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Kinship wraps around

The Native Title Tribunal rules against Gomeroi people and the threat of climate change

Media Statement from Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves

What is white genocide?

Findings delivered following coronial inquest into death of Canberra man, Nathan Booth

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?

Indigenous organisations need more support to respond to climate change, and the disasters it causes

As we make our way into 2025, Australia has been battling multiple climate change driven disasters. Bhiamie Williamson writes, Indigenous people bear the brunt of damage to our lands, amidst governments and the general population turning a blind eye to climate change affecting all of us.

The role of universities in balanced national conversations about racism

Women and gender diverse runners Take Back the Track from fear of violence

Sissy Austin, a long time runner, writer and activist, has launched the Take Back the Track movement, a call for women and gender diverse people to demand the right to run in safety. Sissy writes of her journey to establish the movement, and while also navigating the currents of healing; the low tides, high tides and all the swell and waves in between.
Open Letter

Reflections on the Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action Symposium

Why Invasion Day is different this year, and how to look after yourself

Every January, Blakfullas barely get a chance to embrace a new year, before being met with the dread and racial violence that surrounds the Day of Mourning. This year, Caroline reflects, our mobs are carrying more than their fair share, and it’s a reminder of the importance of looking after ourselves.

Believing in Black knowing and standing in Black power

This article is part of the Black Knowing series, a partnership with QUT’s Carumba Institute and Indigenousx.

A New School of Thought

This article is part of the Black Knowing series, a partnership with QUT’s Carumba Institute and Indigenousx.

Can Counter-Storytelling Enact Black Justice? – (But why?)

This article is part of the Black Knowing series, a partnership with QUT’s Carumba Institute and IndigenousX. Jade Robertson explores, can telling our stories – truthfully, unapologetically – dismantle the systems that silence us?

Jailed at 10, Sheltered at 16: The Double Standards of Growing Up in Australia

Children as young as 10 can be jailed, and this is a symptom of a systemic failure that criminalises Aboriginal children and makes them more vulnerable to an unfair justice system. But in this recent discourse on teenagers’ interactions with social media, children are seen as impressionable, in need of protection, and too young to understand the potential harm of their actions. Shawna Pope writes, why is there such a stark difference in how Australia views kids, based on their race?

My Blood is Old

This article is part of the Black Knowing series, a partnership with QUT’s Carumba Institute and IndigenousX. Author’s note: This article was inspired by Uncle Graham Brady

EDITOR'S PICKS

A reflection on Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2026

Metaphor, Risk, and Responsibility in Language around Reconciliation

The ACT appoints its first Aboriginal Chief Coroner, After Years of Calling For Justice for Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 8, April 10th, 2026

Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 7, April 9th, 2026

Daily Reporting: Jeffrey Winmar inquest, Day 5, April 7th, 2026

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