Indigenous Australia
Justifying Aboriginality for equal rights

Paul Dutton discusses the irony that is Australia's First Peoples having to prove their Aborigi ...  
MUNGO MACCALLUM: Morrison builds then dashes hopes over Gap Report

'"We thought we understood their problems better than they did. We don’t.”  Well, app ...  
Indigenous Australian suicide rates are tragic — ask Trae

Trae lost his eleven-year-old brother to suicide. Nine months later he lost his mother to suici ...  
'No longer': Recognising Aboriginal heritage and identity

Reflecting on Invasion Day’s proffering of national citizenship ceremonies,  a seminal question ...  
Bushfire-ravaged communities take future into own hands

Bushfires and other manifold impacts of global warming will only cause further isolation unless ...  
Philanthropy, the Twiggy Forrest way

It may be that Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest the "philanthropist" has only one person's welfare in ...  
The convenient truth: Where we went wrong as a species

Humans have disrespected our relationship with planet Earth, an older and wiser entity than us ...  
How 'Dark Emu' upset the Right-wing media

Andrew Bolt and other News Corp associates have begun attacking author Bruce Pascoe and his book ...  
Australia will continue to burn unless Indigenous voices are heard

If Aboriginal people continue to be removed from our responsibility, then the nation will cont ...  
‘Hard Yakka’: Yuggera people fight for sovereignty over Deebing Creek

'Your system fails us, we gotta protect our kids — and our dead.' Michael R Williams intervi ...  
#3 TOP STORY OF 2019: Robodebt claims the life of a 19-year-old mum

Unlike Kevin Rudd's flawed 'pink batts' rollout, deaths caused by the Coalition's monstrous r ...  
Bringing home ancestral remains to an Australia rife with racism

The remains of 42 Indigenous ancestors are soon returning to their homeland, but it is not the ...  
Australia is the great 'white' hope for the global nuclear industry

The global nuclear industry is in crisis but that doesn't stop the pro-nuclear lobby from peddling ...  
WA mandatory sentencing regime unfairly targets First Nations youth

Indigenous Western Australians are being locked up in droves over ridiculously minor offences. ...  
The importance of leaving Uluru alone

Looking back on the history of Uluru, it's clear as to why the decision to ban climbing is an ...  
Robodebt claims the life of a 19-year-old mum

Centrelink's robodebt scandal has been claiming the lives of people struggling with debt, yet our ...  
Adam Goodes' Australian Dream

I've eagerly awaited Stan Grant's film on Adam Goodes, titled The Australian Dream. If it were ...  
White Australia: Posing for photos, ignoring Aboriginal rights

For most politicians and the media, listening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is ...  
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