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Why is there a lack of Indigenous participation in STEM?

During her study, Cecilia King has noticed she is one of a scarce number of Indigenous students in STEM. Here she interrogates Australia’s dark history which has contributed to ongoing barriers and issues for First Nations peoples’ interactions with STEM. This article is part of the Black Knowing series, a partnership with QUT’s Carumba Institute and Indigenousx.

Keeping the Fire Burning: Collective Resistance, Sharing Culture, Creating Community and Speaking Truth to Power

From colonised Australia to the ethnic-cleansing of Eelam Tamils and the occupation of Palestine. University students across the world have expressed their solidarity in standing against the genocide in Gaza. Here in so-called Australia, university students have been doing the same, with the establishment of camps on campuses. Udaya Shanmugam and Jaala Ozies share the stories behind the solidarity.

How fandoms create communities and support larger causes

“The power of the people is stronger than the people in power”, I first heard this quote when I was 14 at a youth climate…

The NT election is a lesson for Labor: Govern for the good of people and planet or make way for progressives who will

Historically, people elect Labor governments because they want better conditions for people and planet. Larrakia artist Laniyuk and Māori political organiser Te Raukura write, when Labor politicians prioritise policies that favour multinational corporations while neglecting vital public services, they lose trust and votes.

Caring for Country, Culture, and Language: The Life of Fabian Nasir

Readers please be advised this article mentions people who have passed away. Photos in this article, and this story was shared with permission from Fabian…

Lowering the age of criminal responsibility will not solve anything

It sometimes feels that for every small step forward we take with policy and law reform in this country it’s two steps back.  When just…

It’s time to stop defining Indigenous people by what we didn’t do.

Before white supremacy came to Australia, bringing with it invasion, colonisation, subjugation and any number of introduced diseases, Indigenous peoples had been living here for…

Beyond the Horizon: Imagining Utopian Indigenous Futures

There’s been a lot of talk about Indigenous futures lately, particularly faraway futures beyond the immediate time horizon. Indigenous futurism has been described as a form of activism that dismisses the idea of a still-colonised future, unsettling settlers by breaking free of colonial conditioning and refusing to be frozen in time. When asked to forecast the life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in 2050, most of us are lost for words—this silence is telling, this silence is troubling, and this silence needs examining.

Frack Free Kimberley: Protecting Our Water, Clean Country, Healthy Community

The Kimberley region, known for its stunning landscapes and deep cultural significance, is under threat from fracking. Yisah Bin Omar, a Djukun woman, is supporting …

The Good Patient

When I go to Emergency, no matter if I’m in so much pain I can’t even stand straight, I always dress up. In the summer, I put on a lovely dress to sit in the hospital waiting rooms for hours on end, head resting on my mum’s lap, tears dripping onto the dirty white linoleum floor.

Reflections on Yoorrook and Palestine

Today (June 7th) marks the final day of the Yoorrook Justice Commission hearings investigating injustices in housing, health, education and economic life for First Nations peoples in Victoria. These hearings are providing space for First Nations peoples’ to give evidence in a larger act of Truth-telling, to acknowledge and hold account the institutions that contribute to genocidal and discriminatory practices. But, Sissy Austin writes, we can not be selective of which genocides we choose to be outraged over.

Yoorrook Justice Commission: Jarvis’ Story

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has been travelling across Victoria as part of its work to put the true history of the state since colonisation on the public record. The Commission has heard from thousands of First Peoples during the truth telling process – the first of its kind in Australia. Commissioner Maggie Walter shares one of the testimonies being presented today, from a First Nations man named Jarvis. Commissioner Walter has shared this with his permission.

The power of Aboriginal literature in the wake of Australia’s ‘No’

So-called Australia has a long history of white voices being the ones who speak on First Nations stories, and how we’re represented. Thankfully, Blak voices have been emerging in academia and literature, and more stories are being told our way. These Blak voices are especially important now, Darby Jones writes, in the wake of a failed referendum, where 60% of the nation expressed their desire for our silence.

Impact statement from Nathan Booth’s family

Nathan Booth was reported missing in July 2019, and after months of inaction from the police, his body was found in December that year, in the Murrumbidgee. After five years of waiting, the inquest into Nathan’s death is continuing this week. Yesterday Nathan’s family made a statement, which we have published with their permission.

Sorry Day: “I don’t want to stand here in 10 years-time doing the same thing”

Disclaimer: Readers please be advised this article mentions the historical and ongoing Stolen Generations, Aboriginal children being taken from their families and contains images of…

The Royal Commission Report into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody shows a history of no police accountability

Readers please be advised this article mentions harm against Aboriginal people, deaths in custody, names of people who have passed away, and racist terminology. In…

Enough is enough. Australia is in a crisis of violence against women

Readers please be advised that this article contains mentions of violence against women and ongoing violence and discrimination against a First Nations person. As we…

Terra nullius 2.0 – what AUKUS means for First Nations peoples

Australia will essentially become America’s military launch-pad into Asia. However, Ben Abbatangelo writes, little has been said or written about the drastic and disproportionate impacts it will have on First Nations communities in Australia.

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