Aboriginal and/or Torres youth are 26 times more likely to be in detention than non-Aboriginal youth. By 2025 they will be 40 times more likely to be in detention. From a racialised lens they are ...

This quote that forms the title of this article is from Adam Smith, the Philosopher and Economist who is considered to be the Father of Modern Economics. He is best known for two classic works: “The ...

Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett said that he would consider the proposition of subsidising the wages of former prisoners if it meant that it would reduce the likelihood of them re-offending.

As Blackfella’s we learn to read signs in the landscape when the Burruguu-ngayi-li (Dreaming…) directly impacts with the physical world. There are devastating consequences when we forget who we are as ...

Suicide is on the increase – the last annual national toll increased by 300 suicides. A significant proportion of the increase was made up of migrants. Nearly 3,000 Australians took their lives in ...

Indigenous women are currently the most over-represented population in both Queensland and Australian prisons. In 2010 approximately 30% of all incarcerated women in Australia were Indigenous, while ...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Thus spoke Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But what did she mean and what does this say about the ...

A snapshot of Australian history in the 18 th, 19 th and 20 th centuries. Massacres of Aboriginal peoples were often not recorded. In 1790, Governor Arthur Phillip issued an order for a delegation “of ...

There is an under-reporting of poverty and homelessness. The horrendous lie of our generation is the one that poverty is being reduced right around the world. In fact it is increasing but there are ...

Two and half years ago Noongar Kevin Spratt’s tragic maltreatment at the hands of police officers made headlines around the world. CCTV footage caught out police officers who indiscriminately tasered ...

Many is the time that I have been asked the question “Are Australians racist? I have consistently taken the view that I would much rather not call individuals racist because all that that does is get ...

When you tell me ‘you don’t look Aboriginal’, you are denying that I am Aboriginal. To deny that I am Aboriginal is to deny that my grandmother was taken by welfare because she was Aboriginal, by the ...