Tribute to Faith Bandler AC
Pat Dodson Hers was a life of activism in Australia, whether for equal wages for Aboriginal workers, the rights of those who had been...
Empowering Indigenous communities to prevent child abuse and neglect
Originally published in the Conversation. In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one...
Indigenous reconciliation & responsibility
John Hilary Martin OP Nowadays, few groups live entirely by hunting and gathering. Indigenous groups have all, as we say, ‘come in’. Peoples of...
Time for treaties with our Indigenous peoples
In 1975, Australia ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights, guaranteeing self-determination to Aboriginal Peoples. It is now time for the...
How are we going with reconciliation & Indigenous Aussies?
Michele Harris of ‘concerned Australians’. “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Benjamin Franklin. ...
Striking the wrong note
The 6th anniversary of the Northern Territory Intervention Michele Harris of concerned Australians Aboriginal advocate Olga Havnen, in her Lowitja O’Donoghue oration, has asked...
Martin Flanagan: Spirituality in a secular age
The John Wallis Memorial Lecture 2013 Martin Flanagan reflects on key learning and turning points in his life, and the characters he...
Yolgnu Nation (Arnhem Land) condemns Stronger Futures legislation.
Social Policy Connections Statement of Support for the Yolnu Nations Assembly regarding the Stronger Futures Legislation. Social Policy Connections (SPC) is an independent, ecumenical,...
Another 10 years of Intervention under Stronger Futures
The Intervention is set to continue for another 10 years in the Northern Territory under the Stronger Futures legislation passed in the House...
NT Intervention – New Book
The Intervention in the NT is set to continue and to be expanded. The Minister says that this is what Aboriginal people asked for ...
Legislation to link school attendance to welfare in the NT
Photo courtesy public16, flickr cc Cooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory Aboriginal peak bodies, community welfare, and...