Indigenous Australia
BOOK REVIEW: The Leaves

A harrowing tale of systemic failure, Jacqueline Rule's 'The Leaves' unveils the injustices faced ...  
There's something about Lidia

Is Senator Lidia Thorpe’s brand of politics exactly what Australia needs?  
Politicians and media doing nothing to fix child removal crisis

Australia is facing a crisis in which 'child protection' services are reuniting a staggeringly low ...  
War Memorial makes little effort to recognise Frontier Wars

The Australian War Memorial is still failing to acknowledge the Frontier Wars as an important part ...  
'Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.' So they should

The recent QLD Election only exemplified our broken, violent "democratic" system. Neither w ...  
Morals versus ethics: Australia's flawed justice system

Our nation's justice system is in need of reform when children are being imprisoned and corpora ...  
POEM: Sonnet on a failure

 
Queensland conservatives divide state with law and order campaigns

Right-wing parties in the upcoming Queensland State Election are campaigning on divisive issues ...  
POEM: A Nation of Apologies

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Middle East genocide bears parallels to Australian colonisation

The atrocities being committed against Gazans bear similarities to the brutality carried out ...  
BOOK REVIEW: Always Was, Always Will Be

Thomas Mayo's 'Always Was, Always Will Be' inspires hope after the failure of the Yes campaign ...  
A champion of justice reform: Vale Mervyn Langford

I write this as a memorial, a celebration of my friend, Mervyn Langford, who died on 14 July ...  
65 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM

No stranger to controversy, Peter Dutton's offensive pattern of behaviour continues to darken his ...  
NT kicks off 'opportunity' plan by locking up children and throwing away key

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the alacrity with which the incoming Northern Territory ...  
Voice referendum provides lesson for promoting equity

Progressives need to better argue the case for equity or conservatives will have more victories ...  
War Memorial's ignorance of Frontier Wars must end

The Australian War Memorial fails to recognise conflicts between First Nations people and colon ...  
Anzac religion unfitting in multicultural Australia

The Anzac legend encompasses predominantly White Australian history with little significance to ...  
ABBA: Knight time for Sweden's pop royalty

While ABBA has found much to celebrate this week, various attendees of Madonna's concerts have ...  
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