Indigenous Australia
Harper Nielsen's call to take a ‘stand' on the national anthem

Harper Nielsen one small action may have taken a stand that will change the very song Australia ...  
BOOK REVIEW: Warren Mundine in Black + White (Updated edition)

Warren Mundine's newly updated autobiography is challenging in several ways, writes Rosemary ...  
Anthems, cartoons and systemic racism

Three recent events reveal the racism and historical ignorance that infects our society, writes ...  
Unsettled business: Was sovereignty transferred by cession or conquest?

In a modern legal context, the transferring of the sovereignty of Australia from the Indigenous ...  
Australia's child suicide epidemic

The death of a child is always heartbreaking but when it is by suicide it is as devastating as it ...  
The Morrison Government: A reflection of the Howard years

With the recent turn of Parliamentary events, Australia's darker aspects of political history seem ...  
Australia’s forgotten heroes: 200 years of doing good

History reflects our present in the new work of historian Professor Henry Reynolds on the treat ...  
Is there room for Universal Basic Income in Australia?

There would be many benefits from a Basic Income scheme if the government was willing to try it ...  
The sad truth behind Noongar suicides

Suicide prevention researcher Gerry Georgatos is calling for tailored support to the elevated risk ...  
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EDITORIAL: The Racist Centre for Western Civilisation

Conservatives are up in arms after the Australian National University (ANU) announced last Friday ...  
Maimed but not dead: Is an Aboriginal rose a rose by any other name?

Through massacres, stolen generations and ongoing whitewashing, the gift of Aboriginal language ...  
1868 Indigenous XI and the colonising game of cricket

Despite the feats of the 1868 Indigenous cricket team, race is still a solid block in the sport ...  
The shocking truth of Australia's Indigenous incarcerated

Gerry Georgatos explores the reasons behind Australia's devastatingly high Indigenous imprisonment ...  
Lest we forget, again, our violent frontier past

Anzac Day is an opportunity to confront our violent frontier past and its shadow today, writes Dr ...  
Close the Gap still reveals gaping holes in Government efforts

Malcolm Turnbull and the Australian Government are failing Indigenous Australians when it comes to ...  
Influencing the public discourse: Racism, Sunrise, Alan Jones et al

'From my experience, racism – like violence – is a contagion.' ~ Jeff McMullen  
Black power, the media and the Commonwealth Games

Coverage of protests by an Indigenous group at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games show the news ...  
Facing the facts: Hundreds of thousands homeless and unemployed

Gerry Georgatos reveals the unemployment and homeless rates in Australia that we're not being ...  

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