This piece was published today by New Matilda.
Last Saturday marked the first anniversary of the Northern Territory Intervention, but it is far from something we should be celebrating. It has been a long year for those living with this paternalistic, top down policy; one that will no doubt make future generations ashamed. Read more »
We are one year on from the inception of the NT Intervention, and today is a day we should not be celebrating. It has been a long year for those in the NT communities of this paternalistic, top down approach that will make future generations ashamed. Read more »
(Between Rudd’s rhetoric on Indigenous Australians and budget commitments)
The level of spending committed to Indigenous disadvantage in the budget barely sets the Government on the right road to delivering on the Government’s election promise to actually ‘close the gap’. Despite the rhetoric from the Government on closing the gap and their signing on to the [...]
Today is National Sorry Day. It is a day when we reflect, remember and recognise the pain and suffering applied to members of the Stolen Generation, when they were forcibly removed from their families by previous Governments.
In February of this year, Prime Minister Rudd gave a formal apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of [...]
The folks over at GetUp have put together a petition to the Government for the upcoming review of the NT Intervention: Read more »
The Rudd Government needs to take a careful look at Martin Ferguson’s handling of the latest tragic chapter of Australia’s 50-year nuclear waste story. A cursory review of the history of Government attempts to force nuclear waste dumps on unwilling communities shows an unbroken record of Government failure. It’s time for new thinking.
Former Science Minister [...]
This has taken a while, but we finally have Christine’s Budget Reply Speech up on YouTube and postable to the blog. Those of you who have enjoyed reading or listening to it may be interested in watching it.
In five parts.
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