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Turnbull and Shorten: No leadership in Indigenous Recognition

Turnbull and Shorten: No leadership in Indigenous Recognition

Ingrid Matthews
Turnbull and Shorten have "respectfully declined" to attend the Uluru Convention, indicating a mutual disregard for Indigenous Recognition.
23 May 2017, 11:30am Ingrid Matthews@iMusing'67 Referendum
Australia needs a civil rights movement to end mass Indigenous incarceration

Australia needs a civil rights movement to end mass Indigenous incarceration

Gerry Georgatos
Australia's Indigenous incarceration rate is unjustifiable and an abomination, says Gerry Georgatos.
8 May 2017, 4:30pm Gerry Georgatos#GerryGeorgatosIndigenous incarceration
The myth of 'over-funded' Indigenous communities

The myth of 'over-funded' Indigenous communities

Gerry Georgatos
The reality of remote Indigenous communities is a 40% poverty rate —"over-funding" is just spin.
14 December 2016, 3:30pm Gerry Georgatos@GerryGeorgatosIndigenous Australians
Australia's shame: Some communities have 600 times the national suicide rate

Australia's shame: Some communities have 600 times the national suicide rate

Gerry Georgatos
Nearly one in three of the nation’s child suicides are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
2 December 2016, 3:30pm Gerry Georgatos@GerryGeorgatosAboriginal suicides
Let's not celebrate the 'rape of the soul' of Aboriginal Australia

Let's not celebrate the 'rape of the soul' of Aboriginal Australia

John Passant
Australia's oppression of Indigenous Australians continues under the guise of national pride, writes John Passant.
29 November 2016, 3:30pm John Passant@JohnPassantindigenocide
Aboriginal suicide at crisis levels and the nation should weep

Aboriginal suicide at crisis levels and the nation should weep

Gerry Georgatos
'The nation should weep when six-year-olds contemplate suicide ... the disconnect is not with culture but with hope.' ~ Gerry Georgatos
16 October 2016, 12:00pm Gerry GeorgatosIndigenous AustraliansAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
White Privilege, White Australia, One Nation: One agenda

White Privilege, White Australia, One Nation: One agenda

Gerry Georgatos
If we allow Australia's White Privilege agenda to be fuelled by groups such as One Nation we are simply complicit, writes Gerry Georgatos.
26 September 2016, 7:30am Gerry Georgatos@GerryGeorgatosPauline Hanson
Yet another TV show privileges Andrew Bolt's views — this time on the ABC

Yet another TV show privileges Andrew Bolt's views — this time on the ABC

The Conversation
Amy Maguire critiques the ABC's 'Recognition: Yes or No?' — a programme which supposedly debates whether Indigenous Australians should be "recognised" in [...]
20 September 2016, 4:30pm The ConversationLinda BurneyAndrew Bolt
The resistible rise of Pauline Hanson

The resistible rise of Pauline Hanson

John Passant
John Passant discusses the political and economic conditions underlying the rise of "Hansonism". 
19 September 2016, 4:30pm John Passanten passantPauline Hanson
Mounting abuses in youth detention need Indigenous-led solutions

Mounting abuses in youth detention need Indigenous-led solutions

Bruce Haigh
With ever more reports surfacing about child abuse and torture in Australia's detention centres, Bruce Haigh says it's time for Indigenous empowerment.
6 September 2016, 7:30am Bruce Haigh@BruceHaigh2#handsoffAboriginalkids Indigenous Australians

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