Pandemic-induced lockdowns have brought up challenges for children in out-of-home care and their carers. However, Kinship care provided unexpected positives for Aboriginal elders and their families.
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After recent findings that Aboriginal women detainees are strip searched at higher rates than non-Indigenous women, it’s clear that Australia needs to address racial discrimination in justice systems.
A public consultation process sought feedback on design options for the Indigenous Voice to parliament. Our analysis shows the findings of these sessions.
Today marks a first for Australia: a truth-telling process to begin answering for the abuses and injustices suffered by Indigenous people. Victoria’s commission can be a model for the nation.
Bushfire Recovery Victoria has a focus on Aboriginal culture and healing – a long overdue approach in disaster recovery.
Indigenous employees don’t just face racism and prejudice. There is also the “cultural weight” of working in largely non-Indigenous organisations.
Following on from the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2020 has seen 5 asteroids given new names recognising the contribution of illustrious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Hundreds of Australian children aged ten to 13 are in juvenile detention. Legal and medical experts say we must raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.
The Australian Public Service is one of the country’s most powerful institutions. Yet Indigenous people make up just 1.2% of its senior ranks.
Michelle Grattan talks with aboriginal advocate Pat Turner
Policies for Indigenous Australians must better reflect and prioritise Indigenous cultural values.
Many Indigenous people tell us they find hospitals stressful, uncomfortable and alienating. Here’s how good design can help.
Megan Davis on a First Nations Voice in the Constitution
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Megan Davis says the idea of including an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution is being rejected on an understanding that "simply isn't true" but believes Australia has the "capacity to correct this".
A culturally specific screening tool for depression has been successfully tested among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. This is why it’s so important we start rolling it out.
As the Aged Care Royal Commission shifts its focus to aged care for Indigenous Australians, access isn’t the only challenge. Often problems arise when services don’t accommodate their cultural needs.
New research shows just how many first people were needed to create a viable population in what is now Australia.
The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians must be at the forefront of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
Policies aimed at reducing youth suicide will fail if they don’t acknowledge the cumulative effects of history, associated intergenerational trauma and ongoing violence towards Indigenous Australians.
The Coalition and Labor have outlined their plans for Indigenous health spending. There are some worthwhile pledges, but these policy promises could better reflect what our First Nations people need.
In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Anzac stories are often coloured by racism and ongoing injustices that negate the myth of Anzac ‘mateship’.
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Associate Dean Education, Gnibi College, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
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Director Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, CI ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies (SOPHIS), School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Faculty of Arts, Monash University
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Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow (Indigenous Diplomacy), Australian National University
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Lecturer in education, Curtin University
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Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy and Social Work, UNSW Sydney
