Macklin Ignores Intervention Evaluation
Can Jenny Macklin please explain why she continues to fund, and even expand, compulsory income…More
Tagged: indigenous policy
Bilingual In The Top End: Scrymgour Responds
Bilingual education can take different forms, but the underlying principle is the development and ongoing…More
Scrymgour's Bad Language
In 1972 Kim Beazley Senior, then the Federal Minister for Education, played a key role…More
Another Intervention Is Not The Answer
As it introduces new Intervention measures in the Northern Territory, the Government is keen to…More
Getting The Facts You Deserve
"Dismally poor returns." That’s the verdict of the Strategic Review on government expenditure on Indigenous…More
When Julia Went To Alice
Despite the rain, the media were directed to keep on the sunny side during Julia…More
Sorry? How Did A Decade Pass Like That?
Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the Sorry Day walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. In…More
Exaggerating The Vegetables
The brave new world of Indigenous policy has been built on the promise of evidence-based…More
Closing The Gap Between Rhetoric And Reality
Last Thursday, two years after his apology to the stolen generations, Kevin Rudd delivered his…More
The Pearson Influence
In the late 1990s, journalist Nicolas Rothwell came across a dog-eared document. Rothwell describes this…More