The African Australian Question Part II: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
By Leon KalumbaThis is the second part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
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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.
No fair go for the forgotten ‘legacy caseload’ asylum seekers
By Sangeetha PillaiDr. Sangeetha Pillai writes about the story of Zaki Haidari and how he got caught up in Australia’s ‘legacy caseload’ legal limbo.
The Organ Thieves: a Review
By Amy WaltersChip Jones’ new book is a brilliantly researched exploration of a facet of the racial inequality that has long plagued the medical profession.
A Source of Shame: Australia’s Failure to Uphold the Human Rights of Refugees
By Sohee Park KwonAustralia’s public health response to COVID-19 demonstrates a double standard that blatantly disregards refugees and asylum seekers’ fundamental right to health.
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.
MIFF 2020: Right Now’s top picks
By Rosa Ritchie, Samaya Borom, David Branigan and Caitlin CassidyMIFF 68 1/2, 2020’s online version of the festival, is streaming across Australia from 6-23 of August. MIFF is bringing to the country another round of captivating and inspiring films and our writers discuss four of Right Now’s top picks.
Arab, Australian, Other: a review
By Amilee MysonThis collection explores the varied experiences of living in the Arab diaspora in Australia, countering the portrayal of the Australian media, which ranges from homogenisation to racism.
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.