Indigenous Affairs

Another angry, confused, condemning white voice

Online Opinion - August 8, 2008 - 9:27am

Paul Toohey's 'Last Drinks' Quarterly Essay assumes that outsiders have a better understanding of the problems and solutions involved in contemporary Indigenous life.

Welfare that's not working

Online Opinion - July 14, 2008 - 9:09am

Despite the good intentions behind it, the CDEP program for Indigenous Australians has become an obstacle to real employment.

Cultural death by apathy

Online Opinion - July 2, 2008 - 9:00am

How about adopting a single Indigenous language as the accepted language for inclusion in the national curriculum?

Native title rhetoric

Online Opinion - June 23, 2008 - 9:02am

An opportunity lost - the Noongar people’s native title claim over the Perth metropolitan area.

Welfare that's not working

Online Opinion - July 14, 2008 - 9:09am

Despite the good intentions behind it, the CDEP program for Indigenous Australians has become an obstacle to real employment.

The good will to 'close the gap'

Online Opinion - July 3, 2008 - 9:23am

The challenge is to translate public support and political will into sustained improvements in Indigenous health.

Skinny latté ideology

Online Opinion - June 24, 2008 - 9:27am

Should Indigenous Australians blame their parlous living conditions on the government or should they accept some of the responsibility?