Bruce Duncan. Not only have Australians been shocked by the cruel behaviour against Indigenous children in the Don Dale juvenile detention centre in the Northern Territory, but also images from the Four Corners program have stunned TV audiences around the world. How could children be subject to such appalling treatment in government institutions? Some 97 percent […]
Jon Altman, Deakin University For the first time a federal election campaign is coinciding with National Reconciliation Week – May 27 to June 3. One hopes this coincidence might spark some serious policy focus on Indigenous affairs. So far, it has been notably absent during the early weeks of the long election campaign. No room […]
Recognition, treaty, sovereignty, & self-determination: facts & ambitions. Wednesday 1 June 6-7:30pm Swanston Hall Melbourne Town Hall With Professor Gary Foley, Aunty Margaret Gardiner, Shireen Morris, Uncle Gary Murray, Uncle Larry Walsh. MC Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders AO Free but you need to book online or call 9658 9587
Friday 11 March, 2-3pm Wesley Centre, 100 Yarra St., Geelong. Yingiya Mark Guyula,Yolŋu Elder & law man and the endorsed Yolŋu Nations Assembly representative. He is running as an Independent candidate in the upcoming N.T. election in August. Taungerong man Adam Frogley will speak of Treaties in the Victorian context. Jon […]
Jenny Begent. In the past ten days, media outlets have focused on the scandal of the Speaker of the House’s claim of expenses for her work as Chair of the Standing Committee on Families and Human Services. Her apology (too little, too late) and subsequent resignation, were for me of less consequence than her displays […]
This article was originally published in the http://theconversation.com. Australians are increasingly aware of and dissatisfied with the fact that the Australian Constitution does not mention Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. In 1967, Australians voted overwhelmingly in favour of constitutional amendments to remove two negative and outdated references to Aborigines. John Howard, as prime minister, was committed to a […]
Frank Fletcher MSC, Jesus and the Dreaming: Discovering an Australian Spirituality Through Aboriginal-Christian Dialogue (Strathfield: St Pauls Publications, 2013), 344 pp, edited by Fabian Byers. $24.95. Reviewed by John D’Arcy May As someone who regarded Frank Fletcher as a friend and mentor, I welcome this summa of his decades of engagement with the Koories of […]
Pat Dodson Hers was a life of activism in Australia, whether for equal wages for Aboriginal workers, the rights of those who had been stolen into slavery from the islands of her father, or the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution of the nation. Read more.
Originally published in the Conversation. In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal children and has steadily increased over the past decade. Contrast this with rates of non-Indigenous […]
John Hilary Martin OP Nowadays, few groups live entirely by hunting and gathering. Indigenous groups have all, as we say, ‘come in’. Peoples of outback Australia, folks of the Kalahari desserts of Africa, even the Amazon River basin, now make use of, or actually take part in the national or world economy. Australian aboriginals, like […]
In 1975, Australia ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights, guaranteeing self-determination to Aboriginal Peoples. It is now time for the Australian government to sit down with Aboriginal Peoples across Australia, and to negotiate agreements that will return their rights to them. Concerned Australians invite you to watch this 8-minute YouTube calling […]
