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Will remote indigenous settlements in future be condemned as apartheid? The Australian Probably some settlements are quite viable but many are clearly dysfunctional and we have compromised the educational and social development of several generations of indigenous Australians by allowing them to exist in the name of culture. They will ...
Katherine Times Taste test for NT bush foods industry Katherine Times “Our involvement in events such as this will help grow the bush foods industry, bringing economic and social benefits to regions such as Central Australia and the Barkly. It also complements the appointment of a Bush Foods Development Officer in my ...
The colourful, fabulous, and sometimes turbulent history of the Sydney Mardi Gras Cosmopolitan In 1980, following a successful — but very cold — Mardi Gras, it was agreed that the event would be moved from winter to summer. This helped to distance the event from being purely a political demonstration, and established it as a celebration of the ...
The Guardian If equality can happen for marriage, it can happen for Indigenous people The Guardian 7 December 2017 saw Australia become the 25th country to legalise marriage between people of the same sex. Love essentially won. Images of my uncles and partner during the celebration on Oxford Street in Sydney filled me with feelings of jubilation and ...
Katherine Times 'Syllable soup': MP urges rethink of Aboriginal name plan Katherine Times “I'm all for recognising Australia's Aboriginal heritage, so I've got no problem with the names themselves. “The point was in the instance of Kimberley Johnston's tragic death that first responders struggled to get to the location because her brother ...
The Australian Culture can never be used as an excuse for abuse of children The Australian The main reason indigenous children are seven times likelier than non-indigenous children to be the subject of a “substantiated” (proven) report of abuse and neglect — as the report released yesterday, Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in Australia...
The Australian Culture can never be used as an excuse for abuse of children The Australian The main reason indigenous children are seven times likelier than non-indigenous children to be the subject of a “substantiated” (proven) report of abuse and neglect — as the report released yesterday, Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in Australia...
The Australian Stolen Generations fears must not get in way of child safety The Australian Aboriginal academic Anthony Dillon said current child protection policy could lead to attempts for financial redress by Aboriginal children. “We're going to have a situation where children sue the government because they left them in disgusting, unsafe ...
The Economist (blog) The “gap” between aboriginals and other Australians The Economist (blog) BETWEEN 1910 and 1970 tens of thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their families in a failed assimilation programme that wanted to “breed the colour” out of them. Ten years ago the then-prime minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised to these ...