Everyone deserves to be safe during a pandemic, including people in prison
By Monique HurleyTo stop the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives, we need to responsibly release people from prisons.
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A critical turning point for First Nations justice
By Sophie TrevittWe have decades of evidence that spells out what governments must do to save blak lives, so how do we use it?
Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
By Alison Whittaker“It is not enough to hear about justice, justice must be done,” writes Alison Whittaker in this piece for The Conversation.
Quantum Words Perth: Reflections on Language, Science and Ways of Knowing
By Sarah YeungSarah Yeung reflects on the Quantum Words festival, investigating the ways in which science and language interact through colonial discourse and Indigenous knowledges.
Reconnecting with a Precolonial Heritage: An Interview with Kim Scott
Sharen Bart in conversation with Kim ScottSharen Bart speaks to award-winning Noongar writer and scholar Kim Scott about Indigenous trauma, cultural recovery and what it means to be sustained by a pre-colonial heritage.
Love and Family: a review of The White Girl
By Gabrielle EverallTony Birch’s newest book is an insight into how the laws initiating and perpetuating the Stolen Generations affected families and towns in rural Australia.
Bidjara Dreaming
By Leroy WilsonBidjara Dreaming is a poem based off true stories handed down to Leroy Wilson from his grandfather and great-grandmother from the Bidjara country
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander publishing stronger than ever
Claire Wilson in conversation with Magabala BooksClaire Wilson sits down with Magabala Books to find out how Australia’s leading Indigenous publisher turns out some of the “most dynamic, exciting and impressive literature currently being published in Australia.”
Radical Heart, the inside story of the Uluru Statement of the Heart
By Samaya ArgüelloShireen Morris takes readers on an intimate journey into the inner workings of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Radical Heart is an important contribution to understanding the limits of constitutional reform in Australia as well as providing clear insights into exactly why this is required.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia: a review
By Samaya ArgüelloA collection of diverse, deeply personal and insightful experiences from a range of Indigenous Australian authors.
Reflections In Visible Ink: Storytelling to Heal What Hurts
By Diana Ong, Sunili Govinnage, Emiko Watanabe and Rhuwina GriffithsParticipants from the In Visible Ink symposium reflect upon the prospects of trauma, memory and healing that emerge when we tell difficult stories.
In Visible Ink Interviews: Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse
Anika Baset in conversation with Gina Williams and Guy GhouseAnika Baset speaks with Indigenous musicians Guy Ghouse and Gina Williams about the role of music and language in healing and strengthening Indigenous communities.