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Our analysis revealed the relative attention our news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from around 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.
Today is National Sorry Day. This is when we commemorate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families.
A new bill in NSW seeks to reduce First Nations children in out-of-home care. Before the bill can become law, it must pass the lower house.
Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission have begun in Melbourne. This is the first Indigenous-led justice commission of this kind in the world.
Scott Morrison’s comments on the 14th anniversary of the Stolen Generations’ Apology show a lack of understanding of what is really needed to ensure healing for First Nations peoples.
As we edge closer to another anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations, the number of First Nations children in out-of-home has increased.
Recently, the Commonwealth government created a redress scheme to compensate Stolen Generations survivors. But more needs to be done to address the trauma.
In a survey of Stolen Generation survivors, two-thirds reported a decline in their physical health as a result of COVID restrictions, while 75% reported a decline in their mental health and wellbeing.
We need to stop taking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children out of their homes and listen to elders instead.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are increasingly being removed from their families and placed into out-of-home care, raising concerns of another Stolen Generation.
Our study of Indigenous young people leaving out-of-home care has identified major deficits in programs designed to help them transition to adulthood.
Signatures developed to replace rituals as a form of legal validation. Indigenous people have seen their marks used against them and rallied communities to use signatures in innovative protests.
State archives hold precious Noongar letters pleading for the return of Stolen Generations children. Among them, I find my grandmother’s grandfather: historical records of love.
Aileen Marwung Walsh’s grandparents were sent to the Moore River Native Settlement, of Rabbit Proof Fence infamy, half a century ago. In 2018, 100 years after the settlement’s founding, she returned.
One of the state’s most significant powers is the ability to remove children from their families. Potential reforms in NSW could expand this already racialised power in frightening ways.
ACMA’s finding on the Sunrise segment is simply holding those responsible to the minimum standards expected.
The tenth Closing the Gap report shows only three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
The National Gallery of Australia’s Third National Indigenous Art Triennial presents a passionate well-considered argument for an enduring Aboriginal culture.
The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one, even though the 1982 national constitution recognises Aboriginal rights.
Top contributors
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Indigenous Health Equity, The University of Melbourne
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Manager of Indigenous Student Services, La Trobe University
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Professor & Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH), The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer Social Work, Monash University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Early Childhood Development, The University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Commissioner, Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Director Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate in Humanities, Concordia University; Honorary Fellow, UWA Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
