Politics

Without structural change, child protection systems will continue to fail Indigenous families.

The end result was that Closing the Gap has been a huge failure. But if there was one silver lining, it was the Prime Minister’s admission that “over decades, our top-down, government-knows-best approach, has not delivered the improvements we all yearn for”.

Dr Muller writes an open letter to interested parties on the ethical issues that arise on committees in an Australian context.

Let’s unite for water for our future generations, for all communities, for all people, for all the animals.

The PM dropped some Indigenous history in his talk yesterday, but he needs to be reminded of some other important events.

In 2016, Indigenous Athlete and now Motivational Speaker Joe Williams took a stand by sitting, and started a nationwide conversation by staying silent. Fellow Indigenous athlete Anthony Mundine has caused similar controversy and just last night Cody Walker, Latrell Mitchell, Josh Addo-Carr and Will Chambers did the same by refusing to sing the Australian national anthem while lining up for the NRL State of Origin Opener.

You can’t tame the white supremacist power structure with cheese!

In an election that had the highest number of enrolled eligible voters in history it seems we have affirmation that we live in a country as uncertain of its future as ever.

White Australia has a black future

I believe in an Australia where children can rise above their circumstances. Where, as a community, we provide the stepping stones for people to set their own directions.

On Saturday 18 May 2019 Australia heads to the polls. In this Federal Election, there are at least twenty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates.

In a deeply troubling and regressive move, the NSW government will this week consider legislation that would allow for the forced adoption of Aboriginal children.

My hope is that when we have a recognised Voice to Parliament, and Treaties in place in all jurisdictions, we will finally have a say and control over the decision that affect us, our families and our communities.

Tony Abbott holds no qualifications or expertise in the area of education, and has a history of mismanagement and negative meddling when he has been in positions of power over Indigenous affairs

Actually, someone should tell him, he can’t be special envoy for Indigenous affairs as well! It is more than disturbing that Abbott has been given free rein in the area.

Tony Abbott, our former PM and former self-declared Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs, and Minister for Women, is now a ‘special envoy’ to the PM on Indigenous Affairs.

Lidia Thorpe MP, talks to IndigenousX about her role as the first Aboriginal woman in the Victorian Parliament.

The First Fleet, and all those white people who came from Europe following the First Fleet, were not immigrants. They were settler-colonials.