Self-determination

A fork in the road: to stand with First Nations People, or to go head-to-head with them

With 26 January once again upon us, do we celebrate the National Day or do we respect and commemorate Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the longest living culture, or can we do both? 

Jaki Adams

Acknowledging milestones and looking to a brighter 2022 as we close out our 24th year

What a strange couple of years it has been… we will be remembering the time of Covid-19 for many years ahead and it will become more and more evident how epoch-defining it is. 

Paul Wright

For we are not yet one, and far from free

Incarceration Nation lifts the wool from Australia’s eyes. It provides the answers to the questions we often fall short of explaining, and most importantly it enables First Nations people and their voices to share first hand their experiences. It does so without the colonisers reinterpretation that serves to protect the integrity of Australia’s national identity.

Chelsie Collard 

Defeating indifference, political cynicism and the yoke of history

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, by necessity, are far more politically savvy than their fellow Australian citizens.

Paul Wright

Timber Creek compensation case sets new precedent

How the High Court decision settles the approach for compensation for extinguishment of native title rights, in a case with huge implications for native title law and beyond. 

Clare Graham-Stewart