Indigenous Australia
Australia's day for secrets, flags and cowards

John Pilger writes about the significance of 26 January for Indigenous Australians — a history ...  
Commercialisation and the casualness of going to war

John Menadue calls for an end to the commercialisation of Gallipoli and Anzac, to put the drums ...  
Five big nuclear issues for 2016 — and Australia's role in them

Nuclear issues got next to no discussion in Australia in 2015. That is sure to change in 2016 from ...  
The beginnings of Ashbygate

In a speech at the Ashbygate book launch on Thursday (10/12/15) in Caloundra, managing editor ...  
Racism targets Indigenous people more than any other group

A report released on last month by the UNSW paints a bleak picture of justice for Indigenous ...  
Inquest into death of Ms Dhu in police custody exposes institutional racism

A terminally ill woman is gaoled for unpaid fines of $3,622 and, rather than receiving urgent ...  
Sorry, Scott Morrison, my family won’t be singing Advance Australia Fair

Scott Morrison wants all Australian schoolchildren to be forced to stand and sing Australia's ...  
Arnhem Land: A matter of national emergency

On a recent visit to Arnhem Land, Adam Jacoby was prompted by the inequality of opportunity and ...  
SA Royal Commission: Nuke waste dump on Aboriginal land? Really?

If SA's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission results in Australia becoming the world's nuclear ...  
Racism? Bigotry? Discrimination? No worries, mate, she'll be right!

As shown recently, Australia does actually have a few "worries, mate" — such as our fear of the ...  
No longer Team Abbott — we are now Decent Family Australia

Should be more content now we have a shiny, bright, new prime minister, or do we need to look ...  
Ignorance, cruelty, racism and bigotry in Australia

Australia is not the land of the fair go, it is a nation where cruelty, ignorance, discrimination ...  
Tony Abbott and White Australia: Let's be serious about change

The innate conservatism of Tony Abbott and much of white Australia is steering the discussion of ...  
How sharing stories with Aboriginal communities is healing the racial divide

Using a project in central Australian Aboriginal communities as an example, Pamela Nathan shows ...  
Warning! Racist language

Confrontation is not always the better way, but we can’t ignore our shared responsibility to ...  
Australian racism: Bottom up or top down?

Australians are becoming international representatives for intolerance, self-interest and inequ ...  
Right-wing media falsehoods at heart of racial hatred

With Sydney Swans champion Adam Goodes set to return to senior AFL footy today, the racists who ...  
Free speech vs Hateful speech: Striking the right balance

Freedom of speech is central to liberal democracy, but it does not extend to the right to under ...  

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