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Indigenous Affairs

A floor price would put a lid on alcohol abuse

Local town camp residents and their guests can spend pretty well as much time as they like drinking in the town's many bars and clubs.

by John Boffa and Bob Durnan - 13/03/2013 - 44 comments

Quandamooka's wicked problems

People are not inspired to make choices by plans and analysis. They are inspired by story of the possible that is relevant to them.

by Tony Golsby-Smith - 27/02/2013 - 1 comment

The canary in the Australian economy

If anyone was still wondering about the changing nature of the mining investment boom - it should look north. Pacific Aluminium is the canary in the Australian economy.

by Robert Tilleard - 29/01/2013 - 13 comments

Must be Indian: human settlement in Australia

Immigrants from the Indian sub-continent have been arriving in Australia for millennia, and have made a significant contribution to our indigenous population.

by Binoy Kampmark - 21/01/2013 - 16 comments

The answer to Olga's question?

The sheer size of these numbers gives the impression that the intractable disadvantage of Indigenous Australians is not due to lack of government spending.

by Mark Moran and Patrick Sullivan - 14/12/2012 - 4 comments

Middle-ear disease

The Western Australian government announced last month that epidemic rates of chronic middle-ear disease and hearing loss are hampering education outcomes in the north-west.

by Elizabeth Murray - 13/12/2012 - 6 comments

The right to drink

No one wants a return to the ‘bad old days’ when council ran canteens.

by Sara Hudson - 15/10/2012 - 2 comments

Indigenous voting

Have Aboriginal voting patterns changed because of a trend increasing enrolments and voting.

by Moira Byrne - 15/10/2012 - 2 comments

An Australian hero whose skin was the wrong colour

Arthur and the cotton-chippers made history. They went on strike, and more than 500 of them marched through Wee Waa.

by John Pilger - 4/10/2012 - 4 comments

The fifth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are unquestionably very confused about how the State is addressing implementation of the Declaration.

by Les Malezer - 17/09/2012 - 10 comments

Lack of opportunity leads to poverty on Indigenous lands

The situation is a farce. Land councils happily lease land to mining companies for commercial operations but won’t lease land to residents.

by Sara Hudson - 4/09/2012 - 5 comments

Different justice?

Obligations to family are not unique to indigenous culture.

by Sara Hudson - 6/08/2012 - 8 comments

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