Deakin University in Melbourne is named after Alfred Deakin, who served as Australia's second Prime Minister in 1903, and the nation's first Attorney-General.

Almost 50 years after the university was named, the institution will this year confront the troubling policies of its namesake, Australia’s second prime minister Alfred Deakin.

Deakin University will not change its name, after a consultation process ended with an agreement. Credit: Penny Stephens “Parties [to the tanderrum] agree to reject the proposition to change the ...