Winds of Change
Galarrwuy Yunupingu is nobody’s fool. For 23 years he was Chairman of the powerful Northern…More
Tagged: indigenous politics
John falls off his Donkey
‘Some will no doubt want to portray my remarks tonight as a form of Damascus…More
The Language of an Intervention
Image thanks to Fiona KatauskasAs the red dust settles on the legislation enabling Federal intervention…More
A Discriminating Government
In 1975, the Whitlam Government secured the passage through parliament of the Racial Discrimination Act…More
Holding a Moral Compass
Forty years ago, 90 per cent of voters in the 1967 referendum gave very clear…More
Intervention Tension
On 21 June this year, the Prime Minister called a special press conference at Parliament…More
Just Another Land Grab
Over the four terms of John Howard’s Government, voters have grown used to his acts…More
There Was No Hurricane, Prime Minister
‘This is our Hurricane Katrina,’ an emotional Prime Minister said of the much-publicised miseries facing…More
Violent exchanges
Fifteen minutes before John Howard all but declared martial law in remote Aboriginal communities in…More
Howard Ignores Children, When It Suits Him
Last week, John Howard discovered the plight of some vulnerable children. This, after instituting a…More