Charles Perkins and the Unfinished Freedom Ride: A NAIDOC Week Reflection
Perkins broke through racial barriers not to be a first, but to move the dial of disadvantage suffered by Indigenous people so that they are counted as equal.
Perkins broke through racial barriers not to be a first, but to move the dial of disadvantage suffered by Indigenous people so that they are counted as equal.
You disagree? You must be red.A commie, comrade – latte-fed,except it’s flat white, thanks a lot;don’t let a coffee spoil the plot."Marxist!" spat like it’s a curse,from a man who’s…
Truth misunderstood, dangerous in its honour, stares back at us disappointed and betrayed ...
Survival of Uyghur culture is dependent on the transmission of language and culture among its diaspora.
What will it take for Australia's leaders to address the never-ending spate of abuses perpetuated against women?
Australia needs to discuss what immigration looks like, from origins to infrastructure, community cohesion to differing norms.
I. Two Arguments That Must Not Be Confused The case against monoculturalism in Australia rests on two distinct foundations that are often conflated, and the conflation weakens both. The first…
Francesca Albanese's book, When the world Sleeps, highlights the asymmetry in international human rights.
The othering of groups within society to drive political aims is an Imbalanced, failing in its basic analysis due to the inconsistent metrics applied across all groups.
The destruction of West Papua's farmland and forests represents an ecological and cultural disaster, compounding the atrocious human rights record on the island.
Sometimes, the profoundness of a friendship is not fully realised until that friend is lost. We all know this. Today for Blak and Blak, for me personally, it is the…
Immigrants, most of whom came to Australia legally, are not the cause of the problems we face; that fault lies with the policies of successive governments.
Commonalities in Creation myths across Indigenous cultures point toward a shared origin and universal imagination.
One nation? Yes – but wide as all its peoples, deep as the Dreaming, old as the first rain.
I. A Room Without Empathy On 30 October 2024, Francesca Albanese – UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories – stood before the General Assembly and said what those…
Australia must formalise a response to the detention and mistreatment of its citizens by Israeli authorities participating the Global Freedom Flotilla.
Destruction of Palestinian artefacts and books, including the places of learning, are core features of genocide.
Domestic violence in Australia is a cultural scourge, one for which men must take responsibility to lead its eradication.
French insists that the good life is possible, refusing the settle for second rate and pursuing all aspect of life and culture with a seriousness unique to its people.
Far from being a footnote in history, the Enlightenment remains a challenge to the racism and exclusion plaguing Australia and the world.