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National affairs Harry Hobbs 24 July 2019 Governments across Australia are negotiating formal agreements with Indigenous communities
National affairs Murray Gleeson 21 July 2019 An edited extract from the former chief justice’s speech this week National affairs Kate Galloway 17 July 2019 At heart, this is an inclusive rather than divisive proposal National affairs Russell Marks 14 June 2019 Nearly thirty years after the Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commission, the Northern Territory finally has a custody notification service. But is there devil in its detail? Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 28 May 2019 Is there a way to escape the paradox presented so movingly by Stan Grant?
Books & arts Rodney Tiffen 8 May 2019 Books | Three men and four organisations were at the centre of a movement with an outsized impact on Australian politics
Essays & reportage David Armstrong 21 November 2018 The pioneering Indigenous journalist played a key role in establishing the Tent Embassy in Canberra. His work has been recognised this month by the Australian Media Hall of Fame Essays & reportage Lea McInerney 8 February 2017 Beginning to understand an Indigenous language brought Lea McInerney a little closer to a deeper story Essays & reportage Brian Galligan 22 December 2016 Keith Windschuttle has assembled a highly selective case against recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution Essays & reportage Hal Wootten 19 December 2016 The 1966 equal pay case was a product of the silence at the heart of Indigenous policy, writes one of the lawyers briefed in the case
National affairs Jon Altman 16 December 2016 The abolition of Community Development Employment Projects has undermined economic renewal in remote Indigenous communities
National affairs Patrick Sullivan 15 September 2016 A new WA government scheme may show how the “mainstreaming” of Aboriginal services can be made to work, says Patrick Sullivan Essays & reportage Patrick Sullivan 2 September 2016 It’s time for a national inquiry into how the outback can be better funded for black and white alike, writes Patrick Sullivan Essays & reportage Charlie Ward 24 August 2016 Between their historic departure from Wave Hill station in 1966 and Gough Whitlam’s return of their land in 1975, the Gurindji people lived through a decade of uncertainty.… National affairs Patrick Sullivan 1 August 2016 If governments are serious about the royal commission into child protection, they should pledge in advance to honour its recommendations, says Patrick Sullivan
Essays & reportage Patrick Sullivan 29 June 2016 The rise of “deficit metrics” and the federal government’s retreat from Indigenous affairs have reversed the direction set by the historic 1967 referendum,…
Books & arts Peter Crowley 2 June 2016 Books | Angus McMillan’s name has become attached to at least one massacre in Victoria’s Gippsland region, writes Peter Crowley. But does the… National affairs Jim Bowler 9 February 2016 It’s time for funds and a plan to preserve and commemorate this visitor from Ancient Australia, writes Jim Bowler, the geologist who discovered Mungo Man’s remains National affairs Peter Brent 17 January 2016 There’s a way to recognise Indigenous Australians that bypasses our cantankerous founding document, says Peter Brent Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 19 August 2015 Anthropologists might have been implicated in colonial policies and practices, writes Gillian Cowlishaw, but for many decades theirs was the only scholarly discipline…
National affairs Robert Milliken 31 July 2015 Governments have ignored a new report exposing appalling rates of young Indigenous people in detention, writes Robert Milliken. But a new response is attracting growing support
Books & arts Michael Dillon 28 July 2015 Books | A diverse new collection of essays lays out part of the roadmap for realising the potential of native title, writes Michael Dillon. But the political… National affairs Peter Brent 17 July 2014 There’s a pattern to the success of attempts to change the Australian constitution, writes Peter Brent, with lessons for advocates of Indigenous recognition Essays & reportage Eleanor Hogan 11 July 2014 Tennant Creek has developed innovative ways of dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of social media, writes Eleanor Hogan. But the initiatives are languishing,… Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 5 March 2014 Sylvia Lawson reviews The Past and Utopia
Books & arts Eleanor Hogan 11 December 2013 Eleanor Hogan reviews a careful and often illuminating history of a northwestern Australian town
Essays & reportage Shipra Chordia & Andrew Lynch 4 December 2013 Armed with an ambitious political and legal agenda, the new attorney-general faces a testing time, write Shipra Chordia and Andrew Lynch Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 25 July 2013 Sylvia Lawson reviews Satellite Boy, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and The Great Gatsby Essays & reportage Henry Reynolds 25 July 2013 The looming centenary of the landing at Gallipoli is a reminder of unfinished business between settler and Indigenous Australia after a decade of incomplete reconciliation Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 9 May 2013 Tim Rowse’s new book shows the strengths of an evidence-based approach to Indigenous policy, writes Frank Bongiorno