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Media misses the point of Inquiry into anti‑vilification protections

The response by national mainstream media to a report tabled last week by the Victorian anti vilification protections inquiry, completely missed the point and instead we saw sensational headlines of Nazi Swastika banned or Nazi flags banned.  

Parliament house sexual assaults, Australia you have a problem

Meriki powerfully points to the toxicity and racism that is rife in our power structures and speaks of the necessary change required before women can ever feel safe and calls upon white women for intersectionality.

Painful road to answers for Danny Boy

Danny's staunch family continue to call for answers and justice for Danny Boy, they want to make sure this never happens again. Their strength honours Danny.

Public Statement – First Nations voices restricted by Facebook

First Nations Media Australia calls for the immediate reinstatement of First Nations media organisation Facebook pages blocked overnight in response to the Government’s proposed Mandatory…

Silencing victims compounds the violence of racism

Tony Birch offers us a personal reflection on the violence of racism and how this is compounded through a culture of erasure and silencing.

The labour of death and the radical tradition of burying our own

To remember our people when all this country seems to want us to do is forget is resistance.  This work of grief and remembrance has a radical tradition.

Black Women Confronting Racism and Sexism

In the storm, look to the calm. All of the Black women and men in the AFL industry trying to change things are the true warriors.

When Collingwood Football Club take the High Ground, Literally

The sovereign Black women insists on not forgetting the lies of this place, and in particular the lies of white men. And it is not because her memory is longer, but it is because her body knows too well the violence they have inflicted.

High Ground highlights the power of storytelling to heal our history

Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer and storyteller, Teela Reid, discusses the importance of story telling and honest conversations.

What’s pride in a country without pride in ourselves?

Taryn discussed the necessity of contending with the truth, in all its brutality, to be in a position to reckon with who we are as a nation, as peoples and whether we can truly come together in meaningful co-existence.

Strategies for caring for our community during Invasion season

Dominic calls for the care of mob on the frontlines of organising and protests to receive priority care from Aboriginal health organisations, particularly during the heightened period of January where the amplified racism takes a serious toll.

Honouring the resistance of Black families and speaking truth to children

Renowned and award winning journalist, Amy McQuire, has authored a children's book that speaks truth to children while honouring the Black resistance that starts within our families.

The Vigil – the night before … January 25th

Reflections of the night before, what is known as the last day of freedom to many in the movement of resistance, give us a tapestry of what was and what was irreparably disturbed.

Stop calling us divisive – you’re the ones who invaded!

What is with politicians and their love affair with calling Indigenous people's aspirations 'divisive?'

Silencing the Voice: How government is failing the Uluru Statement from the Heart

On the 9th of January this year, Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, released the ‘Indigenous Voice Co-Design Interim Report to the Australian Government’ (the…

Invasion Day is coming

The lead up to January 26 every year is one that is dreaded for a lot of mob because the same conversations and arguments are happening year on year.

Why I was gutted when Australia applauded the anthem change

Luke Pearson reflects on his shock and disappointment at how many across Australia applauded when the PM announced he was changing a single word in Advance Australia Fair.

We are One Nation?

Last night the Morrison government announced that they were changing the national anthem, to be more inclusive of Indigenous peoples and of migrants (the not white ones anyways), by changing a single word, ‘young’. It’s now ‘one’.
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