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S05-E14: The role of Blak media in the "fight for the soul of this country"
Jun 24, 2026
19m 17s
S05-E13: Advancing Victoria’s education model in a post-Yoorrook era
Jun 22, 2026
20m 11s
S05-E12: CEO of Settlement Council of Australia says, “It's time to roll up the sleeves and make it happen.”
Jun 18, 2026
20m 29s
S05-E11: Rueben Berg urges local governments to work together in the Treaty era
Jun 15, 2026
18m 47s
S05-E10: Behind the face of VAN with Charles Pakana in the interviewee seat!
Jun 10, 2026
25m 00s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | S05-E14: The role of Blak media in the "fight for the soul of this country" | Send us Fan Mail This is an episode not to be missed. Yorta Yorta man and award-winning journalist, Daniel James, gives a one-on-one interview with VAN Talks to discuss the critical role of First Nations media. Discussing current threats to community and culture, and pleading for people to just be nicer to one another. | 19m 17s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | S05-E13: Advancing Victoria’s education model in a post-Yoorrook era | Send us Fan Mail 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. | 20m 11s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | S05-E12: CEO of Settlement Council of Australia says, “It's time to roll up the sleeves and make it happen.” | Send us Fan Mail In an interview with Victorian Aboriginal News’ Charles Pakana, Settlers Council of Australia CEO Maria Dimopoulos reflects on her first 12 months in the role. She addresses a profound, 25-year oversight: the total absence of dialogue regarding what "settlement" truly means in the context of First Nations dispossession. | 20m 29s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | S05-E11: Rueben Berg urges local governments to work together in the Treaty era | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of VAN Talks, Rueben Berg is interviewed by our founder and host, Uncle Charles Pakana, for reflections on his time at the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria, and, now that he is no longer a co-Chair at the Assembly, how he spends his time (did someone say "disk golf"?). Rueben also gives some thoughts and tips to local councils regarding their involvement with Traditional Owner groups. | 18m 47s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | S05-E10: Behind the face of VAN with Charles Pakana in the interviewee seat!✨ | interviewmentorship+3 | Charles Pakana | VAN | Naarm | VANCharles Pakana+5 | — | 25m 00s | |
| 6/8/26 | S05-E09: Native Title in the Victorian context with Kaley Nicholson✨ | Native TitleVictorian context+3 | Kaley Nicholson | Federation of Victorian Traditional Owners Corporation | VictoriaTaungurung | Native TitleVictoria+4 | — | 20m 34s | |
| 6/1/26 | S05-E08: NITV General Manager speaks to the future of First Nations media✨ | First Nations mediajournalism+3 | Dan Bourchier | NITV | — | NITVDan Bourchier+5 | — | 21m 14s | |
| 5/25/26 | S05-E07: A new First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria with a new set of challenges for a new era✨ | First Peoples' AssemblyTreaty+4 | Meriki OnusDjaran Murray-Jackson | Gellung WarlFirst People's Assembly of Victoria | Victoria | First Peoples' AssemblyVictoria+5 | — | 19m 17s | |
| 5/20/26 | S05-E06: Kinship care vs. western foster care system: How to embed culture in children's lives✨ | kinship carefoster care+3 | Sheree Lowe | VAN TalksVictorian Aboriginal News | — | kinship carefoster care system+3 | — | 19m 04s | |
| 5/7/26 | S05-E05: Can multicultural Australia lead the way in First Nations reconciliation?: the connection between new arrivals and 65,000 years of First Nations history✨ | multiculturalismFirst Nations reconciliation+3 | Shankar Karsynathan | Victorian Multicultural Commission | — | multicultural AustraliaFirst Nations+3 | — | 20m 48s | |
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| 5/3/26 | S05-E04: Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung join list of TOs ready for Treaty✨ | TreatyTraditional Owners+3 | Uncle Andrew GardinerDale Wandin | Wurundjeri Woi-wurrungTreaty Authority | — | WurundjeriTreaty Authority+3 | — | 21m 09s | |
