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Taking back control of the First Nations narrative

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 24th August 2021 - “We need to go back to what works and stop trying to appeal to governments who aren’t listening to us.” For more than a decade, the mainstream narrative around the capability…

Reconciliation Week is everybody’s business

Andrew Cairns, Thursday, 27th May 2021 - Organisations must think beyond cultural competence as a compliance exercise and more of a moral obligation, writes Haven Home Safe CEO Andrew Cairns, reflecting on the need to make…

2021 budget fails to close the gap

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 12th May 2021 - “This is a budget that entrenches the inequalities and injustice of the past” First Nations advocates have condemned the 2021 budget as failing to live up to the government’s talk …

Pre-budget brief: ‘The government must ensure that people aren’t left behind’

Cassandra Goldie, Monday, 10th May 2021 - Cassandra Goldie provides a run through of what the Australian Council of Social Service is looking for in this week’s federal budget. As we head towards the federal budget, First …

Mapping First Nations advocacy

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 28th April 2021 - An Indigenous led project will lay out what’s needed to help strengthen First Nations advocacy A new project is mapping the wants, needs, and aspirations of First Nations campaigners…

Toxicity swirls around January 26, but we can change the nation with a Voice to parliament

Contributor, Monday, 25th January 2021 - There is a quiet process underway, aimed at achieving the recognition of the First Nations that has so far eluded Australia, writes University of New South Wales professor and Cobble…

Doco of the month: In My Blood It Runs

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 14th May 2020 - In My Blood It Runs is a moving portrayal of what it is like as an Aboriginal child growing up in Australia today. Director Maya Newell talks to Wendy Williams about why it was a story that…

Coronavirus will devastate Aboriginal communities if we don’t act now

Contributor, Monday, 23rd March 2020 - Aboriginal people are at greater risk of severe illness from COVID-19 than non-Aboriginal people. But plans to protect remote communities and keep the virus out are progressing …

A community acting against family violence

Contributor, Thursday, 28th November 2019 - One Aboriginal community has co-designed an online family violence resource for their own people, prioritising the voices of Australia’s First Nations populations in positive…

‘If you’re not there for the cause, you need to get out of the way’

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 26th June 2019 - When it comes to First Nations justice the progressive movement needs to decide if it wants to be part of the problem or part of the solution, according to Indigenous leaders. Speaking…

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