Self-determination

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

Reconciliation is Dead! But is it?

Reconciliation week is once again upon us. Some would say Reconciliation has lost its mojo, its spizzaz, is an old overused word that is out of date, and even that it has made very little difference to First Nations Peoples. 

Des Rogers

Nationhood, Recognition and the deadly incarceration pandemic

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Australia in 2021 is a Dickensian periodical morphing into a ‘choose your own adventure’ where the state of things is entirely open to your worldview.

Paul Wright