Snake Dreaming
I In the molten hush before sunrise, Serpent breath thickens beneath the earth – muscle of creation, ancient and coiled, smouldering in the belly of red country.II With a tremor…
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January 23, 2026
The Dreamtime
1. In the hush before sun-bringing, heroes moved unseen – shadows skimming riverbank, rising where eucalypt bends beside the silent springs. Phantoms of first ages, the past stirring the sand.2.…
January 17, 2026
Burrabara-dyara (The Time of Bewilderment)
Ngaya bamal. Sun rides high – warami, old people, the barray (land) shimmers as cicadas cry out their heat song.By the ngurra (camp), we weave, fish for garara (mullet), burra…
January 14, 2026
Reflections on the Legacy of Aunty Isobel Coe
As one of the originating members of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Aunty Isabel endeavoured to bridge the divide between people.
December 22, 2025
Welcome to Country: Cultural Significance, Spirituality, and Contemporary Misrepresentations in Australia
Welcome to Country is an invitation to engage with Indigenous people and connect through inclusion.
July 29, 2025
We Carry the Dreaming
We dance the poem back into the living earth, country alive in us again.
July 17, 2025
The Complex Landscape of Antisemitism and Multiculturalism in Australia
The very arguments posed against the Voice to Parliament demonstrate the hypocrisy of those advocating for antisemitism laws.
July 12, 2025
Billy and the Epic Escape: Cultural Misrepresentation and Literary Power
Literature must empower Indigenous people by allowing them to tel their own stories, rather than reinforcing marginalisation.
July 10, 2025
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Racism
Indigenous Incarceration in the ACT: Systemic Bias and Just-us
Over-representation of Indigenous people in the ACT's criminal justice system is indicative of systemic bias in the AFP and lack of accountability.
July 9, 2025
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Law Enforcement / Northern Territory
Kumanjayi Walker Inquest and the Urgent Need for Police Reform
The coroner's findings of racism within the Northern Territory Police highlight the dangers to Indigenous people and the urgent need for reform.
July 8, 2025
ACT Government / Australian Labor Party / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Government / Law / Rule of Law
You’re not an Aboriginal Organisation: the ACT Government’s take on NAIDOC week
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs attack on Billabong Aboriginal Corporation underscores continuing racism within the ACT Government.
July 4, 2012