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 »
(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 [...]
by Jonathan Richards
”The Secret War” will be launched by Henry Reynolds at the Avid Reader bookshop, Boundary St. West End (Bris) on Wednesday 19th March 2008 at 6.00 pm.
From the publisher, University of Queensland Press….…… Read more »
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8, 2008
To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn…
There Is A Season, Turn, Turn, Turn…
There Is A Time For Peace, Turn, Turn, Turn.
My name is Fiona Noble. I do Treaty under the Sacred Treaty Circles of Oodgeroo of the Tribe, Nunuccal, I am a mother of four children, two of which have non-Indigenous fathers and two of which have an Indigenous father. Read more »
The folks over at GetUp have put together a petition to the Government for the upcoming review of the NT Intervention: 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 »
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 ABC Lateline program has exposed child prostitution in some Aboriginal communities catering to passing truckies. The federal opposition leader, Brendan Nelson has called for an extension of the Northern Territory intervention into these communities.
“The Intervention” has come to mean nothing. John Howard and Mal Brough’s plan is being dismantled, although much slower that N.T. Aboriginal people would like. Read more »
This is a post I have written for the blog “Public Polity” which is Run by Sam Clifford who is an active member of the Queensland Greens. I will be writing regularly for Public Polity. Read more »
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