Indigenous peoples live in societies where their sense of cultural worth is constantly undermined.
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For many, relations between Indigenous Australians and the government are best described as being in a state of crisis.
The longer the process of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution goes on, the more debate is likely to split and fracture.
What the Northern Territory’s experience with state interventions reveals is that rather than protecting young people, it has placed them at greater risk of mistreatment and trauma.
Until we see a marked change in the stories that are told, together with a shift from inclusion to social justice, the national story of Australian sport will remain very, very white.
Sports weekends are where family connections are sustained, and culture is infused into Australian football games played on country.
Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia’s north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal people out of agricultural development.
The accomplishments of successful royal commissions flow not just from strong findings and recommendations but from intelligent procedure.
The ALRC report made some useful recommendations about how settler law could deal more fairly with Aboriginal people by taking their traditions and customs into account.
Media reporting and policies almost always tend to focus on what is wrong with Indigenous Australians. This is having unintended consequences.
Wildfire makes up about 4% of the greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year.
In some Indigenous communities, the ratio of programs to people served is possibly the highest in the world. Somehow, for many, Closing the Gap remains an elusive goal. A rethink is needed.
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’s report was meant to be a blueprint for reducing the disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous Australians and deaths in custody.
Debate over ‘discovery’ of Australia is alive and well – in the mind of one Sydney newspaper editor.
European invasion completely disrupted the way aboriginal Australians managed fire. Learning from Australia’s first people could help us fight fires in the future.
As the Australian Government pushes ahead with its Northern Development agenda “making it easier to use natural assets”, it’s important to ask how this may affect the Indigenous peoples in whose territories development will occur.
Tony Abbott’s belated agreement with Indigenous leaders on a consultation process for constitutional recognition is a step in the right direction.
Tony Abbott’s rejection of Indigenous-only conventions need not derail the push for constitutional recognition. But it demonstrates just how crucial sound process is to achieving change.
Constitutional recognition may have very limited impact if the groups benefiting from the change lack the political weight to leverage it into greater social change.
The night sky is part of the shared heritage of all people on Earth. A project to bring Indigenous Australians and astrophysics together reveals our common wonder at the mysteries of the universe.
Top contributors
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Law Faculty, Monash University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Research and Policy, UNSW Sydney
