by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – ALMOST half of Cape York Peninsula has now been recognised under Native Title. With less than 9000 people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders in the area, Chief Justice Debra Mortimer this week increased their title holding…
by FRED PAWLE – BILL Leak’s brilliant attempt to shed light on the plight of Aboriginal children only served to expose the viciousness of modern Australian elitists. Today is the tenth anniversary of Bill Leak’s famous “Righto what’s his name then?” cartoon. …
by PAUL COLLITS – THE City of Sydney isn’t mine anymore – it is a strange and foreign place. When you see the signs everywhere on the streets, “welcome to Gadigal country”, you feel white. When you see rainbow banners everywhere, you…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – ABORIGINAL patients presenting to Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital are given a “category 3” priority, meaning they must be treated within 30 minutes. Former nurse and now-shadow Victorian health spokeswoman Georgie Crozier has called hospital rules designed to prioritise…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – INDIGENOUS activists claim the location for Brisbane’s new Olympic stadium has significant Aboriginal meaning as they attempt to halt the project. The Indigenous group is taking legal action in an attempt to veto plans for the proposed development…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – JUST a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Welcome to Country ceremonies “should never be controversial,” they became the subject of political dissent in Parliament. On the second day of the 48th Parliament, One Nation leader…
by FRED PAWLE – WELCOME to Country and “traditional ownership” of land are both affronts to the democratic systems and values that made Australia the country it is. Every day under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese I get the uneasy feeling that our…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – THE Queensland Government has issued new directives limiting – and potentially axing – the use of Indigenous “Acknowledgement to Country” and artworks in official email signatures. The directive from the Liberal National Party to government staff was tabled…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – THE Victorian Aboriginal Health Services has ended its alliance with Melbourne Storm after the NRL club cancelled the Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremony at its Anzac Day home game against the Rabbitohs. In a letter to Melbourne Storm…
by FRED PAWLE – THE people in power in Australia want us to believe clumsy patriots are the enemy while largely ignoring those who actually wish – and cause – us harm. “Once an Aussie flag man marched by a cenotaph…” As…
