Keywords: Self-Determination
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 August 2009
1 Comment
Before the mission was established here, the local Aboriginal community of 200 persons was forced to host 1000 convicts from the mainland for eight years. I daresay not all the convicts were easy-going beachcombers.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank O'Shea
- 17 March 2009
5 Comments
St Patrick holds the Irish in a powerful emotional thrall. Parades all over the world honour the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. This week in Northern Ireland, saintly ghosts of the past have been called upon to bless murder.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paul Cleary
- 09 March 2009
9 Comments
When East Timor was struggling to get a fair deal in negotiations over Timor Sea oil, Kenneally rallied his mates to fight. Appearing on national television, he told Prime Minister Howard: 'I'd rather you did not come to my ANZAC Day parade.'
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AUSTRALIA
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 11 September 2008
11 Comments
An emerging school of thought claims that substance abuse is the cause, not the symptom, of the present-day Indigenous crisis. Such myths give an inadequate account for the situation, and fail to provide prescriptions for change.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Maddy Oliver
- 27 August 2008
10 Comments
The power differential between helper and the helped is insidious. 'Lady Bountiful' wants credit for giving without thought of return, but can't help counting her sacrifices. Refugees can spot threats to their privacy and self-respect from a mile off.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Ruth Limkin
- 13 August 2008
12 Comments
Euthanasia advocates often overlook the implication notions of dignity have for
those with disabilities. To say some of the processes of dying are undignified passes judgement not upon the death of
some, but upon the life of many.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 30 April 2008
7 Comments
The abuse of children in remote communities has been the catalyst for revising
romantic notion of land rights and self-determination. 2020 summiteers were allowed to dream and strategise about closing gaps while wondering how best to recognise the enduring rights of
indigenous Australians.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 April 2008
5 Comments
The Rudd Government is consulting and working out what to do about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The symbolism of reversing Australia's vote against the Declaration would need to be matched by more work in partnership with indigenous Australians.
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AUSTRALIA
The outbreak of violence in East Timor April 2006 showed that the UN had not reached first base in its efforts to lay the foundation for a small but robust nation. Now the Rudd Government has provided a template that may be of significant use to those involved with nation building in East Timor.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 January 2008
3 Comments
We
are now entering a new phase in Aboriginal policy. It is not just about
protecting the children, and the latter phase will challenge taxpayers.
Real jobs and real services don't come cheap in remote Australia,
regardless of the community's racial identity. From 22 August 2007.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 22 August 2007
13 Comments
We are now entering a new phase in Aboriginal policy. It is not just about protecting the children, and the latter phase will challenge taxpayers. Real jobs and real services don't come cheap in remote Australia, regardless of the community's racial identity.
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INFORMATION
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