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To First Nations women, ‘care’ is more broad and all-encompassing than traditional definitions. We need a new approach to capturing, and appreciating, their work, paid and unpaid.
First Nations fathers are too often the subject of negative, often untrue stereotypes. We analysed data from around 150 dads about what they needed. Here’s what they said.
The latest Closing the Gap report reveals just four of the 19 targets are on track to be achieved. It comes after years of failing to give First Nations people a say over their own lives.
Zenadth Kes peoples (or Torres Strait Islanders) have a tiny population, but they’ve been highly effective in creating distinctive laws to protect their culture and way of life.
Many believe Australia became it’s own country at federation in 1901, but that’s not strictly true. Instead, it happened more than 80 years later. Why don’t we celebrate it?
The failed Voice to Parliament referendum dashed the hopes of many mapping out a path to reconciliation. If we look to the example set by North American Indians, there might be another way forward.
Plus a view on the Voice referendum from Canada. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Despite the claim ‘there is no comparable constitutional body like this anywhere in the world’ many countries have similar institutions to the proposed Voice.
While a loss would have a negative impact for the opposition leader, especially in teal seats he needs to win, it would have more serious challenges and consequences for Albanese
In a simply worded question, Australians will be asked to approve altering the Constitution “to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice”.
Seas are rising in the Torres Strait, swamping crops and graveyards. Friday’s decision by a landmark UN committee is a breakthrough for Indigenous rights and climate justice.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament
Michelle Grattan speaks with Tom Calma, Chancellor of the University of Canberra, who has been a leading participant in Indigenous affairs for many years, about the Voice to parliament referendum proposal.
First Nations leaders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai filed a landmark class action against the Australian government to protect communities in the Torres Strait from climate change.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Director of Her Story, project coordinator at The Equality Institute, lead on U Right Sis? project, Indigenous Knowledge
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Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Mualgal man, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Politics & International Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
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Distingioshed Professor & Canada Researc Chair, Political Studies, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College
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Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Project Officer - Indigenous Research, James Cook University
