An Indigenous voice can unite Australians
Shireen Morris responds to the government’s rejection of the proposal for a national Indigenous representative body.
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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.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
Housing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
Middle-class Indigenous Australia exists
Stan Grant argues for a broader definition of Indigenous identity in his Quarterly Essay, The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming.
Preserving and Sharing Indigenous Stories for Future Generations
Elders from the Koorie community discuss their lives, families and experiences in the Koorie Heritage Trust exhibition, Listen to Your Elders.
Celebrating the strength of South East Australia’s First Nations peoples and cultures
Sovereignty, the exhibition, explores self-determination, colonisation, identity and resistance of Aboriginal Australia.
Indigenous constitutional recognition and the search for common ground
Shireen Morris discusses mechanisms that can be used to create fairer Indigenous-state relationships.
An unexpected commitment to Aboriginal rights
The Country Women’s Association of NSW promoted positive race relations with Aboriginal women during the 1950s and 1960s.
The necessary history lesson for Australia’s future
With a remarkably measured tone, Stan Grant powerfully addresses his own history and that of Australia, with lessons for the future.
The changing nature of racism in Australia
Right Now columnist Eugenia Flynn explores the confronting evolution of racism in Australia.
One woman’s fight to retrieve her stolen wages
Not Just Black and White is a historical record of governmental misdeeds when it came to “stolen wages” and an inspiring intergenerational story of perseverance, courage and success
Crucial reading: First Nations human rights trajectory
Deftly written and all-inclusive, No Small Change: The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australia is a must read, writes Samaya Borom.
Protecting the Right to Privacy at the United Nations
Carly Nyst describes how the Snowden revelations have invigorated attempts by the public and international organisations to address increasing surveillance by State and corporate powers.