Lauren Scott on protecting Central Desert culture
Southern Arrente and Arabana person Lauren Scott highlights how climate change impacts intangible cultural property such as language.
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The case for free phone calls in prison
Imagine not being able to afford a single phone call to your family. That's the reality for people in Australian prisons. Monique Hurley and Sarah Schwartz explain why phone calls in prison should be free.
NGALI GARIMA MALLA JUGUN (We Look After This Country) – A call for submissions
Through a new editorial partnership, Right Now and Groundswell are platforming stories that explore the intersection of climate change and human rights, pertaining to First Nations justice.
New Spaces at National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial
Blackness has long been absent from Australian public galleries. And if present, it is often portrayed as the voiceless and nameless muse or servant to the whiteness of the protagonist. Importantly the National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial shows signs of change.
Landmark Exhibition Celebrates First Nations Fashion
Curated by Kaantju woman Shonae Hobson, the Bendigo Art Gallery’s first-ever First Nations Curator, Piinpi, is a landmark exploration of the cultural importance of Indigenous seasonal knowledge, community connection and storytelling in a contemporary context.
Australians can no longer look away from BLM
As the world learns of police brutality in the US, Australians are too ready to ignore the deaths of Bla(c)k people in their own country.
Everyone deserves to be safe during a pandemic, including people in prison
To stop the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives, we need to responsibly release people from prisons.
A critical turning point for First Nations justice
We 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
“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
Sarah 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 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
Tony 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
Bidjara Dreaming is a poem based off true stories handed down to Leroy Wilson from his grandfather and great-grandmother from the Bidjara country