To understand where Nova Peris stands on matters political, one place to start is Andrew Denton's 2003 Enough Rope interview. Her reluctance to say anything against ATSIC's scandal-plagued leadership must surely be a comfort to our Prime Minister
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Dallas Scott: “I watched young, white identifiers roundly proclaim their connection to, and knowledge of, their 'culture', then turn around not five minutes later and abuse Aboriginal culture by speaking over an Elder.”
The rewriting of Eddie Mabo as a saint in a saintly cause is a gross rewriting of history, if the 1990 findings of facts in the Mabo case by Justice Moynihan are our guide.
It may be the debate we are not allowed to have, but are they claims we are not allowed to check?
Anita Heiss: "I am incredibly proud to be part of a thriving organisation and to lend my name and time to NASCA, which is fully governed by an all-Aboriginal board. From what I understand, we are the only organisation in the field who can claim that."
The issue is whether those benefits designed to assist Aboriginal people out of their desperate poverty should be more sharply targeted at those with a genuine need.
Except for the missing warfare, the relationship between these two towns is eerily similar to the animosity between Israel and Gaza.
An important book now available in an electronic edition with a new introduction to the 2012 edition by Gary Johns.
Should Australia recognise Aboriginal customary law? In this clearheaded essay the late Kenneth Maddock explores a subject which has grave implications for modern Australia.
Gary Johns: “Coronation Hill, the gold, platinum and palladium mine became a park. A result of environmental and Aboriginal myth-making and mischief-making. I thought it was a daft way to run a nation.”
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