Change is Gonna Come: Aboriginal Music and Activism
Right Now columnist Sylvie Leber looks at the extraordinary history of Aboriginal music and activism – a history that the recent defunding of the Deadly Awards threatens to erase.
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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.
What happens when a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia is ‘closed’?
Rose Carnes clarifies how the closure of remote Aboriginal communities is a form of forced eviction as defined by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
It’s Time to Modernise Australia’s Birth Registration System
You may not know that many births still go unregistered in Australia today. Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan from the Castan Centre say Australia is long overdue for an upgrade.
Indigenous photographic series explores identity and displacement at Midsumma
Michael Cook’s brilliantly coloured images showing as part of the Midsumma festival confront our conceptions of authenticity and indigeneity, writes Christopher Ringrose.
First Contact and the diversity of ignorance
First Contact provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of ignorance in Australia, writes Sam Ryan.
When the object teaches: Indigenous academics in Australian universities
If there were ever a time to be an Indigenous academic, one would think it would be now.
What would genuine “evidence-based policy” look like in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
Alison Vivian and Craig Longman discuss what effective Indigenous governance entails.
Unfair and Unhealthy
Dr Lesley Russell examines the Impact of the 2014-15 Budget on Indigenous Programs and Services.
“University is Not Seen as a Black Space”
Dr Katelyn Barney on the need to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into Research Higher Degrees.
Create footprints worth following
Emma McDonald interviews AIME program manager Nada Aldobasic about Indigenous education in Australia.
Still not “bringing them home”: Victorian Aboriginal children in care on the rise
Sayomi Ariyawansa reflects on the number of Victorian Aboriginal children who are currently in out-of-home or child-protection care, and evaluates the recent policy proposals intended to tackle this issue
Justice Now
Ros Kidd examines the financial mismanagement of Aboriginal savings and trust funds and the fight for full justice for the Stolen Wages claimants.