Businesses like Woolworths don’t base decisions on morals
As we’ve seen with recent media drama around Woolworths and Coles being accused of price gouging, Nat Cromb reminds us we shouldn’t pat companies on the back for doing the bare minimum (especially when they make business decisions instead of moral ones).
Another inquiry in NSW, another missed opportunity for change
In NSW the Coroner is crucial in determining cause of death whenever there is a sudden, unexpected or unnatural death in the community, including when the police are involved. A recent inquiry into this system has revealed an unwillingness on behalf of government to implement changes that could save countless Aboriginal families needless grief and suffering, Lindsay McCabe explains.
Stand Back Waleed: Sovereignty is more complex than an oath
The danger of Aly’s assertions is that it oversimplifies a very complex notion in political and legal philosophy and, by reducing the act of ceding sovereignty to a singular oath, it reveals a lack of critical insight to what sovereignty can mean and how it can operate for First Nations peoples.
The Battle of Beetaloo – NT First Nations unite to stop fracking On Country
The Garrwa, Yanyuwa and Marra peoples of Borroloola know all too well the devastation created by mining and they understand that, for most governments, if they have to choose between mining and First Nations then mining wins. Every time.
Legal challenge launched to secure fair access to the Age Pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Because of the gap in life expectancies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being denied
the same opportunity to retire and receive support through the Age Pension. While the gap in life
expectancies persists, eligibility for the Age Pension should reflect the average life expectancies of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as they age.
Ban spit hoods!
For five years our family have demanded answers and justice, while enduring a coronial inquest, with constant delays, a review by the SA Ombudsman and a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Administration of SA Prisons. We are still waiting. We call on Parliamentarians to support Fella’s Bill, for our son and brother’s legacy, and so no other person or famIly has to experience this injustice and heartbreak.