a dead body in a shop window on Little Bourke Street.
They said it really loud on the radio
Ya boy was on ABC Melbourne
The Hotel Fiasco and the spooks
On 30 November 1983, Australia's CIA, the ASIS, held a terrorism and hostage training session at the Melbourne Sheraton Hotel, the problem was that they didn't tell the hotel they would be walking in armed to the teeth and wearing masks.
The Picasso Ransom Prize Price
34 years ago, Picasso’s “Weeping Woman” was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria by (self proclaimed) Australian Cultural Terrorists and held for ransom in exchange for more arts funding- at the time it was the most valuable painting bought by an Australian gallery.
Australian Parliament's Inquiry into domestic and family violence
The Commonwealth Parliament recently launched- yet another- inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence. The second one this year and yet another inquiry into the issue, one of many in the last five years.
Home is the foundation of our lives
Recently the Parliament of Australia called for submissions from the public and civil society about how to alleviate homelessness in Australia.
2020 RMIT Higinbotham Lecture
The 2020 Higinbotham Lecture will be delivered by The Hon. Jill Hennessy MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Workplace Safety in the Victorian Government.
Solidarity in decarceration
Recently I had the great pleasure to be invited to host a conversation on decarceration: the process from removing people from prisons and prison like settings like forensic hospitals, immigration prisons, and other institutions that deprive liberty.
The Silver Fox Lining© of the pandemic
For Melbourne lawyer David Mejia-Canales, who works from home and is barely leaving the house, Sutton is the “silver fox lining” of the second weeks-long lockdown.