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EDITORIAL: Here comes the pain again

As the next election nears, look forward to months of painful smears, scare-campaigns and dog-w ...  
NT and Commonwealth governments remain racist disgraces — apartheid

The Territory and Commonwealth governments have the choice to bring on equality or to remain ...  
Closing the Gap requests for Indigenous participation are ironic — at best

Unless overcome, structural issues in the heart of Australian politics and governance seem dest ...  
On Invasion Day, I heard Australia screaming

Calls for Tarneen Onus-Williams to resign from the Koori Youth Council are confected outrage ...  
Trains, strikes and the right to break unjust laws

The weekend's Invasion Day protests are symbolic of a growing undercurrent of dissatisfaction  ...  
Treaty making is the way ahead

To end the continuing tragedy of the poverty and widespread inequality endured by our First People ...  
Australia Day: A fascist love affair

January 26, 1788, the day the British Empire jacked an entire continent; the day that marks the ...  
Australia Daze

Once again, the date for the celebration of a national day has become the subject of a mass ...  
Change the name of Australia Day — and call it what it is

NSW Penal Colony Establishment Day? Managing editor Dave Donovan proposes a name change for the ...  
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EDITORIAL: A name change for Australia Day — time to call it what it is

Independent Australia proposes a name change for the 26 January public holiday, so that it is ...  
Australia Day: Changing the date changes nothing

Changing the date will not resolve anything without a Treaty, recognition of sovereignty and ...  
The demons of Van Dieman's Land: Britain's genocide in Tasmania

Not only were British colonists at war with Australia's First People, but irrefutable evidence ...  
EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Malcolm's Day of disappointment

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is disappointed with Australians. But Australians are more ...  
Teela Reid torches Malsplain Turnbull's misleading #QandA straw men

On Q&A last week, the Prime Minister set out to mislead Australians about the Uluru Statement ...  
Fifield ignores #NBNFail to voice outrage at Triple J's Hottest 100 move

Mitch Fifield took time out from the NBN disaster to launch an outraged attack on youth broadca ...  
Australia's heartless 'House of Discards' refuse First Nations' fundamental rights

The weakness at the heart of our democracy is revealed in the lack of protections for our First ...  
Australia's abominable secret: A suicide crisis among children

Australia's suicide rates among Indigenous children is a national abomination borne of dirt-poor ...  
Turnbull's loud and clear contempt for Indigenous voice

The Turnbull Government dismisses the suggestion First Nations people should be involved in ...  
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