| 4/29/26 | S05-E03: Removal of the whitewash over Australia's military history✨ | military historyAboriginal service+3 | Peter Bakker | — | AustraliaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders | military historyAboriginal+4 | — | 18m 39s | |
| 4/27/26 | S05-E02: Taungurung signifies intent to commence local Treaty negotiations✨ | Treaty negotiationsTaungurung people+3 | Matt Burns | Taungurungstate government+1 | — | TaungurungTreaty negotiations+3 | — | 22m 59s | |
| 4/19/26 | S05-E01: Travis Lovett on the National Walk for Truth✨ | truth-tellingcollective healing+3 | Travis Lovett | — | NaarmCanberra | National Walk for Truthtruth-telling+6 | — | 21m 09s | |
| 4/16/26 | S04-E40: Ensuring the legacy of the Yoorrook evidence and submissions✨ | Yoorrook Justice Commissionevidence protection+3 | Professor Peter Radoll | Yoorrook Justice Commission | — | Yoorrookevidence+3 | — | 19m 48s | |
| 4/9/26 | S04-E39: Treaty in Ink: Understanding the Victorian Treaty Scroll✨ | treatyVictorian history+3 | — | Victorian Aboriginal NewsTreaty Scroll | — | treatyVictorian Treaty Scroll+3 | — | 20m 16s | |
| 4/7/26 | S04-E38: The $1 Billion benefit: Why investing in Traditional Owners pays off✨ | Traditional OwnersTreaty Act+3 | Kaley Nicholson | Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations | Victoria | Traditional OwnersTreaty Act+5 | — | 19m 26s | |
| 3/30/26 | S04-E37: A new era of shared governance for Dja Dja Wurrung and Bendigo✨ | shared governanceself-determination+4 | Cassandra LewisAndrew Cooney | DJAARACity of Greater Bendigo+1 | — | Dja Dja WurrungBendigo+5 | — | 22m 20s | |
| 3/26/26 | S04-E36: Simple executive decision: The fix for Australia Day✨ | Australia Daynational unity+3 | James Woods | Australian Long Weekend Initiative | Australia | Australia Daylong weekend+3 | — | 19m 33s | |
| 3/24/26 | S04-E35: Unlocking the potential of the Indigenous business sector with Paul Paton | Send us Fan Mail There's no doubt that a strong Australian First Nations business sector results in a strengthening of the Australian economy. To discuss this, VAN catches up with Dilin Duwa ("Everlasting Flow" [Woi-wurrung]) Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership Executive Director, Paul Paton. | 18m 45s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | S04-E34: The rise of reform - tracking the shift toward Treaty and Truth | Send us Fan Mail With new survey figures demonstrating a clear shift towards support for Treaty, Truth and reconciliation across Victoria, VAN catches up with the survey's commissioning academics, Professor Andrew Gunstone and Professor Emma-Jay Gavin, Australia's first Aboriginal professor for truth-telling. | 24m 30s | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | S04-E33: Self-determination in the Aboriginal legal service space | Send us Fan Mail With the recent publication of his book Defending the Defenceless, Eddie Cubillo joins VAN's Charles Pakana to discuss the critical importance - and all too often, lack - of self-determination and true community control in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal service space across the country. | 23m 49s | ||||||
| 2/26/26 | S04-E32: Federal advocacy at last for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people | Send us Fan Mail With legislation before Parliament to cement the powers of the Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, we catch up with country's first Commissioner under that legislation, Sue-Anne Hunter | 20m 25s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | S04-E31: Election 2026 - The future of Treaty in Victoria | Send us Fan Mail Arguably one of the most important Assembly elections, the 2026 election for "Assembly 3.0" kicks off on the 21st of March. We catch up with the people responsible for running and overseeing the process | 21m 02s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | S04-E30: Blak firefighters taking prominence across Victoria | Send us Fan Mail With Fire Rescue Victoria recognising the need for a more culturally appropriate workspace and overall operational environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander firefighters, VAN's Charles Pakana meets up with two active FRV First Nations firefighters. | 24m 13s | ||||||
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