Australia’s curriculum is being reviewed for the first time since 2014. The proposed changes include positive additions to acknowledge our many cultures. But there are some reductive changes, too.
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For non-Indigenous Australians, the last summer of bushfires seemed to mark the end times. Indigenous Australians have a long perspective on history, which offers hope.
Yes, transitioning Australia to a zero-carbon economy is essential, but the federal government must remedy this imbalance.
The mission of Voice. Treaty. Truth in the Uluru Statement represents very carefully sequenced reforms. A proper understanding of these should guide any constitutional changes.
Evidence shows sharing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories helps break down stereotypes and prejudice. But these stories are absent from the majority of classroom literature.
As the bushfire royal commission examines whether to expand the use of indigenous fire techniques, overseas countries are already on board.
Michelle Grattan talks with aboriginal advocate Pat Turner
Botany was an integral feature of Britain’s colonial and imperial ambitions.
The Coronavirus Supplement will boost the total income of very remote Indigenous Australai by one quarter.
The extent of this achievement is staggering, almost incomprehensible in a southern Australia context after the summer’s devastating bushfires.
Interviews in three Pacific nations revealed concerns over a lack of balance in the Australia-Pacific relationship and a certain level of racism and disrespect directed towards islanders.
Systemic racism looks at the way racism operates over all of society, not just in one-on-one interactions.
As Australia picks up the pieces after the fires, we must understand the unique grief Aboriginal people experience from a loss of country.
The ability to remove an Indigenous person from their traditional country shows how Australia is still asserting colonial power over the identity of its First Peoples.
Many Indigenous people tell us they find hospitals stressful, uncomfortable and alienating. Here’s how good design can help.
Online abuse has been in the spotlight during this election campaign and AFL season. But researchers and policy-makers alike need to do more to understand cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians.
For First Nations peoples to recover from the multiple harms of settler colonialism, they must take control of the services they need, free from the control and interference of the settler state.
The question of whether a person can “become” Aboriginal after discovering ancestry through a DNA test is more complicated in Australia.
Two new dance works allow the public to engage in a conversation around constitutional recognition and sovereignty for Indigenous peoples.
As treaty negotiations begin in Victoria, each party will have to accept the other’s legitimacy; that their own power is not absolute and unconditional.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University
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Senior research fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Indigenous Chair of Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate, Senior Research Assistant, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Researcher (Indigenous Policy) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsility in Mining, The University of Queensland