Brooke Scobie is queer Goorie single mum, poet, writer, podcaster, and community worker. Her writing is a love letter to people who’ve been systematically excluded. She’s been published in Overland Journal, Running Dog, Red Room Poetry, SBS, Best of Australian Poetry 2021, and was awarded second place in the 2020 Judith Wright Poetry Prize.
The Mabo Centre At Melbourne University: A legacy betrayed
Boneta-Marie Mabo writes, how can the University of Melbourne’s Mabo Centre claim to fight for Indigenous justice while ignoring the direct link between mining, climate destruction, carceral violence and the existential threat facing Mer Island, the very land her grandfather fought for? True justice means recognising these struggles are deeply connected.
First Nations Foreign Policy: A Fundamental Contradiction
Samantha Gilmour writes, Australia’s proposed First Nations foreign policy claims to centre Indigenous perspectives—yet its settler colonial foundations make this impossible.
International Women’s Day: For ALL Women and Girls
This International Women’s Day, we are facing challenges making women and gender diverse people more vulnerable than ever. Bizzi Lavelle writes, how can this day go back to its UN roots supporting intersectional feminism, and steer away from the corporate day it’s become?
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