Lauren Scott on protecting Central Desert culture
By Lauren ScottSouthern Arrente and Arabana person Lauren Scott highlights how climate change impacts intangible cultural property such as language.
First Nations and Indigenous People
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.
Phoebe McIlwraith on dancing with Country
By Phoebe McIlwraithAs the climate crisis intensifies, so too does the language we use about the impacts of harmful human behaviour on the environment.
Old story, new story
By Kathy TierneyBetween 1956 and 1963, the Australian government authorised British nuclear tests on Anangu country. ‘Old story, new story’ chronicles these events at Maralinga.
Animals Make Us Human: Land and Cockatoos
Kirli Saunders in conversation with Sarah JacobAnimals Make us Human is a collection of writings reflecting on the 2019/20 bushfires. Kirli Saunders talks about her essay for the book on the glossy black cockatoo.
The African Australian Question Part I: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
By Leon KalumbaThis is the first part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
Landmark Exhibition Celebrates First Nations Fashion
By Gabrielle EbelingCurated 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.
Coloured Water: Why Uranium is Allowed in the Water of NT Indigenous Communities
By Liam GrealyRacist water: In the remote Indigenous community of Laramba in the Northern Territory (NT), drinking water contains almost three times the maximum safe level of uranium recommended by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Australians can no longer look away from BLM
By Lena Mountford and Keenan MundineAs 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
By Monique HurleyTo stop the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives, we need to responsibly release people from prisons.
Race, poverty and disease: before the age of COVID-19
By Anne O’BrienThe history of epidemics in Sydney uncovers a pattern of scapegoating poor and racially stigmatised populations.