Blackbirding is one of many shared Australian histories. Australian South Sea Islanders want to encourage broader community goodwill as we work towards social justice for a forgotten people.
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Despite the promise of Black Lives Matter, it has not been taken up as a central political movement by Indigenous Australians.
The peace and justice Black Lives Matter seeks require a fundamental transformation of a system that preys on and benefits from Black suffering.
There is a deep connection between past and present in Indigenous affairs in Australia.
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australia has been on the national agenda for a long time, but is back in the headlines with the news that the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader hope to release…
Tony Abbott is spending this week in North-East Arnhem Land, part of his long-held hope “to be not just the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs”. We asked our experts: what stories…
In June, the Western Australian Government released draft amendments to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. This is the legislation that determines what qualifies for heritage protection in the state – and…
Funding cuts announced to Queensland Aboriginal communities last month will of course affect the budgets of Aboriginal Shire Councils. But their impact will be felt much more further afield than just within…
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor in Demography, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Sociology & Anthropology, James Cook University
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Lecturer, Department of Planning and Geography, Curtin University
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Australian South Sea Islanders – Chair, University of Technology Sydney